Mair Perkins Author archive

Cartoon for painter and political activist Atena Farghadani

Atena was imprisoned for painting Iranian government officials as animals.

After reading Atena’s story I felt compelled to draw attention to her plight whilst exercising the freedom to draw political cartoons. Atena Farghadani peacefully protested against her Government through her art and was arrested, beaten and sentenced to over 12 years in prison. She has committed no crime. Visit Amnesty International to see how you […]

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Screening in the London International Animation Festival 2012

“We’d love to invite your film ‘Bill Bailey the animation’ to screen at this years British showcase at the London International Animation Festival (LIAF), the UK’s largest international animation festival.” What an exciting email to wake up to! The collaborative animation project we worked on in January with Leicester based FD2D magazine has been accepted […]

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