Monitoring press freedom and international affairs from Mid-Missouri Public Radio and the Missouri School of Journalism
Drawing Japan's politics, from Seattle
By  • 26 October 2017
Roger Dahl, an unlikely Japanese political cartoonist When Roger Dahl moved to Japan in 1989, he was like hundreds of other recent college grads - looking for adventure and funding it by teaching English. [caption…
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Project Exile: Chinese 'traitor' cartoonist exiled in Japan
By  • 22 May 2017
They even put up a notice in the state paper, The People's Daily, denouncing me as a "pro-Japan traitor." It was nearly midnight, and Chinese cartoonist Wang Liming (王立铭) had just returned to his Beijing apartment…
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Project Exile: Cameroon cartoonist flees Biya repression
By  • 10 January 2017
Art has always been Ako Eyong’s main tool of expression. [caption id="attachment_7916" align="alignleft" width="300"] Ako Eyong[/caption] Born and raised in Cameroon, Ako graduated from the University of Buea in 1996 with a degree in history. Unable…
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Ecuador cartoonist hit by Correa's crackdown
By , • 20 February 2015
"If I censor myself, I would not be a cartoonist anymore. A cartoonist cannot censor himself." If there’s a face of Ecuador’s widening efforts to censor the press, it’s cartoonist Xavier Bonilla. Known by his…
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Malaysia seizes books by critical cartoonist
By  • 16 February 2015
Malaysian police have seized about 200 copies of a new book by a political cartoonist known for lampooning the government, local news reports said. The cartoonist Zunar, whose real name is Zulkiflee Anwar Ulhaque, said…
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Drawing a response to the Charlie Hebdo attacks
By  • 12 January 2015
'We thought that the cartoonists that were most in danger were African cartoonists.' The slaying of five French cartoonists in attacks by Islamic extremists Jan. 7 triggered massive demonstrations in France. And it made free…
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