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"ZAPIRO CARTOON IS ABOUT PROFITS (NOT PROPHETS)"
BY DAVID BULLARD (for newstime)
Last week Zapiro, South Africa’s most publicity hungry cartoonist, drew a cartoon of the Prophet Mohammed (peace be upon him). Predictably there was an outcry and there have apparently been death threats aimed at the editor of the Mail and Guardian and the cartoonist. Both claim that this is all about freedom of speech but it isn’t and let me tell you why.
More…DEFENDING ZAPIRO
BY TERRY BELL
Bigotry is again riding rampant in reaction to last week’s Zapiro cartoon in the Mail and Guardian. Tolerance and even facts of religious history have become strangled by distorted theology, mouthed by authoritarians claiming to represent divine power.
More…ZAPIRO DRAWS FIRE
MUHAMMAD CARTOON CONTROVERSY
Jonathan Shapiro - the cartoonist Zapiro - has entered the fray surrounding the depiction of the prophet Muhammad by drawing him lamenting his followers' lack of humour in a cartoon published in the Mail & Guardian newspaper today.
The cartoon's appearance comes in the wake of the international "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" challenge to a violent and threatening Islamic response to cartoon depictions of the prophet since 2005. Zapiro's fellow cartoonists are divided in their response to his cartoon.
More…Remembering Weyni
CARTOONIST FRANS ESTERHUYSE recalled fond memories of his old friend and colleague Weyni Deysel this week after learning of his tragic passing over the weekend. Frans had known Weyni for some twenty five years, and explained that the cartoonist who was remembered this week as one who "loved to make people laugh" had battled with depression.
More…Weyni Deysel's Funeral
THE FUNERAL of Citizen newspaper cartoonist Weyni Deysel will be held at Mosaiek Church, Davidson Street, Fairland today at 11am. Deysel died on Sunday morning in a Germiston hospital from a wound inflicted by a gunshot. The Citizen newspaper said yesterday that his satirical and humorous outlook on life and his positive attitude will live with his colleagues and friends at the paper for a long time.
More…PRIZEWINNING SA CARTOONIST COMMITS SUICIDE
DAY AFTER HIS 59th BIRTHDAY
Prizewinning veteran cartoonist Weyni Deysel committed suicide on Saturday evening according to an SABC news report on Sunday. It was the day after his 59th birthday. Early reports say Deysel shot himself at his home in Alberton and died later in hospital. He left no note.
More…SWEDISH MUHAMMAD CARTOONIST UNDER ATTACK
WHILE DELIVERING AN ADDRESS ON FREE SPEECH, cartoonist Lars Vilks was subject to an attack by 15 to 20 people on Tuesday at Sweden's Uppsala University according to CNN. The Daily Cartoonist website reports that Vilks was head butted in the attack and shows a video of the incident.
More…JERM AND JACK DEFEND PINK ARCHIE COMICS
LAST MONDAY NIGHT, talk show host Kieno Kammies hosted cartoonists Jeremy Nell (Jerm) and Jack Swanepoel (Dr Jack) on his late night radio show broadcast on 702 and Cape Talk. The subject of the night's show was the pinking of Archie Comics - a gay character has recently been added to Archie's gang.
More…The DON'T JOKE! Road Show
DURBAN, STELLENBOSCH BOOK LAUNCHES A GREAT SUCCESS
The national roadshow to present the inaugural cartoon annual Don't Joke! The Year in Cartoons to regional audiences has helped ensure steady sales of the book which have necessitated a second printing just four months since it was first launched.
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