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Comic Riffs: December 27, 2009 - January 2, 2010
Remembering Post ombud DEB HOWELL
It is one of my favorite stories about cartoonists, for which the tales and anecdotes and fabled shenanigans are legion: Some years back, Mike Luckovich and at least several other editorial cartoonists were attending a national political convention and,...
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January 2, 2010; 9:55 AM ET |
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Danish cartoonist who caricatured Muhammad faces alleged armed intruder
The Danish Muhammad-cartoon controversy remains as potentially lethal as ever. A Somali man allegedly tried to break into the Aarhus residence of Danish political cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who has faced death threats for his illustrations of the Muslim prophet,...
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January 1, 2010; 9:47 PM ET |
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A glorious line of work: Remembering legendary caricaturist DAVID LEVINE
As a young and hungry caricaturist, I found it impossible to pursue my creative enterprise seriously without studying at the altar of one artist in particular: the legendary David Levine. For caricaturists, Mr. Levine's shadow was (and is) so...
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Michael Cavna
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December 30, 2009; 6:00 AM ET |
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2009: From Tiger to terrorist, the Year of the Overexposed Underpants
Only a few things are so professionally compelling that they will induce a cartoonist to cut short a vacation. One is a once-in-a-lifetime news event. Second is a call from the Pulitzer committee. And a third, I submit, is...
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December 29, 2009; 9:05 AM ET |
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