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Cathy Wilcox

June 27, 2004

Which of your cartoons has got the biggest response?

It was one I did prior to the Iraq war when troops were being sent in advance of the deadline demanding disclosure of weapons of mass destruction. Two bystanders were watching troops board a navy boat. One said something like: 'What are they fighting for?' The other replied: 'I don't know, we'll have to wait and see when the movie comes out.' I didn't think it was that outrageous or controversial but some people seemed to be deeply offended that I was supposedly damning our troops.

Is there a cartoon you wish you'd never drawn?

One I did in my early years had to do with schizophrenia and I made the common misconception that it involved two personalities so I drew someone killing himself in self-defence. I got a letter about it afterwards from someone explaining what schizophrenia was like and how I was perpetuating a myth. I was stupid to have done it but you learn by your mistakes.

Have you ever had a cartoon pulled?

I've had cartoons withheld because of legal worries.

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What makes a good cartoon?

It has to have some foundation in truth, even if it seems the wildest exaggeration.