Opinions on some Political Cartoons

[Dr. Croccer]

Latuff has authored several comics about Middle East situations such as the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and the Iraq War, mainly highly critical towards Israel and the United States while sympathizing with their opposition.[original research?]
In his We are all Palestinians cartoon series, various famous oppressed groups, including Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto, Black South Africans during Apartheid, Native Americans, and Tibetans in China, are all shown stating "I am Palestinian".[4] (See also: Controversies)
Latuff has also made a series of cartoons that portray Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon,[5][6][7] United States President George W. Bush, Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and British PM Tony Blair among other politicians as monsters and as Nazis.[8]
In his comic series by the name of Tales of Iraq War (also translated into Arabic), he features 'Juba, the Baghdad sniper' as a hero while US soldiers are portrayed as villains[9] sent by US President George W. Bush, caricatured laughing over US casualties.[10]

Latuff himself has described his work as controversial.
In 2002 the Swiss-based Jewish organization Aktion Kinder des Holocaust sued the Independent Media Center (IMC, also known as Indymedia) of Switzerland on the charge of anti-Semitism. The reason was a cartoon of Latuff's We are all Palestinians series, published in Swiss IMC website, which depicted a Jewish boy in Warsaw Ghetto saying: "I am Palestinian."[11][12][13] The criminal proceedings were suspended by Swiss court.[14]
In 2006, Latuff entered and was placed second, winning $4,000, in the controversial Iranian 'International Holocaust Cartoon Competition'. Latuff's image compared the Israeli West Bank barrier with the Nazi concentration camps.[15]
The competition itself was controversial - it was criticised by the then United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, the Israeli foreign ministry, Reporters Without Borders, the Anti-Defamation League and many others.[16][17][18] Latuff's entry was described as "Holocaust inversion" by Manfred Gerstenfeld.[19]
A cartoon by Latuff depicting Alan Dershowitz :wub: over the killing of Lebanese citizens, which illustrated an article by prominent anti-Zionist Norman Finkelstein, also provoked controversy.[20]

Gotta love his cartoons.



















http://latuff.deviantart.com/
http://latuff2.deviantart.com/
Any opinions on this guy's ''work''?


NOTE: I do not support not condemn Latuff's work, I am just posting it here to see some opinions on political cartoons from multiple people and used Latuff as example.

[Astaroth]

I appreciate political cartoons in general as they encourage people to get more interested and involved in politics. However, Latuff's cartoons are just polemic, anti-semitic, one-sided propaganda works and aren't even funny.

Some examples of him simply going too far (WARNING, big and possibly offensive pictures):

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Criticise the US all you want but comparing it to Hitler's Nazi regime is simply rude and arrogant towards the victims of the Third Reich.


Comparing the trouble in Palestine to the racist oppression of the blacks in South Africa is just ridiculous as well.

Here are some other cartoons:

On Bush/Obama:



On Russia:



More Russia:

[Samuel Adams]

I like a lot of his work on Iraq, especially the ghosts walking from the cannon fodder graves.

[Каие]

I think he needs to get a real job to be honest, but I guess this counts in our modern world. Some of them are funny I guess, we should refrain from anti-Semitism, but I didn't see any in there. I believe the only one accused of anti-Semitism was of a holocaust Jewish boy saying "I am Palestinian". Which is clearly NOT anti-Semitism.

Nice ones on Georgia-War though I also like the Muslim Radical one Hypocrites.

[C-Rob]

His works are absolutely true.

[Каие]

Well they're not are they? that's why it's called a satirical cartoon.

[Dr. Croccer]

Moar Latuff











Some of these are quite accurate.

[Каие]

Is this guy a Marxist? He keeps implying Marx pwns capitalism...

[Tchouk]

Purely artistically, I like them a lot.

As for the message - meh.

[Bovril]

Is this guy a Marxist? He keeps implying Marx pwns capitalism...

I don't think you have to be a 'Marxist' to use Marx as an exemplar for critics of the inherant failings of the modern capitalist system.

[Kiljan Arslan]

Is this guy a Marxist? He keeps implying Marx pwns capitalism...

most likley would explain a bit.

[Viking Prince]

The spoiler is your friend for strings of graphic images.

As to the political satir-- Yawn. This is why they are shown one at a time.

[Exarch]

that's my favourite
clear concise and biting

[Hounf of Culan]

In an effort to say something nice he can draw well, otherwise those cartoons are textual vomit. It'd be like me making a cartoon that supports the American and Israeli side by praising every time a iraqi or palestinian was killed as a result of the war, my title would be something like "I hate brownies, or at least brown people." I would draw pictures of the savage, barbarian islamic devils eating babies and trying to kill the brave american and israelis who are protecting their homes and families against the heathen brutes.

My problem is that he is what he is trying to ridicule, which is callous disregard of human life. His point is obviously that the Palestinians/Iraqis are being treated unfairly and he wishes to bring awareness to what he sees as massive disregard and callousness towards the palestinian/iraqi plight by Israel/America respectively. Assuming that this disregard of the palestinians and iraqis is true he is just as insensitive and callous towards the Americans and Israelis, if not more so. He wants America/Israel and the world to see the tragic disregard he sees in their actions but he is equally insensitive and dismissive of the deaths of Americans or the plight of the Israelis than he claims they are towards the Palestinians/Iraqis.

[Treize]

[Sven788]

[Kiljan Arslan]

I think this should be sent to Csrlos Latuff




I think I can basicly summarize a cartoon by carlos, us/ israel evil also are the exact same thing as nazies. Thats basicly all they say.

[Wiertz]

Those cartoons are funny if you ask me. They just show critisicm about things in the world on a funny way. Dont forget its just a cartoon, nothing more, nothing less.

[Kiljan Arslan]

yeah this is in no way offensive (sarcasm)
WARNING SHOWING A CARTOON THE DEPICTS A TERRIBLE BLOOD LIBEL BEING COMMITED

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

[Viking Prince]

How can I put an entire thread on an ignore list?