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Johannes Leak will publish daily in The Australian "inheriting" the position left by his father, Bill Leak, following his death in 2017 at the age of 61. The newspaper announced (Text on paywall) in early November published this cartoon in which Bill Leaks hands his son his clown shoes, warning him: "You'll grow ... Read more
Remembering Prageeth Eknaligoda Rally in front of the Sri Lankan President's house, 5 January 2015. Photo: Maatram. Attribution 2.0 Generic (CC BY 2.0) There are new developments in the abduction, and now more than likely murder, of cartoonist and journalist Prageeth Eknaligoda in 2009. The investigation by Sri Lanka's Criminal Investigation Department (CID) ... Read more
On 5 August, India blocked The Wire, again, blocked the internet and telephony, ordered tourists to leave Kashmir and made a massive deployment of soldiers. Yet another move to abolish its independence that the government cynically sold as a measure against terrorism and to"ensure peace and tranquillity". India has thus divided the state ... Read more
At the beginning of January this year Gahan Wilson announced that he was retiring, less than a month before his 89th birthday. It is said that cartoonists never retire, but in Gahan's case it was inevitable. He suffers from advanced dementia. In March his wife, the writer Nancy Winters, née Nancy Dee Midyette, ... Read more
TR: "The chilean government rewound its history to the worst of its chapters". Chile's worst story. Cartoon of 26/10/2019 in CTXT Recommended related texts. "President Piñera has said that "we are at war", sowing confusion among the population or, perhaps, unconsciously emulating Pinochet who, after the attack on him in 1986, declared to ... Read more
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