Swedish artist Lars Vilks is taking no chances. After a cartoon he drew of the Prophet Muhammad was published, the cartoonist received death threats and has temporarily gone into hiding under police protection. Why won't comics deal with terrorism? September 11 has made comics writers reluctant to engage in any real way with global politics. But that doesn't make it an impossible issue. A look at how US comic icons gain an Indian flavor. Once a rite of passage for all children, comics and comic strips have given way to more hi-tech forms of child entertainment. But our comics culture lives on— you just have to know where to look. From Flak, an interview with comic artist Benjamin Chandler. An interview with cartoonist Nicholas Gurewitch, author of The Perry Bible Fellowship. A review of the webcomic Penny and Aggie.
