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ZapiroZapiro is the nom de plume of South African political cartoonist Jonathon Shapiro, whose work appears in numerous South African publications. He has also published collections of his work in book form. He studied architecture at the University of Cape Town but found it unsatisfying and moved on to the art campus, Michaelis. Shortly after this another complete change of life occurred, he joined the army for two years. After his civil service he applied and was awarded the Fulbright scholarship to study cartooning in New York for two years. The first Zapiro character was a little fellow named Preppy, whose main characteristic was his "kuif"* or fringe and he commented on issues that went on around school. In 2003, Zapiro made headlines when members of the Faith and Politics Institute, an American organisation, lodged complaints against three of the cartoons at an exhibition for visiting American congressional representatives as well as members of the institute. The cartoons in question depicted former American president Bill Clinton and US policies of trade and not aid, President George W. Bush with a raised middle finger in a comment on American unilateralism, and the third featured a stance on the World Summit on Sustainable Development. Examples of Zapiro's work (called "Zapiros") appear daily on the website of South African independent news publication, Mail & Guardian and weekly on the site of the Sunday Times http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/zapiro. *Afrikaans word meaning "fringe".
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