Sidelines
While US President Barack Obama has been a disappointment, I was relieved he got re-elected. I was abroad when he visited South Africa, so I did this cartoon a few days ahead. I’ve done baggage cartoons before and also carpet cover-ups. Here I could use both metaphors, one for a president arriving with problems and the other for a president covering things up on his own turf.
Zapiro
Born in Cape Town in 1958, Zapiro couldn’t imagine a career in cartooning, so he studied architecture at University of Cape Town.
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The Mail & Guardian asked political cartoonist Zapiro to comment on 10 of the most popular cartoons that had Mail & Guardian readers talking, and clicking, during 2013. Read his comments in the sidelines column, alongside the cartoon. To see all ten of the M&G's top Zapiro cartoons for the year 2013, go HERE.
