Last week German media were all about Thilo Sarrazin, Social Democratic politician and a member of the German Federal Bank’s executive board. Mr. Sarrazin has written a book about German immigration policy containing some .. controversial.. statements, mostly about the nature of immigrants from Muslim countries and about how to deal with them.
Advance publication in Germany’s largest tabloid newspaper as well as other media buying in on this have created a bona fide hysteria. There are, of course, tons of cartoons on Sarrazin. They can be found here. Let me just point out this one by Harm Bengen, as well as the Turkish translation.
On Thursday Israel and Palestine began new talks after almost two years of silence. Unsurprisingly, toonpool.com artists are far from convinced that there will be a positive outcome. There’s pessimism about the chances for peace, concerns about both sides’ destructive policies, about the complexity of the process, about America’s neutrality, as well as the cynical conviction that the whole peace process is – as one famous admiral once put it - “a trap”. This last cartoon is probably the most positive statement.
Cartoons of Interest
Michele Rocchetti’s stylized caricature of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is (in my opinion) the most stunning cartoon uploaded last week. As one user writes, it may take some time and meditation until you get it. It’s worth it.
Other great cartoons include these two about inventiveness, these two about preparedness, and a cross-hatched caricature of Michael Douglas. While I don’t really like his films (except maybe Romancing the Stone) I do hope that everything works out fine for him, cancer-wise.
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The cartoon about “Sarrazin” by “Harm Bengen” is so very well done. I love it.
Michele Rocchetti’s style is impressive. At first I didn´t even know it´s a portrait at all. Kuddos.