Carol Hills

Cartoon Slideshow: Doubts about a Ceasefire in Syria

By Carol Hills ⋅ April 11, 2012 ⋅ One comment

There’s a lot of blood on the floor and bloody hands in these cartoons about the countdown to the ceasefire deadline in Syria. The only person who seems to believe Syria will meet the April 12th deadline is Kofi Annan. But US officials are doubtful that Bashar al-Assad’s “pledge” to observer the ceasefire has any credibility because of past broken promises.

Cartoon Slideshow: The Perils of Poking Fun at Yemeni Politics

By Carol Hills ⋅ April 6, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Kamal Sharaf is an artist and satirist in Yemen who has dared to question the status quo. Through his cartoons he challenged former Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh and suffered for it. He was forcibly taken from his home in 2010 and spent a month in prison. These days Kamal Sharaf continues to take comparatively progressive stands on issues like women’s rights and is not afraid to question the direction of the new Yemeni president.

Cartoon Slideshow: Assad Continues to Ignore Critics

By Carol Hills ⋅ March 30, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Syria’s Bashar al-Assad is not listening … to his opponents, to his international critics, or even to Koffi Annan, the UN/Arab League envoy who is talking, persuading — even pleading with Assad to play ball with Annan’s six-point peace plan. Pope Benedict visits drug trade-addled Mexico, and meet some non-human drug addicts: the food on your plate.

Jordanian Cartoonist Emad Hajjaj Draws the Arab Spring

By Carol Hills ⋅ March 19, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Emad Hajjaj is a Palestinian editorial cartoonist based in Amman. He was born in Ramallah on the West Bank but has lived most of his life in Jordan. His editorial cartoons appear in the Jordanian newspaper Al Ghad as well as other Arabic language newspapers. They also appear in English through Cagle Cartoons. Over the past year or so Hajjaj has been consumed with the Arab Spring, both as a cartoonist and as an Arab. Here’s a selection of his recent cartoons, arranged chronologically.

Russia’s Dmitri Medvedev: The Mini-Me to Vladimir Putin

By Carol Hills ⋅ March 9, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Dmitri Medvedev is leaving the Russian presidency in May 2012 but for many political cartoonists, he never really arrived. Looking back at cartoons published during his presidency, The World’s Carol Hills finds Medvedev portrayed as the ultimate ‘mini-me’ to Vladimir Putin, the puppet on a string, the dog ordered to fetch, basically a doormat. Enjoy.

Batwing: An African Superhero Takes on Congo

By Carol Hills ⋅ February 16, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

DC Comics has created an African superhero modeled after Batman. His name is Batwing and he’s battling evil in the Democratic Republic of Congo!

Cartoon Slideshow: Crisis in Syria

By Carol Hills ⋅ February 10, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

Blood, blood and blood are the subjects of this cartoon slideshow about Syria. Cartoonists around the globe are responding to the blood being spilled in the violent crackdown on demonstrators — especially in the Syrian city of Homs. Bashar al-Assad is the villain and the images are graphic, in your face, and unsubtle.

Cartoon Slideshow: Russia’s Vladimir Putin

By Carol Hills ⋅ February 3, 2012 ⋅ One comment

Russia’s Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is a man in the middle….the middle of a campaign. He wants to be Russia’s president — again. He’s in the middle of protests against him. So he’s staging his own support rally in response. And Putin is also in the middle of the international outrage over the violence in Syria. Russia sells lots of weapons to Syria and Putin (along with his representatives at the UN) are neutering any real efforts to end the government-sponsored violence in Syria.

Cartoon: Facebook Going Public

By Carol Hills ⋅ February 2, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

Dutch cartoonist Tom Janssen uses a familiar emoticon to show how Facebook (the company) is probably feeling about the upcoming IPO.

Understanding Haiti Through Comics

By Carol Hills ⋅ January 12, 2012 ⋅ 2 comments

Cartoonist Matt Bors is editing a comic strip about life in Haiti since the earthquake. It’s drawn by a Haitian cartoonist and written by a Haitian reporter, both based in Port au Prince. The first installment of the comic strip was published online Thursday.

Cartoon: Democracy According to Syria’s Bashar al-Assad

By Carol Hills ⋅ January 10, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad doesn’t get why the whole world is demanding he introduce democratic reforms. Australian cartoonist Alan Moir captures al-Assad’s take on democracy.

Cartoon Slideshow: Fury Over Continued Violence in Syria

By Carol Hills ⋅ January 6, 2012 ⋅ One comment

There’s anger, sadness and downright fury over the continued violence in Syria. Much of the vitriol is directed against Arab League observers who arrived in Syria in late December to monitor the situation. There’s widespread feeling — which you’ll see in these cartoons — that the observers are ignoring the violence all around them.

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