Al Nisbet

Alastair Nisbet (born 1958) is a Scottish-born New Zealand cartoonist.

Career

Nisbet's cartoons were published in the Christchurch Press from 1980-2017.[1] He has worked for a number of other newspapers including the Sunday Times, New Zealand Times, and the Independent.[2] He has twice been named the New Zealand cartoonist of the year.[1]

Criticism

Nisbet's cartoons have "often attracted complaints for their racist, sexist, and classist nature".[3][4] In 2013 two of his cartoons were taken to the Press Council for promoting "racial disharmony".[5] The complaint about the cartoons was also lodged with the Human Rights Commission in 2014 by Member of Parliament Louisa Wall.[6]

References
  1. "Al Nisbet cartoons". Stuff. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  2. "ATL: Unpublished Collections". tiaki.natlib.govt.nz. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  3. "Controversial cartoonist under fire for offensive cartoon". Newshub. 2018-02-07. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  4. "About that awful witch cartoon..." The Spinoff. 2018-03-05. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  5. sam.hurley@nzherald.co.nz @SamuelPHurley, Sam Hurley New Zealand Herald court reporter (2018-02-12). "Labour MP's 'racist cartoon' appeal against Fairfax Media dismissed". ISSN 1170-0777. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  6. "High Court dismisses case that controversial Stuff cartoons breached Human Rights Act". Stuff. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
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