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Insight on Cartoonists: Nick Downes (The New Yorker)
To navigate life’s all-too-frequent stumbling blocks successfully, it’s necessary to learn how to accept the downs as well as the ups. But at the New Yorker magazine (still … Read more
Leda and the Face/Palm (NSFW)
The London Metropolitan Police admitted there had been no complaints, but none the less they took a dim view of Derrick Santini’s modern rendering of Zeus ravishing Leda, the myth of the conception of Helen of Troy.
An officer took exception as…
Racism, or a Matter of Perspective?
The Swedish Minister of Culture, Lena Adelsohn Lijeroth, has become the focal point of a controversy in which she has been accused of racism. There have been calls for her resignation. It all began when the Minister participated in an art…
Books, Cats and Love: The Cartooning Career of Stephanie Piro
By Roz Warren “Cartooning is the best revenge,” Stephanie Piro jokes when I ask where her ideas come from. A marital spat with husband John or a stranger’s … Read more