Fighting horror with humor, Iraqis retaliate against IS
(The Christian Science Monitor) The situation in Iraq is no laughing matter, but artists of all stripes are turning to humor to wage war on the Islamic State (IS), an entity so terrifying by nature that no distortion is needed to achieve the goal of ridicule.
“The purpose of comedy and cartoons is to pick something peculiar and exaggerate it, but what is happening now in Iraq is so abnormal that I can’t pump it up any further,” said veteran Iraqi cartoonist Diyaa al-Hajjar.
“Hollywood movie monsters like Dracula and zombies are sweet compared to ISIS and its brutality,” added Hajjar, known also for his children storybooks.
