Published12 Jul 2012
A teacher at the Faculty of Fine Arts in Tunis and a cartoon fan, Nadia Khiari was so dismayed by the former Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's response to the popular uprising in January 2011, she started drawing a cat commenting on current events. Her 'Willis from Tunis' series quickly became very popular.
in The Guardian.
Published9 Jul 2012
Regarded as the father of Egyptian caricature, George Bahgoury's political cartoons have featured in Arabic newspapers for decades. Born in Luxor in Upper Egypt, he has lived in Paris since 1970. Here he discusses his life and work, and the problems of being an artist in post-revolutionary Egypt.
In The Guardian.
Published18 Apr 2012
Joe Sacco (Malta, 1960) ha sido uno de los grandes revolucionarios del cómic haciendo algo que, en el fondo, es más antiguo que la imprenta: dibujar la realidad. No es el único que ha trasladado el periodismo al tebeo pero sin duda es el que ha alcanzado una mayor difusión con títulos como Goradze, zona protegida (Bosnia), Palestina y Notas al pie de Gaza (Oriente Próximo) o, ahora, Reportajes (Mondadori), del que este blog ofrece un adelanto. El libro que se comercializará el próximo 26 de abril, trata de una serie de historias que Sacco investigó en diferentes lugares del mundo, tres de ellas realmente espectaculares: "Mujeres chechenas", "Inmigrantes africanos" y "Kushinagar", sobre la pobreza en India.
Continuar a ler no El País.