Red Lines, 9780262543019
Paperback
Global cartoonists fight censorship, revealing democracy’s pulse in graphic form.

Red Lines

political cartoons and the struggle against censorship

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  • Paperback

    440 pages

  • Release Date

    31 August 2021

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Summary

Red Lines: The Global Battle Against Cartoon Censorship

A vibrant graphic narrative exploring the worldwide censorship of political cartoons, featuring firsthand accounts from cartoonists facing suppression from Pittsburgh to Beijing.

Why do those in power feel so threatened by political cartoons? These simple drawings don’t reveal state secrets or manipulate markets. Yet, as Cherian George and Sonny Liew illustrate in Red Lines, cartoonists endure harassment, onlin…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780262543019
ISBN-10:026254301X
Series:Information Policy
Author:Cherian George, Sonny Liew
Publisher:MIT Press Ltd
Imprint:MIT Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:440
Release Date:31 August 2021
Weight:1.08kg
Dimensions:254mm x 187mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

2022 PROSE Award Finalist, Media and Cultural Studies2022 PROSE Award Finalist, Nonfiction Graphic Novels“An absorbing read […] Red Lines is an invaluable almanac for anyone who has been involved in the defence of cartoonists over the last few decades.“—Cartoonists Rights Network International“I would recommend this title to anyone with an interest in political satire.”—Tjeerd Royaards, Cartoon Movement

About The Author

Cherian George

Cherian George is Professor of Media Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University’s School of Communication. A former journalist, he is the author of Hate Spin: The Manufacture of Religious Offense and Its Threat to Democracy (MIT Press).

Sonny Liew is a celebrated cartoonist and illustrator and the author of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, a New York Times bestseller, which received three Eisner Awards and the Singapore Literature Prize.

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