Toons: Doing Nothing, Parades, a Syrian Cartoonist, and more. 12/23/11 [View all]

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By Kirk Walters, Toledo Blade - 12/23/2011


By Kirk Walters, Toledo Blade - 12/23/2011


By Taylor Jones, El Nuevo Dia, Puerto Rico - 12/23/2011


By RJ Matson, The St. Louis Post Dispatch - 12/23/2011


By Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News - 12/23/2011


By Jimmy Margulies, The Record of Hackensack, NJ - 12/23/2011


By John Darkow, Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri - 12/23/2011


By Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 12/23/2011


By Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 12/23/2011


By Bob Englehart, The Hartford Courant - 12/23/2011


By John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune - 12/23/2011


By Brian Fairrington, Cagle Cartoons - 12/23/2011


By Ted Rall, December 23, 2011


By Tom Toles, December 22, 2011


By Stuart Carlson, December 24, 2011


By Matt Wuerker, December 22, 2011

Jeff Danziger looks back at the year: http://www.danzigercartoons.com/

Happy Holidays to all the political cartoonists who make the often wretched days of our lives more bearable through the art of laughter.

A Special Note:

This holiday season please keep Ali Ferzat, his family, and the people of Syria, who continue to suffer under the brutal regime of Bashar Assad, in your prayers for peace and goodwill among men.

Ali Ferzat (Arabic: علي فرزات‎; born 22 June 1951, Hama, Syria), is a renowned Syrian political cartoonist. He has published more than 15,000 caricatures between Syrian, Arab and international newspapers.[1] He serves as the head of the Arab Cartoonists' Association.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Ferzat

Ali Farzat on December 10 was a recipient along with 4 other individuals involved in the Arab Spring, including Mohamed Bouazizi, to receive the Sakharov Prize "established in December 1988 by the European Parliament as a means to honour individuals or organisations who have dedicated their lives to the defence of human rights and freedom of thought."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakharov_Prize

Ali Ferzat remains in Syria and was not permitted to attend the awards ceremony in Paris on December 14, "He sent a video message expressing his grief and sorrow at the number of victims in Syria which 'increases with every minute.'"

http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/world/12354400/eu-parliament-awards-arab-spring-activists/



Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat poses in his atelier in Damascus, Syria, (AP).

His final cartoon before the beating:



http://www.ali-ferzat.com/

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By Nate Beeler, The Washington Examiner - 8/29/2011