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Jonathan Shapiro (born 27 October 1958) is a South African cartoonist, known as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions.
Freedom of expression, war and peace, human rights, environmental issues…. Have a look at our collections of international press cartoons! Born in 1958, ZAPIRO (aka Jonathan Shapiro) went through school in Cape Town, architecture at UCT, conscription, activism, detention and a Fulbright Scholarship to New York before establishing himself as ...
Nov 29, 2017 · A discussion with Jonathan Shapiro on 29th November 2017. Zapiro – activist, social commentator and extraordinary political cartoonist. Interviwer : Nastassia Arendse on 29 November 2017 at 19:03. Originally published on Moneyweb includes the audio of the interview. NASTASSIA ARENDSE: Born Jonathan Shapiro in Cape Town in 1958, he couldn’t ...
Jan 31, 2017 · Editorial cartoonist. When the newspaper South began in 1987, he became its editorial cartoonist. He was detained by security police in 1988 shortly before leaving on a Fulbright Scholarship to study media arts at the School of Visual Arts in New York. New York was an eye-opening experience where he studied under comics masters Art Spiegelman ...
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Jonathan Shapiro. Born in Cape Town in 1958 and also known as Zapiro. Could not imagine a career in cartooning, so studied architecture at University of Cape Town. Could not imagine a career in architecture, so tried switching to Graphic Design and promptly got conscripted. While in the army he refused to bear arms and became active in 1983 in ...
Aug 28, 2011 · Shapiro is married to award-winning photographer Karina Turok and they have two children Tevya, 16, and Nina, 11. I'm a dinosaur. I'm not a number cruncher, but I don't see newspapers and...
Jonathan Shapiro is better known by his pen name is Zapiro. An editorial and political cartoonist he has been actively sharing his message for 35 year. The first 10 years as an activist who became a cartoonist, and the rest as a cartoonist commentator and visual satirist...