Comic Riffs: lars vilks


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

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Tags:  molly norris, anwar al-awlaki, muhammad cartoon, lars vilks, kurt westergaard

Posted at 02:30 PM ET, 05/26/2010

Why reinvited Swedish 'Muhammad' artist continues to make news
By Michael Cavna
Now that controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks has just been invited to speak again at Uppsala University -- where a violent protest ended his lecture weeks ago -- the question arises anew: Do Vilks's actions continue to merit making...

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Categories:  General, General | Tags:  Lars Vilks, Muhammad art and cartoons

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...

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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