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The Death of Kim Jong Il

Carol Hills — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 14:20:21 +0000

Moshik, Ma'ariv, Israel

North Korea’s Kim Jong Il has always been fodder for political cartoonists and his untimely death is no exception. In these cartoons look for wailing and crying, body doubles, the late leader trying to take a nuclear warhead into the afterlife, and the cartoon debut of Kim Jong Un, the “Hair Apparent”.

Cartoon: Egypt’s “Transitional” Military Government Considers Its Options.

Carol Hills — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 10:01:10 +0000

Egypt's "transitional" military government considers its options. Cartoon by Canadian Gary Clement

Global political cartoons: October 24-30, 2009

The World — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:58 +0000

Halloween has found its way into this week’s cartoons but the scary images are not witches or goblins but pumpkins wearing face masks and sneezing trick-or-treaters. It’s the ghostly spirit of the H1N1 flu. And, the new sexy: hand sanitizers.

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Global Political Cartoons: July 18 – 24, 2009

Clark Boyd — Sat, 25 Jul 2009 18:51:30 +0000

Cartoonists find poignancy in the timing of the 40th anniversary of the Moon landing and the death of veteran newsman Walter Cronkite. President Obama goes in for some image polishing, North Korea’s Kim Jong-Il and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton have a long-distance war of words, and rumors of doping haunt the Tour de France. Just click on the image at right to start the slideshow.