Cartoonists have been getting attention lately, and not in a good way, from the renewed debate over Charlie Hebdo to Pamela Geller's provocations to the story that I just ran across about a 28 year old woman arrested in Iran for drawing a cartoon about contraception. Meanwhile, jihadists continue to call for the death of cartoonists -- as if we didn't have enough to worry about already. Who knew this profession would turn out to be so fraught with peril?

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Update: I strongly urge you to read this newly-released report from the Committee to Protect Journalists: Cartoonists Under Threat.