Jonathan Shapiro
Jonathan Shapiro
Jonathan Shapiro, born 1958 in Cape Town, is a South African cartoonist, famous as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions. He is the nephew of British magician David Berglas and cousin to Marvin Berglas, director of Marvin's Magic...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionCartoonist
bit people
Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.
born cancer dealing dying mother raised
born into poverty, as a 3-year-old dealing with a mother dying of breast cancer, raised by a 12-year-old sibling.
came drawing looking occasion police security
On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that I'd published.
cartooning given huge rein
Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment.
abide assistant attorneys defense disturbed former government high holds nonsense
She is a no-nonsense judge, and she doesn't abide by nonsense from the defense or the prosecutor. Being a former assistant U.S. attorney, she holds the government attorneys to a very high standard, which is as it should be. She is evidently very disturbed by the developments in this case, which is as it should be as well.
mandela played
Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit.
asked cartoons draw
I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them.
expose persons revealing
I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons mood or character.
nature satirical
I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.
future plans
He's a scholar. He has plans for the future, ... He has plans which may have to be reevaluated and for which he is grieving.
arrested number
I was also arrested a number of times.
absurd define hypocrisy political skeptical
I would think a sense of the absurd is more important for a political cartoonist, because that could define things like a sense of hypocrisy or a sense of the things one has to be skeptical about.
people
What's much harder is taking on people in your own community.
certain checks disturbing government noises people slightly tendency toward
There are certain people within the new government who have a slightly disturbing tendency toward authoritarianism, but there are so many checks and balances that in that way their noises are just noises.