Malcolm Evans (cartoonist)
Malcolm Paul Evans (born 20 December 1945) is a New Zealand cartoonist residing in Auckland.
Up until September 2014, Evans' cartoons appeared daily in three major New Zealand newspapers, The
Having first worked for The New Zealand Herald in the 1970s, when he succeeded Sir Gordon Minhinnick, Evans was again its cartoonist for six years from 1997 until 2003 when those opposed to his pro-Palestinian cartoons, put pressure on the paper and, following Evans' subsequent refusal to stop drawing cartoon comments on Israeli treatment of Palestinians, he was subsequently fired.[1][2] During his time at the New Zealand Herald he was twice judged New Zealand Cartoonist of the Year, a title he held at the time of his firing, along with that of President of the NZCIA - the New Zealand Cartoonists and Illustrators Association.
See also
- Political cartoons
References
- ^ "Real History and the problems of caricaturing Israel". The Sydney Morning Herald. 15 August 2003.
- ^ Cummings, Michael (November 2003). "Dumped cartoonist speaks out" (PDF). Te Waha Nui. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 April 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2012.
External links
- Malcolm Evans Cartoons - home page for Malcolm Evans
- Editorial on Malcolm Evans Israeli cartoons archived from The New Zealand Herald
- Search for work by Malcolm Evans on DigialNZ