Jonathan Shapiro Quotes
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Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment.
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I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.
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I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons mood or character.
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I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper.
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Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.
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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.
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Sometimes I have to compromise my views, but I never compromise on issues like the death penalty and the arm trade laws, despite what the readers or letters may say.
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Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.
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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 hypocrisy, advocate for all sorts of things from social justice to peace.
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The cartoons which I enjoy have caused some kind of out rage, but they have got people talking about these issues out in the open and in essence that's what its all about.