A selection of drawings depicting real-life case studies of gender-based violence. All illustrations originally appeared in the legal manual Street Law South Africa (Juta & Co, 2015). Find out more Teenage girls set up a satirical website to humiliate boys. A man tries to kiss a woman he doesn’t know at a music festival. A father […]
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The “Carina’s Choice” comic book was created with SATVI, with the support of the Stop TB Partnership Working Group on New Vaccines, as a creative approach to increase community awareness, support and participation in TB vaccine clinical trials taking place in the Boland region of South Africa. “Carina’s Choice” was made available in English, Afrikaans
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This 2006-2010 comic project was an early experiment in ‘micro media’ — small editions of bespoke publications designed for workshop processes — in which a cartoon narrative was used to facilitate group dialogue to enhance behaviour change in relation to HIV/AIDS. It is the second 10-episode comic in a two-part series written and illustrated by Andy Mason and
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“Fiction is the only source of truth – the rest is fiction”: The use of fictionalisation and mild caricature in an organisational history painting In 2017 I was commissioned by the Durban-based Project Preparation Trust (PPT) to produce a ‘history painting’ commemorating the 25th anniversary of this marvelous developmental organisation. The brief required that the
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TOONZA’S MONSTER BATTLE DRAWING GAME COMES TO SCARBOROUGH’S ANNUAL ART SHOW! If you love comics, if you’re one of those people who can’t stop drawing, and if you’re free on the afternoon of Wednesday 15th December, here’s some news to make your fingers itch! Monster Battle, the fan-tastic, hi-intensity, super-fun and ultra-challenging draw-your-own-mini-comic game that will keep
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It’s The Invasion Of The Krazy Kritters! Over the last few years, ToonZA has run a number of very successful Holiday Workshops, filled with wacky drawings, serious fun and lorryloads of amazing learning! But now, because of the dreaded Covid-19 pandemic, meeting in a room packed with enthusiastic wannabe cartoonists is a complete no-no! So,
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Images and impressions from a three-day ramble through the coastal villages of eastern Pondoland, between the Mzamba and Mtentu rivers, with the Amadiba Community tourism project, September 2017. DAY 1, MORNING: My first sketch was done from the stoep of our cabin overlooking the Mtamvuna gorge, before we headed for the Wild Coast Sun hotel,
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Quick coffee, fast food, and even faster eco-politico-emotico ‘slacktivism’ — it’s all here at the Slacktivist Café. Here are some excerpts: If you want proof of why humans will never be able to agree, all you have to do is visit one of the multiple e-petition sites. The things people want to change about the
Synopsis Sigmund Froyd, an uber-successful left-leaning dotcom baby boomer, is blackmailed by Y.T. Sharke, the egregious CEO of an evil toxic waste disposal corporation, into a compromising involvement with a dodgy scheme to use the new Secrecy Act to cover up its illegal activities. He escapes with his young P.A., Dot Coza, to a hippy
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These illustrations represent the best and worst case scenarios developed by participants in the ICLEI Local Governments for Sustainability – Africa programme. ICLEI – Local Governments for Sustainability is the world´s leading association of cities and local governments dedicated to sustainable development. ICLEI is a powerful movement of 12 mega-cities, 100 super-cities, 450 large cities and
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