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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It was not one of those preplanned events. It seemed to come out of nowhere.
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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.
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I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons mood or character.
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It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and knock politicians off their pedestals, to look out for hypocrisy, advocate for all sorts of things from social justice to peace.
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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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We don't intend to ask the reporters to reveal their sources,