Two cartoons shown above were created by Hung Chao-ming (洪朝(晁)明) and published in Shin Shin (新新, “New New”) magazine (1945–1947) four months apart. Referencing two forms of procession in Taiwanese culture, Hung adopted similar composition to reflect on the swiftly shifting emotions of Taiwanese people in the immediate aftermath of World War II. The upper…
The cartoon shown above was published in 1950 in the weekly newspaper Sainik of East Pakistan, now Bangladesh. The cartoon titled Haraf Khedao Abhijan, meaning the mission to exterminate the (Bengali) letters, is an example of earlier political cartoon practices in East Pakistan print media. The cartoon warrants closer attention, as it also became one…
This image is the front page of a booklet for the Pakistan Pavilion, published by the New York World’s Fair 1964-1965 Corporation. April 1963, the date on the booklet of the Pakistan Pavilion, is less than 20 years after the independent nation-state of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan was established on the modern world map.…
