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West Coast newspaper faces backlash over ‘racist’ cartoon

The cartoonist is standing by his work, saying it's 'accurate' and 'in no way racist'.
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By Stewart Sowman-Lund | 17th May, 2022
The Bulletin editor
Truba’s Infinite Origin (Image: 48Hours)

VF48Hours 2021: Body-swapping techno vikings from space

Watch | Remember when Saturday morning cartoons were like this?
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By The Spinoff | 14th May, 2021
Staff writers
Remembering Captain Planet, 30 years on
Opinion

Remembering Captain Planet, 30 years on

What is the legacy of the legendary cartoon about environmental protection?
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By Steven Moe | 18th November, 2020
Guest writer
‘Phoney Love’ (cropped) by Michael Leunig in The Age/Sydney Morning Herald

Emily Writes: Enough with treating mothers as punchlines and punching bags

Parents editor Emily Writes on everything wrong with Australian cartoonist Michael Leunig's latest work on motherhood.
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By Emily Writes | 24th October, 2019
Contributing writer
Writer/director Coco Solid “outside” the Aroha Bridge dairy. (Photo: supplied)

Coco Solid on the return of Aroha Bridge and the fight for Ihumātao

Aroha Bridge writer and director Coco Solid talks about the new characters on the show, the 'psychic vat of reality' that birthed them, and her Ihumātao call-out of PM Jacinda Ardern.
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By Leonie Hayden | 25th July, 2019
Contributing writer
The uncomfortable history of religion in New Zealand cartooning

The uncomfortable history of religion in New Zealand cartooning

A new book about the depiction of religion in New Zealand editorial cartoons reveals some disturbing truths.
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By The Spinoff | 25th June, 2019
Staff writers
Watch: Two Sketches meets the great cartoonist Sharon Murdoch

Watch: Two Sketches meets the great cartoonist Sharon Murdoch

Toby Morris visits with the political cartoonist of the Sunday Star Times, Dominion Post, The Press and Waikato Times, and New Zealand's first woman editorial political cartoonist: the award winning Sharon Murdoch.
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By Two Sketches | 8th May, 2019
Guest writer
Roller-blading, red hair, and progressive feminism! It’s Pepper-Ann!

She was her own biggest fan: Remembering 90s feminist teen icon Pepper Ann

Forget Daria, Pepper Ann was the 90s' greatest cartoon depiction of teenage girlhood, argues Sam Rutledge.
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By Sam Rutledge | 23rd April, 2019
Guest writer
10 New Zealand cartoonists you can read instead of Garrick Tremain

10 New Zealand cartoonists you can read instead of Garrick Tremain

With the Herald ditching its daily strip, there's a glimmer of hope that our moribund newspaper cartooning scene might be set for some new blood. Toby Morris has 10 suggestions for cartoonists to consider.
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By Toby Morris | 11th April, 2019
Comic artist
Beached Az is back, baby!

Beached Az is back, baby!

Ten years after that blue whale first waked up on a New Zealand beach, Beached Az is coming back to our screens.
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By Guest Writer | 14th December, 2018
Guest Post
Harry Delamere Barter Dansey MBE. (Photos: Courtesy of the Dansey family)

Harry Dansey, the ‘integrated New Zealander’ who embodied a hopeful future

Philip McKibbin remembers a man who dedicated his life to realising our Treaty partnership.
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By Philip McKibbin | 25th November, 2018
Guest writer
To The I-Land: Remembering Barry Linton, 1947-2018

To The I-Land: Remembering Barry Linton, 1947-2018

Comics artist and writer Dylan Horrocks pays tribute to the revered New Zealand cartoonist Barry Linton, who died last week.
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By Dylan Horrocks | 12th October, 2018
Guest writer
Al Nisbet no longer has a job and today has been a good day

Al Nisbet no longer has a job and today has been a good day

Al Nisbet's loudest detractor bids a farewell to the controversial cartoon slinger.
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By Leonie Hayden | 13th August, 2018
Contributing writer
Between The Lines: Toby Morris’s 2017 cartoon stocktake

Between The Lines: Toby Morris’s 2017 cartoon stocktake

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By Toby Morris | 20th December, 2017
Comic artist
The animated series “Sheriff Callie’s Wild West,” the first western for preschoolers (age 2-7) stars Mandy Moore (Disney’s “Tangled”) as the voice of Callie, a kitty cat sheriff who, along with her deputy woodpecker Peck and fun-loving cactus sidekick Toby, watch over the frontier town of Nice and Friendly Corners, ensuring that it remains the friendliest town in the West. (DISNEY JUNIOR) 
TOBY, CALLIE, PECK

Ode to the Sheriff: Remembering the beauty of Sheriff Callie’s Wild West

Mum of two Wendy Black pays tribute to the beauty of a kid's TV show featuring a pink hatted cat sheriff, a cactus friend, a blue horse, and a woodpecker.
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By Wendy Black | 16th November, 2017
Guest writer
The new South park game is a depraved ride, but it is funny

The new South park game is a depraved ride, but it is funny

The new South Park game: played and reviewed for your pleasure.
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By Don Rowe | 19th October, 2017
Contributing writer
Murray Ball gave NZ Footrot Flats. He gave me Pongo, a surprising feminist role model

Murray Ball gave NZ Footrot Flats. He gave me Pongo, a surprising feminist role model

The creator of Wal and Dog also served up a feminist-bashing tract. But it is possible to deplore that book while celebrating the awe and joy of the rest of his work, writes comics artist Indira Neville.
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By Indira Neville | 15th March, 2017
Guest writer
The Simpsons: Is it Time to Put Springfield Out to Pasture?

The Simpsons: Is it Time to Put Springfield Out to Pasture?

Josh Drummond makes a heartfelt plea to Simpsons fans for them to cho-cho-choose to put the show out of its misery.
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By Josh Drummond | 5th June, 2015
Guest writer
Cool Cartoons #2: The Cartoon Band Conundrum

Cool Cartoons #2: The Cartoon Band Conundrum

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By Mark Martin | 29th December, 2014
Guest writer

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