Satirical Modern Cartoons
A few contemporary cartoonists have ignored any potential threats
and created satirical and/or mocking cartoons about Mohammed.
The caption to
this cartoon by Steph Bergol says, in French:
Mohammed (being carried away by devils): "It is a judicial error! I am Mohammed,
the prophet!"
St. Peter (with a scimitar through his chest): "Definitely: GUILTY!"
(Several other
cartoons by Bergol on a similar theme can be found
here.)
(Hat tip: thierry and etienne.)
This panel is one of hundreds satirizing Mohammed in the humorous
cartoon biography called
Mohammed's Believe It or Else! by pseudonymous artist "Abdullah Aziz."
(Click to see the full biography; the images there are copyrighted, so they
can't be reprinted on other Web sites.)
A Dutch Web site called
Pret Met Mohammed
(loosely translated as "Fun With Mohammed") features a series of politically
incorrect cartoons. Three of the Pret Met Mohammed cartoons are presented here;
click on the link above for a few more and for English translations of the Dutch
word balloons.
In 1997, an Israeli woman named
Tatiana Soskin
drew this caricature of Mohammed as a pig authoring the Koran and tried to
display it in public in the city of Hebron. She was arrested, tried and
sentenced to jail.
(Hat tip: helloworld.)
In 2002, political cartoonist Doug Marlette published this
drawing of Mohammed driving a truck with a nuclear bomb.
(Hat tip: Thomas G.)
In 2002, the French publication Charlie Hebdo ran this
panel by cartoonist Cabu. The sign translates as "Election of Miss
Sack-of-Potatoes, organized by Mohammed," who says "I choose the Beauty of
Fontenay!" while drinking and smoking. His words contain a French pun:
"Belle-de-Fontenay" is a well-known type of French potato, originally from the
Parisian suburb of Fontenay-sous-Bois which later saw unrest from Muslim
immigrants during the riots of 2005.
(Hat tip: etienne, karmic inquisitor, and haoyuep.)
Gary Larson's depiction of Mohammed in his comical take on the
old proverb "If Mohammed cannot go to the mountain, then the mountain must come
to Mohammed" aroused no ire when it was published as a syndicated comic in
hundreds of newspapers around the world, as noted by the
Democracy Frontline Blog.
(Hat tip: Hodja.)
In 1973, French cartoonist Marcel Gotlib published a booklet
entitled "Gods' Club" that featured not Mohammed but Allah (seen here second
from the right, with a turban) along with the deities of several other cultures.
(Hat tip:
Erik.)