I would think a sense of the absurd is more important for a political cartoonist, because that could define things like a sense of hypocrisy or a sense of the things one has to be skeptical about. — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
I see the cartoonist as contributing to the content, being critical, because we do poke holes in some of the dialogue and find new ways of seeing things. — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what… — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh. — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
It's to be a person who's able to shoot little arrows into sacred cows and knock politicians off their pedestals, to look out for… — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
I would think a sense of the absurd is more important for a political cartoonist, because that could define things like a sense of… — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor. — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
Mandela once phoned me out of the blue while he was still president, and at first he played with me a bit. — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper. — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
We do, and there is a law in the United States - the Torture Convention - that prohibits the United States from deporting an… — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
I was very lucky all three newspapers approached me and asked me to draw their cartoons for them. — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
On one occasion in 1987 the security police came looking for me because of a drawing that I'd published. — Jonathan Shapiro Copy Share Image
