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Paul Conrad, the political cartoonist who won three Pulitzer Prizes and used his pencil to poke at politicians for more than 50 years, has died. He was 86.

Sadistic irony By TrevorBothwell Jun 12, 2006 In the June 7 edition of its newspaper, The Arizona Republic published a repulsive cartoon by Steve Benson that desecrates the U.S. Marine Corps' Eagle, Globe and Anchor emblem and defames the USMC as a collection of wanton murderers. The source of Benson's vitriol? The alleged murders of 24 Iraqis at Haditha in November 2005. Normally I resist the temptation to reprint professional cartoons without first receiving proper permissions, and this time is no different. However, this cartoon truly must be seen to be believed. Simply go to Benson's page here, click on...

Christoph Bangert/Polaris, f or The New York Times Abdel Rakhim Yassir and some of his work. BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 14 - Iraq is awash in carnage and politics, and Muayad Naama is on hand to help people laugh at it. Using jagged lines and potato-shaped figures, Mr. Naama, a 53-year-old cartoonist, tells the story of Iraq today. It is a place where people have become inured to street violence; state corruption exists on a giant scale; politicians argue endlessly. As violence has surged throughout Iraq, and in Baghdad in particular, over the last few weeks, Mr. Naama has sketched...

(CNSNews.com) - A nationally syndicated cartoonist, criticized for allegedly using racist themes to mock Secretary of State designate Condoleezza Rice, told CNSNews.com that his comparison of Rice to the black maid Prissy in the film "Gone With the Wind" had nothing to do with race but came about "because [Rice] lied about a war." "It's got nothing to do with the fact that she's black or anything else ... or even Republican," cartoonist Jeff Danziger told CNSNews.com. "She lied about ... or she was wrong and didn't know it, in which case she shouldn't be there." Danziger said the...

Minneapolis Star Tribune censors IPW cartoonist IowaPresidentialWatch.com’s political cartoonist, Linda Eddy, has been censored by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Eddy distributes her cartoons by email and regularly sends them to the Tribune. Her latest, showing John Kerry during his 1971 Senate testimony, is titled “Silencing Veterans since 1971” and shows an American soldier in Kerry’s hand, his head covered. Tribune Deputy Editorial Page Editor B. James Boyd responded to Eddy’s latest cartoon by banning any future editorials from the artist: “Please take me off your e-mail list. Your latest statements about Kerry are too much. He said no such...

Editorial cartoonist Ted Rall recently made the news for penning yet another crass cartoon, this one denigrating Pat Tillman, the football star turned soldier recently killed in Afghanistan. Rall painted Tillman as a racist, bloodthirsty idiot who was just another cog in the "El Busho" war machine. MSNBC.com decided to pull the cartoon because it "did not meet MSNBC.com standards of fairness and taste." Blogger Andrew Sullivan called for a protest campaign against Rall and yesterday offered this enlightening Rall quote: "The word 'hero' has been bandied about a lot to refer to anyone killed in Afghanistan or Iraq....

Item did not meet MSNBC standards of fairness and taste MSNBC.com pulled a cartoon by syndicated political cartoonist Ted Rall on Monday. Rall’s cartoon, distributed widely by United Press Syndicate to scores of newspapers and Web sites, concerned the late Pat Tillman, the NFL player who quit football to join the Army. Tillman was killed last month in Afghanistan.

Today's Toles cartoon in the Washington (com)Post, entitled The 20th Hijacker Arrives, depicts the U.S. Capitol building being blown apart by "The Deficit," and with a sub-title, "Who Could've Foreseen?"

[ The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: 01/30/2004 ]   JOHN KERRY Bush in 2001 Bush in 2004 HEADS OF STATE Drawings by MIKE LUCKOVICH / Staff Forget the issues. Look at the nose. Are those the eyes of a statesman? What about the ears? Close to the skull or practically perpendicular? Even as he ponders the war, the economy, Michael Jackson and the other issues weighing on the republic, Mike Luckovich must also study the facial features of the leading actors on the national stage. Luckovich the citizen has not made up his mind about the Democrats running for president. But Luckovich...

(1) Daryl Cagle, Slate.com (2) Walt Handelsman, Long Island, NY, Newsday (3) Steve Sack, Minnesota, The Minneapolis Star-Tribune (4) Jimmy Margulies, New Jersey -- The Record (5) John Cole, Durham, NC -- The Herald-Sun (6) Dana Summers, Orlando, FL, (7) Bill Schorr, United Media (8) Jeff Stahler, The Cincinnati Post, Ohio (9) Bill Schorr, United Media (10) R.J. Matson, NY, The New York Observer (11) Mike Keefe, The Denver Post (12) John Cole, Durham, NC -- The Herald-Sun

Rate Mike Luckovich.

See this thread for Iraqi foreign minister's comments regarding treatment of captured Americans.

Radical Islamic group protests UM cartoon that the definition of stupidity is "sitting in front of a bulldozer to protect a gang of terrorists"===== MD PAPER MOCKS BULLDOZER DEATH OF AMERICAN Please see: http://www.inform.umd.edu/News/Diamondback/archives/2003/03/18/cartoon.html SEND POLITE COMMENTS TO: newsroom@dbk.umd.edu, parsons@dbk.umd.edu, managing-ed@dbk.umd.edu, melanie@dbk.umd.edu, opinion@dbk.umd.edu, ombudsman@dbk.umd.edu COPY TO: cair@cair-net.org Numerous background articles at: www.iap.org ______________________________________ Islamic Association for Palestine (IAP) 10661 South Roberts Rd, Suite 202 Palos Hills, IL 60465 Tel: 708 974 3380 / Fax: 708 974 3389 /Pager: 1 800 481 4306 http://www.iap.org E-mails: iapinfo@iap.org Proudly serving Palestine and al Quds

Arab News cartoonist Kahil dies in London By Khalid Al Maeena, Editor in Chief JEDDAH, 12 February 2003 — Arab News cartoonist Mahmoud Kahil died yesterday after undergoing surgery at a British hospital. An internationally known political cartoonist, Kahil was the technician in charge of the publications of the Saudi Research & Publishing Company, which publishes Arab News and 16 other publications. Prince Faisal ibn Salman, chairman of the Saudi Research & Marketing Group, expressed his deep sorrow on hearing news of the death of Kahil, who had been working for the company since 1979. In a full-page obituary...

I caught this as part of an article from the February 14 issue of Comic Buyer's Guide: The 411 mini-series will focus on non-violence as a solution to problems. Scheduled to be in stores on April 11 (4/11) for $3.50, the title is an anthology focused on that theme. (Marvel President and COO Bill) Jemas said, " 411 will be the most serious of books that we produce in the next year or so. The word '411' is a buzzword that kids use for 'information now,' and the information we want to convey is about people like Martin Luther King,...