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Jonathan Guyer

On the cover of the latest issue of Tok Tok, recurring characters in the alt-comix zine come together to wish each other a Happy Valentine's Day. Tok Tok was founded by collective of Egyptian millennial cartoonists two weeks before the January 2011 Egypti

How a ‘millennial Mad Magazine’ thrives in a tightening Egypt

Global Politics

Imagine if Robert Crumb and Art Spiegelman were asked to draw a Disney comic. Well, that’s how some people describe Cairo’s cutting-edge alt-zine TokTok, a millennial triumph which is prospering despite Egypt’s increasingly repressive politics.

A man holds a placard which reads "I am Charlie" to pay tribute during a gathering at the Place de la Republique in Paris on the night of January 7, 2015, following a shooting by gunmen at the offices of the magazine.

Cartoonists speak out after slayings of colleagues in Paris

In February, 2014, following two weeks of terror attacks in Egypt, including massive car bombs, Anwar drew this cartoon with blood flowing out of a cracked television screen to illustrate the deadly news being delivered in every broadcast. The homeowner i

Two cartoonists in Egypt push the boundaries of what’s acceptable and find a ready audience

Arts, Culture & Media
In February, 2014, following two weeks of terror attacks in Egypt, including massive car bombs, Anwar drew this cartoon with blood flowing out of a cracked television screen to illustrate the deadly news being delivered in every broadcast. The homeowner i

Two cartoonists in Egypt push the boundaries of what’s acceptable and find a ready audience

Arts, Culture & Media
A popular Egyptian Muppet-style puppet Abla Fahita (on the left) was featured in a recent online video ad for Vodafone, a mobile phone company. Ahmed Spider (on the right), the monicker of a blogger and opponent of the 2011 Egyptian revolution says the p

For Egypt’s government, being funny is no laughing matter

Global Politics

Nothing Off Limits as Cartoonists Critique Chemical Warfare

Arts, Culture & Media

The civil war in Syria is deadly serious. And Middle East cartoonists have been depicting Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as a vulture, a butcher, a chemist cooking up chemical weapons. President Obama doesn’t fare much better, either.

Egyptian Cartoonists Respond to Violent Crackdown

Conflict & Justice

Egyptian cartoonists have drawn every iteration of the country’s revolution and its uncertain aftermath. Marco Werman speaks with Jonathan Guyer, a Fulbright Scholar who is researching Egyptian political cartoons and blogs about them at Oum Cartoon.