Posts Tagged ‘Mohammed’

My Contribution to Everyone Draw Mohammed Day

Wednesday, May 12th, 2010

In celebration of Everyone Draw Mohammed Day, I’ve produced my own artistic contribution to the form. I’ve taken as my subject a particular historical even in the life of Mohammed, the Battle of Badr, in 624 AD, in which Mohammed first promised paradise to his followers in battle. The original was rendered in black ink on an 8 1/2″ x 11″ sheet of laser printer paper. I considered digitally cleaning up mistakes, but thought that would detract from the overall “art brut” feel of the piece.

Below find a thumbnail of drawing. Click on the thumbnail to see a larger version.

Mohammed at the Battle of Badr, 624 AD

In addition to (Wahabbist-defined) blasphemy, this work also commits the sin of resurrecting a two-decades stale Saturday Night Live catchphrase.

I think this drawing goes a long way to explain why I’m a writer rather than an artist…

Previous information on “Everyone Draw Mohammed Day” can be found here and here.

Everybody Draw Mohammed Day

Sunday, April 25th, 2010

Here’s an event I can get behind: Everybody Draw Mohammed Day on May 20.

If you’re not up on Comedy Central’s cowardly censorship of the latest South Park episode, this Mark Steyn piece will get you up to speed, as well as being full of the usual Mark Steyn goodness.

Just in case you haven’t seen it, here’s Jon Stewart on The Daily Show on the controversy:

The Daily Show With Jon Stewart Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c
South Park Death Threats
www.thedailyshow.com
Daily Show Full Episodes Political Humor Tea Party

And, of course, this is obligatory:

Updated: The blackboard quote for tonight’s episode of The Simpsons was “South Park: We’d be standing beside you if we weren’t so scared.”