Banned cartoons appear in print for the first time
Cartoons can provoke demonstrations, even spark riots. Which is why, especially lately, many newspapers have been cautious about running provocative cartoons, especially ones likely to offend specific religious groups. Now there is a new book out in the US - a collection of cartoons that over the years have been banned. This is the first time they have been seen in print. The book is the work of a David Wallis, who heads an America news syndicate. It’s called ‘Killed Cartoons. Casualties from the War on Free Expression.’ It contains nearly 100 editorial cartoons and other works of art that American newspaper editors have declined to publish. They include Hitler serving as a Nixon adviser during the bombing in Vietnam, President Bush and his famous ‘Bring ‘em on’ taunt in front of flag-draped coffins of soldiers who died in Iraq, and even Pope John Paul II ascending into heaven inside his famous Popemobile. All considered at the time too controversial to print. (Press Gazette,March 13, 2007)
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