Sharp Pencils Only, please

[€uroMeinke]

What I'd like to see out of this is some clever explorations into this ban on images Muhammad. It would be great to see someone try to create an accurate picture based on contemporaneous accounts or descriptions found in the Koran (no clue if there are any). In contrast it would be great to see and artist create pictures of famous people (Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe, etc.) and call them Muhammad - not having any accounts of his actual appearance, is a title enough to offend. Or better yet, in homage to Magritte, a picture of a Pipe, with a caption, "This is not Mohammad" or maybe better yet, "This is not a picture of Mohammad."

Art could play an interesting philosophical and theological exploration, I could get behind that.

[€uroMeinke]

In continuing my exploration on this topic, I will not create a picture but simply write the word Mohammad on a piece of paper, or paste a cut-out of his name on a page for my deconstructed portrait.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by €uroMeinke

not having any accounts of his actual appearance, is a title enough to offend. Or better yet, in homage to Magritte, a picture of a Pipe, with a caption, "This is not Mohammad" or maybe better yet, "This is not a picture of Mohammad."

Comedy Central thought so. South Park animated a person in a bear suit, called it Mohamed...Comedy Central blacked out the image of the bear suit AND bleeped the name "Mohamed".

[flippyshark]

So far, the author of the webcomic http://www.jesusandmo.net/ appears to have gone unharmed despite week after week of quite blatant depictions of the prophet. (It's a pretty damn funny strip, btw.) I look forward to seeing what Jesus and Mo have to say on the 20th.

Also, €uro totally beat me to the punch. I was planning on a Magritte drawing just like he described. le sigh

[innerSpaceman]

Hmmm, Fundie Christians got all freaked out when Elton John thought Jesus must have been gay. Wonder what the Islamofacists would make of my hard core gay Mohammad? After I draw him, I'll waive my stick at him - just for C.P. and G.C.

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

This is not cool - Cartoonist attacked.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37089242...ope/?GT1=43001

My Muhammad is gonna look like Ted Nugent...

[Strangler Lewis]

How to piss off two religion's fundamentalists: draw him as a store clerk wishing people happy holidays around Christmas.

[innerSpaceman]

Originally Posted by Bornieo: Fully Loaded

This is not cool - Cartoonist attacked.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37089242...ope/?GT1=43001

Precisely why I hope DMDay is widespread. Then it would sorta be like zebras who herd together to confuse the lions.

[€uroMeinke]

I knew someone would do it:

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

hehe - I need to post mine. Or do I risk being attacked? Hmmmmmmm