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Zuma’s Revenge
During our trip to South Africa a couple of years back, we were mentored, shown around and generally made to feel extremely welcome by leading South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro, who goes by the pen-name of Zapiro.
Whilst we were there the (now ex-) Vice President of South Africa, Jacob Zuma was hitting the headlines over numerous allegations of sleaze (see my cartoons on this here). After our return he was also charged (and remarkably, acquitted) of the rape of a 31-year old HIV+ family friend. Anyway, it now turns out that Zuma is sueing Zapiro (along with a number of newspapers, editors, reporters, radio stations and publishers). Zapiro is being sued by Zuma for three cartoons he thinks that “injured [Zuma] in his dignity and his reputation”. (more…)
TransAtlant-ink Cartoon Exhibition Extended…
…for another two weeks, until 2nd December. So, if you’ve not seen it yet, there’s plenty […]
TransAtlant-ink Exhibition – The Photos!
Well, here we are, the hangover’s passed and we’re back to normal again… (more…)
TransAtlant-Ink Exhibition Opens Thursday…
and it’s the Private View tomorrow night… I’l l be going down, and taking my camera […]
The Times – ‘The Pen Is Mightier Than The Word’
Just a quick one – the TransAtlant-ink show opens on Wednesday, and there’s been an article […]
Transatlant-ink – Cartoons from the South Africa trip!
Finally, looks like the show’s happening. Anyone who fancies seeing what we were up to last year in Johannesburg and Cape Town, well now you can see…
…and in other news
Whilst I think of it, it looks like we’ve finally got dates fixed for the South […]
Transatlantink
Phew! It’s been a long time since I last posted.
Firstly, the big news, the Transatlantink exhibition (as the fruits of our South Africa trip are now called) opened yesterday in Johannesburg. See the details here.
In case you’re passing through Jo’berg in the next month or so, the exhibition runs 9am-5pm daily (except Mondays) at Museum Africa, 121 Bree Street, Newtown, Johannesburg, South Africa, from Wednesday 25 May to Friday 24 June 2005. Free entry! (more…)
South Africa and Life Drawing
I’ve added a couple of new sections to the Other Work section of the site. Firstly, […]
…or not as the case may be
Unfortunately, the Dubai trip is off… for now at least. Looks like they’d overspent on the […]
South Africa Cartoons Update
Matt Buck has been hosting some of our work produced as a result of the trip […]
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