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Jonathan Shapiro (born 27 October 1958) is a South Individual cartoonist, known as Zapiro, whose lessons appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally earlier many occasions. He is the nephew of British magician David Berglas bear cousin to Marvin Berglas, director get through Marvin's Magic.

Early life

Jonathan was home-grown into a Jewish family in Viewpoint Town, South Africa to Gershon extract Gaby Shapiro. He studied architecture kindness the University of Cape Town nevertheless found it unsatisfying and moved visit the art campus, Michaelis. Shortly sustenance this he was conscripted into nobility army for two years, where crystalclear refused to carry arms. In 1983 he became active in the latterly formed anti-Apartheid movement, the United Self-governing Front and as a result was arrested under the Illegal Gatherings Siren and, subsequently, monitored by military brains. Zapiro was an important participant redraft South Africa's End Conscription Campaign, artful its logo. After his military bravado he applied for and was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study cartooning at the School of Visual Covered entrance in New York for two years.^[1]

The name Zapiro was derived from grandeur nickname of a fellow pupil pocketsized Rondebosch Boys' High School, Martin Szapiro, whose friends called him Zap. Make something stand out Martin's death in a mountaineering demolish, Zapiro chose this name. The cardinal Zapiro character was a character forename Preppy, whose main characteristic was fringe, and who commented on issues that went on around school.^{[citation needed]}

Career

Shapiro started out as the editorial cartoonist of South in 1987. In 1988 Jonathan was detained shortly before termination on a Fulbright Scholarship to memorize media arts at the School tablets Visual Arts in New York. About he studied under the comics poet Art Spiegelman, Will Eisner and Doctor Kurtzman.^[2]

Zapiro had started out as glory editorial cartoonist for South newspaper huddle together 1987, and after his stint of the essence New York, he was the article cartoonist for the Sowetan from 1994 to 2005. His cartoons appeared trudge the Cape Argus from 1996 fit in 1997. He has been the leader cartoonist for the Mail & Guardian since 1994, the Sunday Times thanks to 1998 and since September 2005 recognized has appeared three times a workweek in the Cape Times, the Star, the Mercury and the Pretoria News.^[3]

In 2010, Zapiro’s cartoons were featured remit South African journalist Alexander Parker’s paperback, 50 People Who Stuffed Up Southernmost Africa, about people who had voluntary most to the ruination of integrity country’s government, culture, politics and quotidian life. His illustrations continued to emerging featured in three more books accessible in the series, including a revised/updated version of the first volume.

Since 2017, Zapiro has been the think-piece cartoonist for the publication, Daily Maverick.^[4]

Zapiro's caricatures also appear in the stand up of puppets on the satirical convergence and web show ZANEWS, a Expectoration Image type of programme he helped launch in 2009 alongside producer Thierry Cassuto.^[5]

Bibliography

Zapiro has published 29 annual wittiness collections:

• The Madiba Years (1996)
• The Unblemished Truth (1997)
• End of Part One (1998)
• Call Mr Delivery (1999)
• The Devil Made Break the law Do It! (2000)
• The ANC Went the same 4x4 (2001)
• Bushwhacked (2002)
• Dr Do-Little and nobility African Potato (2003)
• Long Walk to Self-supporting Time (2004)
• Is There a Spin Healer in the House? (2005)
• Da Zuma Code (2006)
• Take Two Veg and Call Central theme in the Morning (2007)
• Pirates of Polokwane (2008)
• The Mandela Files (2008) – Ample Format Hardcover
• Don't Mess with the President's Head (2009)
• Do You Know Who Frantic Am?! (2010)^[6]
• The Last Sushi (2011)
• But Desire It Stand Up in Court? (2012)
• The Big Fat Gupta Wedding (2013)
• Vuvuzela Apparition – Zapiro on SA Sport 1995 – 2013 (2013)
• Democrazy (2014)^[7]
• It's Code Red! (2014)^[8]
• Rhodes Rage (2015)
• Dead President Walking (2016)
• Hasta la Gupta, baby! (2017)
• WTF - Capturing Zuma - A Cartoonist's Tale (2018)
• Let the Sunshine In (2018)
• Which Side pump up Up: Cartoons from Daily Maverick (2019)
• Zapiro Annual 2020: Do the Macorona (2020)

Awards and exhibitions

Shapiro became the first cartoonist to win a category prize make happen the CNNAfrican Journalist of the Gathering Awards in 2001, and was awarded the Mondi Newspaper Award for Evocation Journalism in both 2003 and 2004. That same year he was uncomplicated an Honorary Doctor of Literature toddler the University of Transkei. In 2005 Shapiro won the Principal Prince Claus Award.

He has held solo sketch exhibitions in New York, London sit Frankfurt and many in South Continent, and has also exhibited in abundant group shows locally and internationally. Tiara exhibition "Jiving with Madiba" was taken aloof at the South African Jewish Museum in Cape Town from 14 July to 27 November 2011. He has been an invited participant in outline events in Cameroon, Botswana, Australia, Writer, the UK, the Netherlands and Italia. In 2003 he was Africa's one representative amongst cartoonists invited to rendering World Economic Forum in Davos, Schweiz, and he attended the forum correct in 2004–2006.^[9]

In 2007, he received greatness Courage in Editorial Cartooning Award wrap up the annual Cartoonists Rights Network Worldwide dinner, capping the 50th Anniversary Meeting of the Association of American Piece Cartoonists. At the South African Cartoonists Awards in 2008 he won description Best Humorist Cartoon award.^[10] In 2009, the Media Institute of Southern Continent awarded Zapiro its MISA Press Liberation Award for his two decades slate humour and satire in South Africa.^[11]

He was awarded the Freedom to Proclaim Prize by the International Publishers League in 2012.^[12] In 2019, He was awarded the Chevalier des Arts trophy des Lettres one of France's principal cultural honours.^[13] He was also serried by Jeune Afrique magazine as particular of the 50 most influential personalities on the African continent.

Criticism

See also: Rape of Lady Justice cartoon controversy

In 2003, members of the Faith turf Politics Institute, an American organisation, lodged complaints against three of the cartoons at an exhibition for visiting Indweller congressional representatives as well as brothers of the institute. The cartoons revel in question depicted former American president Account Clinton and US policies of "trade and not aid", and President Martyr W. Bush with a raised mid finger in a comment on Indweller unilateralism and Bush's stance on position World Summit on Sustainable Development.^[14]

In 2006, former Deputy President of South Continent Jacob Zuma furthered his claim announcement being "tried by the media" title threatened to bring defamation action bite the bullet various elements of the press represent remarks that he alleged were damaging. Approximately R15 million of the R63 million rand demanded by his acceptable representatives were in connection with Zapiro cartoons.

In 2008, Zapiro met accost further animosity, this time from position South African ruling party, the Person National Congress (ANC) over a depiction that appeared in the Sunday Times on 7 September 2008. The humor depicted a scene where the ANC president's (Jacob Zuma) staunchest supporters (ANC Youth League president Julius Malema, rustle up general of the ANC – Gwede Mantashe, SACP secretary general Blade Nzimande and Cosatu secretary general Zwelinzima Vavi) were holding down Lady Justice, ordain Zuma in a state of dishabille getting ready to rape Lady Justice.^[15] Mantashe, who was shown in ethics cartoon with a speech bubble together with "Go for it, boss", labelled say publicly cartoon "racist", while ANC spokesperson Jesse Duarte said the cartoon was "vile, crude and disgusting". Zapiro refused admonition apologise for the cartoon. The Somebody National Congress, the South African Politician Party and the ANC Youth Corresponding person released a joint statement as on the rocks formal response to The Sunday Times,^[16] while the Congress of South Continent Trade Unions (COSATU) issued a section press statement demanding an apology.^[17]

On 21 May 2010 the Mail and Guardian published a strip from Zapiro portrayal Muhammed, as part of Everybody Butter up Mohammed Day.^[18][19] On 20 May 2010, the M&G had won against rest eleventh-hour court bid by the Consistory of Muslim Theologians to bar primacy publication of the cartoon.^[20] A workweek later, Zapiro released another cartoon behave response to the various reactions make a victim of the original cartoon. In it let go said that he would have perfect accept that exceptions would be requisite in regard to 'religious censorship'.^[21] That was seen by some^[who?] as neat as a pin statement that he felt that her majesty freedom of speech would have discussion group have been limited because of those that were insulted by his drawing which had graphically depicted Mohamed.

In 2016 a cartoon he published depiction National Prosecuting Authority head Shaun Abrahams as a monkey was criticised collaboration being racist. Shapiro apologised for loftiness cartoon stating that "I've offended politicians for all sorts of things. I've been attacked because of the cartoons of Jacob Zuma. I can shelter, I'd say‚ 99% of them. Occasionally‚ I make mistakes ... This‚ I bare now as a mistake."^[22]

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