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NEWS ABOUT: cartoonist

cartoonist stories: 10 news summaries
OPINION

 Misguided Cartoonist  
 Has 'Right to Fail': Parker 

Image was easily misread, but it's just a cartoon

Feb 25, 09 9:18 AM CST
(Newser) - The New York Post cartoon that has Al Sharpton up in arms was poorly thought out, to be sure, writes Kathleen Parker in the Washington Post. It "was offensive for reasons unrelated to race," she argues, but it’s important to remember that “outrage is out of... More »

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free speech • New York Post • First Amendment • racism • editorial cartoons • chimpanzees • cartoonist • economic stimulus package • Doug Marlette • Sean Delonas

 NYPost Cartoon: 
 Racist or Just Tasteless? 

Is it racist, or just morbid?

Feb 18, 09 11:06 AM CST
(Newser) - A somewhat inscrutable, certainly tasteless, and possibly racist cartoon by Sean Delonas appeared today in the New York Post and other newspapers, prompting complaints from several quarters, reports the Huffington Post. In a reference to the recent chimp attack in Connecticut, the cartoon shows two police officers, one with smoking... More »

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Barack Obama • New York Post • racism • cartoon • chimpanzees • cartoonist • economic stimulus package

Beetle Bailey
Finds New
Barracks

Creator Mort Walker's Cartoon Museum is Ohio-bound

Jul 16, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - One of the world's biggest collections of cartoon art has found a new home at Ohio State University, the Wall Street Journal reports. "Beetle Bailey" creator Mort Walker amassed more than 200,000 pieces of cartoon art during his 7 decades in the business but had to move his... More »

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cartoon • art collector • cartoonist • Ohio State University • comic strips • cartoon characters

Muhammad Cartoon Artist Now Homeless

Dane deemed 'too much of a security risk' for police protection

Feb 20, 08 11:11 AM CST
(Newser) - A Danish cartoonist who enraged the Muslim world in 2005 with his depiction of the prophet Muhammad with a bomb in his turban is now homeless, Der Spiegel reports. Kurt Westergaard, 73, has been thrown out of his police-protected hotel room—where he was sent when authorities uncovered a plot... More »

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Islam • homeless • cartoon • Denmark • cartoonist • Islamic radicals • Danish Mohammed cartoons • Kurt Westergaard • Jyllands-Posten • Flemming Rose

3 Danish Papers Reprint Cartoon of Muhammad

After arrests, country's leading dailies stand behind artist

Feb 13, 08 6:10 AM CST
(Newser) - After yesterday's arrest of three men allegedly plotting to kill a Danish cartoonist, the country's three largest newspapers all reprinted the offending cartoon, Bloomberg reports. Kurt Westergaard's controversial depiction of the prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb in his turban was originally printed in 2005 by Jyllands-Posten, which reproduced it again... More »

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Islam • newspaper • cartoon • Denmark • cartoonist • Danish Mohammed cartoons

Bust in Terror Plot to Kill Danish Cartoonist

Danish secret services make midnight arrests

Feb 12, 08 7:29 AM CST
(Newser) - Danish police this morning arrested several people suspected of plotting to assassinate a cartoonist who had offended Muslims with a cartoon insulting the prophet Mohammed. The newspaper Jyllands-Posten, which published a set of controversial cartoons in 2005, said the attempt was against one of 12 illustrators, Kurt Westergaard, who drew... More »

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terrorism • terror plots • cartoon • Denmark • cartoonist • assassination attempt • Danish Mohammed cartoons

Comic Artists Plan Black and White Protest

'Minority' strips not interchangeable, say fed-up cartoonists

Feb 6, 08 3:01 PM CST
(Newser) - Sick of seeing colleagues turned down by newspapers that already have their fill of cartoons depicting minorities, artists of color are planning a draw-in Sunday, the Washington Post reports. The minds behind strips like "Candorville," "Herb and Jamaal," and "Cafe con Leche" will wield their... More »

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cartoonist • minorities • comic strips

Good Grief! Peanuts Writer Was Depressive

New biography
depicts buried rage
of comic artist

Oct 13, 07 8:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - Charles Shulz hid his dark side amid tales of Charlie, Lucy, Linus and Snoopy, according to a new biography. Snoopy's romance was secretly Shulz's extramarital affair, and Charlie Brown was victim to the very buried rage that Shulz took out on others. An old pal confirmed this dark portrayal, writing... More »

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Vietnam • depression • Coca Cola • biography • cartoonist • Peanuts • Schulz • Charlie Brown • Snoopy • Linus • Great Pumpkin • Eisenhower

Al-Qaeda Puts Price on Head
of Cartoonist

$100,000 for murder
of Swede who drew offensive image

Sep 16, 07 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - An al-Qaeda affiliate is offering a reward to slaughter a Swedish cartoonist who drew an image offensive to Muslims. In an online statement, Islamic State in Iraq offered $100,000 for Lars Vilks' murder and $50,000 for that of the newspaper editor who published the cartoon. The reward escalated... More »

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Islam • Islamic State of Iraq • Muslims • cartoon • Mohammed • Sweden • Islamist extremists • cartoonist • Nerikes Allehanda • Lars Vilks • Danish Mohammed cartoons • al-Qaeda

Cartoonist Killed in Car Crash

Kudzu creator Doug Marlette dead at 57

Jul 11, 07 4:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and creator of Kudzu died yesterday when a car he was riding in hydroplaned in heavy rain and crashed into a tree in Mississippi. Doug Marlette, 57,  worked for a series of newspapers, including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and was known for his dead-on caricatures... More »

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obituary • cartoon • editorial cartoons • cartoonist • traffic fatalities

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