The idea of comics as a political tool is not without its controversies, from grumbles amongst novelists to riots over religious icon portrayals. Any fan of superhero comics […]
It is true that some Muslims took offence at some of Charlie Hebdo’s cartoons. Imams wrote in criticism of them. But the same Imams were on TV after […]
Most white people don’t like to admit it, but those cartoons upheld their prejudice, their racism, their political supremacy, and cut it how you will–images like that upheld […]
Was Charlie Hebdo, the satirical publication whose staffers were murdered by Islamic extremists in Paris, always the fairest and most responsible newspaper in the world? Of course not. […]
Je Suis Charlie. It’s a phrase in every newspaper, in every Twitter feed, on demonstrations in cities across Europe. The expressions of solidarity with those slain in the […]
How fragile the belief of a Muslim must be if he feels threatened by a stupid caricature in a weekly satirical newspaper?
If you’re the paper of record, if you’re the highest exemplar of American journalism, if you expect others to stand by your journalists when they are threatened, if […]
When religion overlaps with social and political issues, it’s necessary to fight back, so Charlie is equally hard on Jews including anti-semitic caricatures and quotes when talking about […]
100 million dollars – that’s what they spent on the Watchmen film which nearly didn’t come out because of the lawsuit, that’s what they spent on The League […]
Some philosopher – I don’t remember who – his theory was: You’ve got to give kids really beautiful children’s books in order to turn them into revolutionaries. Because […]
The poisonous touch of capitalism may not be new, and it certainly does not exist only within the comic pages, but it is disappointing to see that the […]
In terms of newspaper cartoons, I tend to go for something that makes me laugh first, rather than a political angle. And even when that does turn out […]
One of the historical roots of modern comics is of course the political cartooning of the early newspapers; the mechanical reproduction of images finally allowing art to be […]