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The power of the funny pages

Posted at 12:35 PM on October 27, 2010 by Marianne Combs (0 Comments)
Filed under: Criticism, Drawing, Media

Using his own political cartoons as punchlines, Patrick Chappatte argues that while technology is changing how we get the news, political cartoons still have an important role to play. Chappatte has brought together cartoonists in places like Lebanon, West Africa and Gaza to show how, in the right hands, the pencil can illuminate serious issues and bring the most unlikely people together.

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