The BBC has an article on a very unusual cartoonist from Africa – in Nairobi, Kenya, Humphrey Barasa creates daily cartoons touching on Kenyan life from politics to social issues, just as many cartoonists do. The difference is Humphrey doesn’t draw these cartoons for a newspaper, journal or comic, he draws them in chalk on a blackboard on the wall of a Nairobi bus shelter. “I like news, I follow news on the television and I read newspapers daily. If I find something interesting, if an idea comes to me, I just draw… Drawing is my passion. There’s no reason I won’t continue drawing, because I love drawing. I don’t make any money from it, it’s just for fun.” More power to your drawing arm, Humphrey. (link via Boing Boing)
(an example of Humphrey Barasa’s bus stop cartooning, very popular with the waiting passengers)
Mon, Sep 10, 2007
Comics and cartoons