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Jewish cartoonist Zoom Rockman scoops award at Political Cartoon Awards 2023
He was recognised for his 'You can't do anything these days without being seen as an antisemite' cartoon
December 7, 2023 13:21
By, Elisa Bray
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He was recognised for his 'You can't do anything these days without being seen as an antisemite' cartoon
December 7, 2023 13:21By, Elisa Bray
Zoom Rockman has won pocket political cartoon of the year at the Political Cartoon Awards 2023 for his cartoon on antisemitism.
The 'You can't do anything these days without being seen as an antisemite' cartoon was Rockman's last to be published in Private Eye before his resignation from the magazine over its ‘Private Eye for an Eye’ cover in the issue 1609.
In his acceptance speech for the award on Tuesday night, Rockman thanked fellow cartoonist Steve Bell - who won runner up political cartoonist of the year for ‘The Strube Spoon’, and whose contract was not renewed by the Guardian after a row over a cartoon he drew of Benjamin Netanyahu - for inspiring the cartoon.
'You can't do anything these days without being seen as an antisemite' cartoon[Missing Credit]
On his win, Rockman told the JC: “It was a surreal experience because this was my last cartoon published in Private Eye before I quit, but I’m very grateful to everyone who voted for me. I thanked Steve Bell for inspiring the cartoon in the first place.