“Love is stronger than hate” – France 2011

“Love is stronger than hate” – France 2011

What do we see? On November 8, 2011, the front page of the weekly Charlie Hebdo showed a cartoon, captioned “Love is stronger than hate” by cartoonist Luz (pseudonym of Renald Luzier). The image was published a week after a fire-bomb attack by radical Muslim...
Maggie Smith gets politely vulgar – Poland 2021

Maggie Smith gets politely vulgar – Poland 2021

A: Author: Jarosław Kubicki, source,accessed 13.11.2021 What do we see here? A: On poster A we can see an elegant English lady, well-dressed in an old-fashioned way, smiling lightly and confidently (the image of Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham played by...
Hopelessly awkward – Poland 2021

Hopelessly awkward – Poland 2021

“Indicate women who ask for rape (colour them in)”. Published by kind permission of the Author. What do we see? The cartoon designed by a celebrated Polish visual artist, animator and activist Janek Koza, combines a seemingly naïve black-and-white representation...
Teddy bear guilty of corruption – Portugal 2022

Teddy bear guilty of corruption – Portugal 2022

What do we see / read? The mock article was published in January 2022 in a Portuguese spoof newspaper entitled O Inimigo Público (The Public Enemy), which is a weekly supplement of the Público daily newspaper. Text of the article in translation: “João Rendeiro was...