Rius Leads Mexican Cartoonist Campaign Vs. Drug War Bloodshed

I'm not sure exactly why this has come up -- it seem like there's some sort of publicity element to it -- but a few articles like this one are out there describing the role that Mexican cartoonists led by one of the world's great lion-in-winter cartoonists: Ríus. The article linked-to above brings with it a few intriguing points of emphasis: the cartoonists are concentrating on the political context for the violence and in no way wish to criticize the victims, even those involved in the drug trade; the cartoons are part of a cultural movement to bring attention to the incredible numbers involved in drug violence (over 40,000 dead since the government crackdown) and the range of victims involved; and the role cartoon culture has in general not just to put issues before a certain segment of the populace in certain ways but specifically as an issues-interested alternative to a way of presenting the news in Mexican newspapers. Given the acts of reprisal visited upon critical bloggers and journalists in the country, the fact that a cartoonist can do an open-air signing of such work without suffering grievous bodily harm seems worth noting.
 
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