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Huff Post doesn’t get caricatures

huffington-postThe Huffington Post ran an article today entitled “Street Portraits Gone Wrong: The Funniest Caricature Drawings Ever”. One of my caricatures is included, and readers are invited to vote on which one is the most “WTF”, which is what I asked myself when I read it.

‘When you go a street fair, a carnival, or even a wedding, there’s a good chance you’ll run into a caricature artist. These expert cartoonists can sketch a funny version of you in under 15 minutes, but they don’t always get it right. Sometimes you come out looking like a horse or a disgruntled, overweight woman (when you’re really a 10-year-old girl). Check out the bizarre caricature drawings we found, ranging from the good, the bad, and the ugly (mostly ugly) and vote for the one with the most “WTF?!”‘

With the exception of two the caricatures are actually very good, and it seems to have confused the readers too judging by some of the comments! Still, it’s all publicity!

Sean Fitzpatrick arrested

The Emergency puts it quite well. Happy Fitzpatrick Day!


I told you it was a dangerous job: Gardai arrest 7 in cartoonist murder plot

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(My take on the Jyllands-Posten controversy, from back in the days when I used excessive labelling in my cartoons).

Gardaí have arrested five people in Waterford and two others in Cork in connection with an investigation into a conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist.

The cartoonist, Lars Vilks, has been threatened over his drawing depicting the Prophet Muhammad with the body of a dog.

The cartoonist is Swedish man Lars Vilks.

via RTÉ News: Arrests in Cork and Waterford over murder plot.

Get your b*ll*ck-naked T*oiseach t-sh*rt

Cian at Irish Election has made my caricature into this year’s sartorial musthave. I’ve asked for proceeds to go to the Rape Crisis Network Ireland.
UPDATE: Spreadshirt won’t print the tees any more so we’re going to find another printer had some legal issues and it’s all hunky dorey again.

RTÉ News: Dáíl bar goes to Galway

The Dáil bar has gone to Galway and Oireachtas authorities are not pursuing it

A Galway publican opened The Dáil Bar in Cross Street in the city last November and despite the association of the name with Leinster House, authorities there have decided not to take any legal action.

A Leinster House commission sought legal advice over the issue and a spokesperson said they have now concluded that no action will be taken, as the title ‘The Dáil Bar’ is not registered, and the ‘Dáil bar’ in Leinster House technically does not exist, as it actually refers to two bars in the building.

via RTÉ News: Dáíl bar goes to Galway.