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R.O. Blechman Retrospective at the Norman Rockwell Museum

R. O. Blechman in The Comics Journal.

R.O. Blechman is the subject of a retrospective, from May 11 to June 30, at the Norman Rockwell Museum, in Stockbridge MA, entitled The Inquiring Line. 
The following is his speech from the opening night.

The ($90,000) Duffy buck stops here, Bank of Canada decides

Jack Knox in The Victoria Times-Colonist.

Veteran B.C. newspaper satirist Dan Murphy drew a funny editorial cartoon the other day. It looks like a $50 bill, except it’s for $90,000 and features a picture of Mike Duffy.

Egyptian Cartoonist Doaa El Adl

Olivia Stransky on Sampsonia Way Magazine.

Considered by many to be Egypt’s most famous female cartoonist, Doaa El Adl has been making Egyptian headlines with two of her recent cartoons. The first, which was published in February 2013 shows a man reaching a pair of scissors between a woman’s legs to cut off a red flower – a criticism of Female Genital Mutilation. 

2013 Reuben Awards Winners

From the NCS website.

The 67th Annual Reuben Awards dinner was held last night at the Omni William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
This year’s winners:

Iranian Cartoonist Kianoush Ramezani on Three Kinds of Cartoons

From Sampsonia Way.

In 2009, following Iran’s controversial election, many Iranians took to the streets and the web to voice their dissatisfaction. One of those who participated was Kianoush Ramezani, who at that time was publishing cartoons online as well as in Shahrvand, a Persian magazine based in Canada. Ramezani drew several cartoons criticizing the election results. Over the next seven months, Ramezani watched as his friends and colleagues were arrested. It seemed inevitable that it would happen to him too. Finally Ramezani had no choice: He fled Iran in December of 2009 and was granted political asylum in France. Since then Ramezani has continued to draw and speak out against oppression in his home country.

In this interview, Ramezani describes the three kinds of cartoonists in Iran, how the government controls cultural institutions, and why the Iranian government will never be able to control the internet.

When Tom Met Alison: A Fisher Collection

Nestlings Press, run by Globe & Mail columnist and Portfoolio 23, Portfoolio 24 and Portfoolio 25 editor Warren Clements, has two excellent new offerings by Anthony Jenkins and Philip Street.