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
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.
certainly consider focus issues paper saying specific work
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.
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.
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.
belly primarily
Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.
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.
bit people
Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.
asked cartoons draw
I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them.
act death eligible homicidal pull unless
Unless you pull the trigger, plunge the knife, unless your act is the homicidal act, you're not eligible for the death penalty.
nature satirical
I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.
antithesis stand stands
I am anti-Bush. A lot of what he stands for is the antithesis of what I stand for.
cartooning given huge rein
Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment.
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.
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.