Saturday, 2 January 2010

The cartoonist and the would-be axe murderer



A beardy hat-bomb satire by a bearded illustrator seems to have drawn a murderously violent response by an affiliate of those bearded fanatics with a fancy for shoe-bombs and trouser-bombs.

This is not so much about the tender sensibilities of the long dead, nor about the curious vulnerabilities of almighty deities, but rather about challenging the politics of violent intimidation with ink on paper.

Danish daily Politiken has an english language report.

The BBC has a TV report.

My earlier posts on the topic can be found here.

Drawing copyright © Kurt Westergaard.

2 comments:

Oscar Grillo said...

And all this in the new millennium!...The CH4 news PIXILATED the drawings of the cartoonist in the report thus suggesting that he may have done something wrong!

kellie said...

Hi Oscar, happy new year!
Those Walker Evans Havana photos you posted are marvellous.