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• Michael Leunig Interview - The quirky Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig was recently interviewed on Andrew Denton's Enough Rope program.
• Anti-Abortion Cartoon Auction - This cartoon (to the left) has been posted on quite a few blogs recently, and has now been put up for auction on E-Bay. The highest bidder is currently $1,725 USD and it still has about two and half days left.
• South Park's Chef Mauled by Bear - After the recent South Park and scientology controversy, with Tom Cruise protesting and Isaac Hayes jumping ship, I was wondering how the creators would replace the Chef, or his voice.
• Tom Cruise and South Park - Tom Cruise seems to be in the news for all the wrong reasons lately. It is reported that the actor and scientologist, Cruise has threatened to not promote his upcoming film (Mission Impossible 3) if Comedy Central aired an episode of South Park that poked fun of the "religion". Viacom (makers of MI3) is the parent company of Comedy Central (makers of South Park). Scientology seems to give people an attitude and rob them of a sense of humor.
• Freedom of Expression - I know that the Muslim cartoon controversy seems to have settled down and everyone is probably tired of hearing about it in the news, but I came across an interesting article in a Turkish newspaper by the Professor of Islamic Studies at John Carroll University, Zeki Saritoprak.
• South Park Bloody Mary Episode - Seems like everyone is either boycotting or protesting about something or other lately. Now that the Muslim cartoon depictions of the Prophet Mohammed fiasco has settled a little, Catholic church leaders in New Zealand have decided to boycott a broadcaster for planning to air an "ugly and tasteless" episode of the South Park cartoon.
• Ren and Stimpy Cartoonist - The cartoonist John Kricfalusi has started a blog recently. He's the cartoonist of Ren & Stimpy fame. It's still early days for his site, but it's already worth taking a look at.
• Anti-Semitic Cartoon Contest - After the insanity of the Muslim Cartoon controversy, there's now a new and improved way for angry young men to express themselves. A graphic artist from Dimona Comix in Israel has come up with the Anti-Semitic Cartoon contest by Jews, to make fun of Jews.
• Muslim Cartoon Controversy - The outrage over the publication of cartoons originally posted in the Danish Jyllands-Posten newspaper has escalated into violence and destruction. Embassies in Beirut and Damascus have been torched by protestors.
• Cartoonist Faces Prison for Blasphemy - Austrian cartoonist Gerhard Haderer may be facing prison time in Greece for blasphemy!. Haderer was not even aware that his satirical book was even published in Greece, but has received a summons to appear in an Athens court.