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'''Leon Kuhn''' (1954 – 2013 <ref>{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Bird |date=2013-12-20 |publisher=Counterfire |title=Leon Kuhn, anti-war and political cartoonist: 1954-2013 |url=http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/news/16886-leon-kuhn-1954-2013}}</ref>) was an anti-war<ref>{{cite web |first=Paisley |last=Dalton |title=Anarchy Goes Etablissement |date=2008-01-07 |url=http://www.zeitgeistworld.com/?p=5#respond |publisher=Zeitgeistworld |quote=two infinitely more powerful paintings by celebrated anti-war cartoonist Leon Kuhn- The Proud Parents and 3 Guilty Men |accessdate=2009-11-27}}</ref> political [[cartoonist]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Labour Research Department |author2=Fabian Research Department |publisher=Labour Research Dept. |year=2005 |title=Labour research |volume=4 |page=27 |quote=Topple the mighty |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sc7DAAAAIAAJ&q=Leon+Kuhn |accessdate=2009-11-27}}</ref> who created topical parodies in the United Kingdom and was listed as an initial supporter of Artists against the War.<ref>{{cite web |title=aims |url=http://www.artistsagainstthewar.org.uk/aims.html |publisher=Artists Against the War |accessdate=2009-11-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119163121/http://www.artistsagainstthewar.org.uk/aims.html |archivedate=2010-01-19 }}</ref> | '''Leon Kuhn''' (1954 – 2013 <ref>{{cite web |first=Chris |last=Bird |date=2013-12-20 |publisher=Counterfire |title=Leon Kuhn, anti-war and political cartoonist: 1954-2013 |url=http://www.counterfire.org/index.php/news/16886-leon-kuhn-1954-2013}}</ref>) was an anti-war<ref>{{cite web |first=Paisley |last=Dalton |title=Anarchy Goes Etablissement |date=2008-01-07 |url=http://www.zeitgeistworld.com/?p=5#respond |publisher=Zeitgeistworld |quote=two infinitely more powerful paintings by celebrated anti-war cartoonist Leon Kuhn- The Proud Parents and 3 Guilty Men |accessdate=2009-11-27}}</ref> political [[cartoonist]]<ref>{{cite book |author=Labour Research Department |author2=Fabian Research Department |publisher=Labour Research Dept. |year=2005 |title=Labour research |volume=4 |page=27 |quote=Topple the mighty |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sc7DAAAAIAAJ&q=Leon+Kuhn |accessdate=2009-11-27}}</ref> who created topical parodies in the United Kingdom and was listed as an initial supporter of Artists against the War.<ref>{{cite web |title=aims |url=http://www.artistsagainstthewar.org.uk/aims.html |publisher=Artists Against the War |accessdate=2009-11-27 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100119163121/http://www.artistsagainstthewar.org.uk/aims.html |archivedate=2010-01-19 }}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 11:34, 6 December 2024
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Leon Kuhn (1954 – 2013 [1]) was an anti-war[2] political cartoonist[3] who created topical parodies in the United Kingdom and was listed as an initial supporter of Artists against the War.[4]
In 1968, when he was 14 years old, Leon won first place in the Sunday Observer's national political cartoon competition.[5] With Colin Gill in 2005 he co-authored the book Topple the Mighty "about knocking down statues of unpopular leaders".[6] The book's foreword was by George Galloway, who Kuhn helped during the 2005 United Kingdom general election.[6] Some of his work was used by Respect – The Unity Coalition from 2005 to 2008 and by the Stop the War Coalition from 2007 onwards.[7] His Statue of Liberty work was used in the film Children of Men.[8]
Selected works
- Big Bang for Bureaucrats: Incorporating an Activist's Anti-nuclear Primer by Leon Kuhn (11 Nov 1983; Burning Issues Ltd; )
- Statue of Liberty or how the rest of the world sees America. Postcard, 2004
- Topple the Mighty by Leon Kuhn and Colin Gill. (2005, Friction; )
- Off/On. Postcard, 2009
Citations
References
- Template:Cite AV mediaTemplate:CbignoreTemplate:Dead Youtube links - 11 minute film introducing his political cartoons and activism