Mar 13th, 2010 · A U.S. official says Colorado mother Jamie Paulin-Ramirez was among seven people — including Colleen LaRose, or "Jihad Jane," of Pennsylvania — arrested in Ireland this week in over an alleged plot to kill cartoonist Lars Vilks for lampooning the Prophet Muhammad.
Jan 10th, 2010 · In 2005, Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard was asked by his newspaper, Jyllands-Posten to draw a picture of the prophet Muhammad "as you see him" The assignment changed Westergaard's life forever. His cartoon outraged many Muslims, who called it blasphemous and offensive. Host Liane Hansen speaks with Westergaard, who is now in hiding under the protection of the Danish secret service, after being attacked in his home by an axe-wielding man on New Year's Day.
Jan 1st, 2010 · A 28-year-old Somalia man was armed with an axe and a knife when he entered Kurt Westergaard's home, police said. The intruder, who reportedly has ties to a Somali terrorist group, was shot in the knee. Westergaard caused outrage in the Muslim world for his cartoons depicting the Prophet Muhammad.
Dec 31st, 2009 · David Levine, famed in certain circles as one of the best cartoonists of this past century, died Tuesday at age 83.
Dec 30th, 2009 · Host Michel Martin talks to Iranian journalist and political cartoonist Nikahang Kowsar. Kowsar, who lives in exile in Canada, recently launched a citizen journalism Web site which has become a repository for first hand accounts of life in Iran. Kowsar discusses his recent journalistic venture and the current political tensions arising in his home country.
Dec 30th, 2009 · Linda Wertheimer talks to the Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist Mike Luckovich about the life and art of David Levine. David Levine created thousands of satirical portraits for The New York Review of Books and other publications. He died Tuesday at New York Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan of prostate cancer and complications from other ailments. He was 83.
Jul 24th, 2009 · Political cartoons are often both funny and poignant. But they can also be inflammatory. Iranian cartoonist Nikahang Kowsar published a cartoon that showed Venezuela's Hugo Chavez and Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad dancing the tango, together. Such cartoons landed Kowsar in jail and eventually expelled from Iran. The artist talks about his cartoons, and why he's still publishing them.
Jun 16th, 2009 · Fourteen years ago, cartoonist and author Tim Kreider was stabbed in the throat. He survived, and after his "unsuccessful murder," he said he wasn't unhappy for an entire year. Kreider talks about how getting a second chance has altered his perspective on life.