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
cartooning recognized teacher
There was a teacher who recognized that I was interested in cartooning and he was great.
belly primarily
Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.
cartoonist holes poke ways
I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke holes in some of the dialogue and find new ways of seeing things.
arm death despite issues letters penalty readers trade
Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what the readers or letters may say.
events seemed
It was not one of those preplanned events. It seemed to come out of nowhere.
cartoons caused essence issues people
The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about.
baggage burden carry happened jury october
The jury is going to carry the baggage of what happened in October back there (the jury room) with them. It is too much of a burden to carry.