Jonathan Shapiro Quotes

South Africa, Cartoonist
October 27, 1958

Jonathan Shapiro is a South African cartoonist, known as Zapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications and has been exhibited internationally on many occasions. He is the nephew of British magician David Berglas and cousin to Marvin Berglas, director of Marvin's Magic.

Certainly in cartooning I'm given huge free rein at the moment.

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- Free
- Moment
- Cartooning
I eventually saw the satirical nature of caricaturing individuals.

Jonathan Shapiro

I think the eyes are very revealing and can expose a lot about a persons mood or character.

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- Character
- Eyes
- Mood
I try not to change my political point of view from paper to paper.

Jonathan Shapiro
Primarily I'm a social commentator rather than someone who's out to get the belly laugh.

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- Laugh
- Social
- Commentator
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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- Ways
- Seeing
- Dialogue
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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- Peace
- Justice
- Advocate
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.

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- Talking
- Issues
- Open

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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- Laws
- Views
- Compromise
Even people that I agree with can do something that would be a target for a bit of humor.

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- People
- Humor
- Target