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February 24, 2006

TOE 2.24.06 - more humor for the end of the world

This week my friend Tim Kreider, the cartoonist behind the weekly strip The Pain: when will it end, decides to enter a cartoon contest being put on by an Iranian Newspaper in response to the furor over the cartoons depicting Mohammed published by the Danish newspapers. Its' a contest most cartoonists would shy away from entering - as the contest calls for cartoons about the Holocaust! But Tim Kreider believes entering the contest sends an important message about free speech and the importance of humor. LISTEN

update:

There is also a
Press Release on the amazing Fantagraphics Blog.

Posted by bw at February 24, 2006 04:14 PM