It took some time to get back to normal after the big trip overseas but several exciting developments mean the autumn will usher in a new phase in my career.
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Working Comics Podcast
I spoke with Tim at the Working Comics podcast about a variety of subjects including formative years, my time working with cartoonist organisations and some heroes whose work I admire.
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Taking a pencil for a walk...
From September last year through to February it was my very great pleasure to take some time off for travel through South East Asia and the Pacific. The itinerary: Japan; Thailand; Vietnam; Singapore; Indonesia; Hong Kong; New Zealand; Fiji; and Singapore once again. I was keen to reach out to cartoonists where I could find them in the countries included.
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Writing & talking about cartoonists in trouble
I wrote a report about Eaten Fish as part of Cartooning For Peace's exhaustive document on conditions for the world's cartoonists and will discuss this case among others at Granite City Comic Con, Aberdeen on May 20th.
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#FreeTurkeyMedia - UPDATED
In March my cartoon in solidarity with Musa Kart, held without trial in Turkey for over 150 days, appeared on the front page of Cumhuriyet newspaper. Throughout April cartoonists were encouraged to participate in the #FreeTurkeyMedia campaign. In May my article about Musa appeared on TIME's website.
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Artistic Freedom Around the World: Challenges, Standards & Definitions
"Artistic expression is under threat worldwide. Authoritarian governments jail cartoonists for sedition, lock up poets and painters for blasphemy, prosecute rappers for insulting the state, and illegally censor filmmakers." As a Cartoonists Rights Network International director I'll attend an international meeting at the Artistic Freedom Center, LA in an effort to defend against these challenges.
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La Presse en Liberté
In my role as Cartoonists Rights Network International's Northern Europe representative I'm delighted and deeply honoured to have been invited to participate in La Presse en Liberté, a diverse programme of events taking place at UNESCO, Paris.
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Public Engagements - Spring 2017
Cartoonist Terry Anderson will deliver a variety of talks and workshops in Glasgow, Stirling and Aberdeen as well as Paris, France in the Spring of 2017.
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Cartoonists in dire peril
2016: no denouement
A few words of reflection on what has been a particularly varied and rewarding year professionally, despite all the depressing news the world had to offer.
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