Cartoonist Ted Rall Returns from Afghanistan

Editor & Publisher

September 21, 2010

NEW YORK - "I've been wanting to return to Afghanistan for years," cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize finalist Ted Rall told E&P in July, while preparing for his first journey to the war-torn country since 2001. But without a newspaper or magazine willing or able to fund such a trip, Rall needed an alternative plan.

Rall turned to Kickstarter, a Website that allows individuals to fund creative projects they want to see done ” and raised $26,000 from about 200 supporters who "wonder what's going on Afghanistan but aren't getting the real story from the media," he said.

Now, Rall is back from his trip ” and is not going to hold back about what he witnessed.

The Universal Uclick-syndicated cartoonist wanted to know how life is going for Afghans, especially those in the remote provinces in the southwest "where Western reporters never venture," he says. So he and fellow cartoonists Matt Bors, who is syndicated by United Feature Syndicate, and Web cartoonist Steven Cloud embarked on the five-day journey to Northern Afghanistan.

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