Comic Riffs: Molly Norris


Posted at 10:04 PM ET, 05/20/2012

Pakistan’s Twitter shutdown linked to ‘Everybody Draw Muhammad Day’ content
By Michael Cavna
Pakistan shuts down Twitter on Sunday, apparently in response to “Everybody Draw Muhammad Day content

By Michael Cavna  |  10:04 PM ET, 05/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  pakistan, raza gilani, south park, molly norris, matt stone, trey parker, zachary chesser, anwar al-awlaki

Posted at 12:01 AM ET, 12/17/2011

BEST QUOTES OF 2011: From Gaiman to Watterson, the Year in Comic Riffs
By Michael Cavna
From Neil Gaiman to Bill Watterson, here are our favorite witty and poignant lines this year straight from our interviews with cartoonists and other creators.

By Michael Cavna  |  12:01 AM ET, 12/17/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  bill watterson, neil gaiman, art spiegelman, berkeley breathed, jeff smith, roger ebert, richard thompson, david lloyd, susie cagle, sherif arafa, matthew inman, oatmeal comic, james ward byrkit, stan lee, garry trudeau, matt wuerker, joe simon, jerry robinson, vincent zurzolo, craig thompson, mark fiore, ana juan, lincoln peirce, jef mallett, mike luckovich, domitille collardey, julia wertz, dan didio, renae de liz, craig yoe, bob moyer, tom jenkins, sylvain chomet, mike keefe, josh neufeld, lauren redniss, g.b. tran, scott snyder, frank cho, stephen hess, tom toles, nate beeler, peter dunlap shohl, dalia ziada, darrin bell, molly norris, gary groth, r. crumb, roz chast, peter robbins, jean schulz, mike manley, tom wilson jr., kevin rechin, tom brevoort, lynda barry, dwayne mcduffie, kevin rechin, bil keane, eduardo barreto

Posted at 01:46 PM ET, 10/03/2011

MOLLY NORRIS: Awlaki, killed in drone attack, issued 2010 death threat against ‘Draw Muhammad’ cartoonist
By Michael Cavna

By Michael Cavna  |  01:46 PM ET, 10/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  molly norris, anwar al-awlaki, muhammad cartoon, lars vilks, kurt westergaard

Posted at 01:00 PM ET, 11/02/2010

DRAWING MUHAMMAD: Molly Norris and Zachary Chesser, six months after 'South Park'
By Michael Cavna
The original of this Molly Norris illustration was auctioned off last week in Northwest Washington. It's quite the twist to consider now, but several years ago, Zachary Chesser and Molly Norris might have been equally likely to send a fan...

By Michael Cavna  |  01:00 PM ET, 11/02/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  General, General | Tags:  Comedy Central, Matt Stone, Molly Norris, South Park, Trey Parker, Zachary Adam Chesser

Posted at 05:15 PM ET, 09/24/2010

MOLLY NORRIS UPDATE: U.S. Muslim leader defends rights of both 'Draw Muhammad' cartoonist, targeted cleric al-Aulaqi
By Michael Cavna
This week, The American Muslim published a petition to support such cartoonists as "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day" illustrator Molly Norris and "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. The petition, titled "A Defense of Free Speech by American...

By Michael Cavna  |  05:15 PM ET, 09/24/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Arsalan Bukhari, Everybody Draw Muhammad Day, Molly Norris, South Park

Posted at 11:45 AM ET, 09/16/2010

'Draw Muhammad' cartoonist MOLLY NORRIS changes name, goes into hiding at FBI's insistence [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
Note: This report was originally published Sept. 15. Seattle Weekly announced Wednesday that it will no longer run Molly Norris's artwork. The newspaper is also reporting that legally, there is no more "Molly Norris." Norris -- the Seattle-based illustrator whose...

By Michael Cavna  |  11:45 AM ET, 09/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  General, General | Tags:  Everybody Draw Muhammad Day, Molly Norris, Seattle Weekly

Posted at 07:19 PM ET, 07/21/2010

Alleged 'South Park' jihadist blogger arrested in terror case
By Michael Cavna
Zachary Adam Chesser, the 20-year-old Virginia man who earlier this year allegedly posted controversial blog entries about the creators of TV's "South Park," was arrested Wednesday on charges of providing material support to a Somali extremist group linked to...

By Michael Cavna  |  07:19 PM ET, 07/21/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  General | Tags:  Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Molly Norris, Revolution Muslim, South Park

Posted at 11:05 AM ET, 07/19/2010

Q&A: Muslim cartoonist offers her thoughts on depicting Muhammad
By Michael Cavna
Comic Riffs reported a week ago that Molly Norris, the Seattle cartoonist whose poster art spawned the recent "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day," has had an execution hit ordered against her -- one that the FBI reportedly is treating as...

By Michael Cavna  |  11:05 AM ET, 07/19/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  Interviews With Cartoonists, Interviews With Cartoonists | Tags:  Molly Norris, Sepideh Anjomrooz

Posted at 12:20 PM ET, 07/12/2010

'Draw Muhammad' artist placed on execution hit list; her online sites disappear
By Michael Cavna
NOTE: This post has been updated since Monday morning ET. A radical Islamic leader has placed Molly Norris -- the artist who helped spawn the recent "Everybody Draw Mohammad Day!" before distancing herself from the campaign -- on an execution...

By Michael Cavna  |  12:20 PM ET, 07/12/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  General | Tags:  Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, Molly Norris

Posted at 10:50 AM ET, 05/21/2010

THE RIFF: A day after 'Draw Muhammad,' the political cartoon gets a powerful reminder
By Michael Cavna
The power of the cartoon remains. The ability of a single sketched image to provoke, prompt, incite, summon or inflame -- a virility and virality sometimes questioned in a new-media age -- is intact. Whether deemed to have been...

By Michael Cavna  |  10:50 AM ET, 05/21/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Riffs, The Riffs | Tags:  Doug Marlette, Everybody Draw Muhammad Day, Herb Block, Herblock, Lars Vilks, Library of Congress, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Molly Norris, Political Cartoons

Posted at 03:52 PM ET, 05/20/2010

'Draw Muhammad Day': Pakistan bans YouTube; Facebook still blocked [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
UPDATE: The primary "Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!" and "Against 'Everybody Draw Mohammed Day!' " Facebook pages each have more than 100,000 "supporters." Elsewhere, the DC-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) issued "a Muslim response" to Everybody Draw Muhammad Day...

By Michael Cavna  |  03:52 PM ET, 05/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  General, General | Tags:  Everybody Draw Mohammed Day, Facebook, Jon Wellington, Molly Norris, Muhammad cartoons, Pakistan, YouTube

Posted at 11:15 AM ET, 05/20/2010

THEIR TURN: 12 top cartoonists offer their take on 'Draw Muhammad Day'
By Michael Cavna
"Shock for shock's sake." "Choreographed punditry." And "wrong, childish and needlessly provocative." That's what some critics think of today's Facebook-ignited campaign titled "Everybody Draw Muhammad Day." But those aren't Islamic extremists speaking. Those are the words of pro-free-speech political...

By Michael Cavna  |  11:15 AM ET, 05/20/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon, The Political Cartoon, The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Ann Telnaes, Clay Bennett, David Horsey, Mark Fiore, Matt Davies, Mike Luckovich, Mike Peters, Molly Norris, Nikahang Kowsar, Rex Babin, Scott Stantis, Steve Breen, Ted Rall

Posted at 10:01 AM ET, 05/19/2010

Pakistan blocks Facebook in response to 'Everybody Draw Muhammad Day' pages [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
When is a cartoon not "just" a cartoon? Well, perhaps when an entire nation decides to ban its citizens' access to Facebook over a page spawned by an illustration. An illustration that, in turn, was created to support an...

By Michael Cavna  |  10:01 AM ET, 05/19/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  General, General | Tags:  Everybody Draw Mohammed Day/May 20, Facebook, Jon Wellington, Matt Stone and Trey Parker, Molly Norris, Pakistan, South Park