Humour in trouble, a collection of cases (I) from 1978 to 2016

Humour in trouble, a collection of cases (I) from 1978 to 2016

Cartoonists who have had problems of some importance because of their cartoons or satirical illustrations. Also cases of other people who, without being cartoonists, have had problems for sharing them.

Irish newspaper withdraws cartoon on child abuse under pressure from priests

Irish newspaper withdraws cartoon on child abuse under pressure from priests

The Irish Times apologised and removed from its website this cartoon by Martyn Turner (seen here) published on 16 April in response to pressure from priests. The cartoon alluded to the first Children's Bill which seeks to make it mandatory for some professions and representatives of institutions to report any incidents of harm

Cartoons and torches

Cartoons and torches

After writing history of the different reactions to the cartoon of Alejandro Salazar about the accident in the Carnival of Oruro (Bolivia). The newspaper La Razón asked me to send them my opinion and accompany it with a cartoon. This is the image that will appear next to the text in the printed

Cartoons and death, the Al-Azar case

Cartoons and death, the Al-Azar case

This story begins with an accident. On Saturday 1 March 2014, during the Carnival celebrations in Oruro, Bolivia, a catwalk collapsed on a group of participants in the carnival entrance, a massive parade that attracts thousands of people. The accident killed five people, four of whom were members of the musical band Espectacular

The truth about comic books

The truth about comic books

The truth about comics With this tasty title over a drawing of a spider's web adorns this disturbing 8-page American booklet, which I gather was published in the early to mid-1950s and warns of the dangers of comic books. This scary tale begins by saying that approximately 90 million comic books are sold

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