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
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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.
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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.
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I normally keep a series of draft in a catalogue type of book in which I scribble, sketch and draw ideas.
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Gee, I am a complete Luddite when it comes to computers, I can barely log on!
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I' m not saying that I wouldn't focus my work on issues that the specific paper would consider important, I would certainly do that.
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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.
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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.