WittyWorld Lectures, Speaking Engagements

THE IMAGE OF AMERICA • COMPARING CULTURES • FITTING IN: AMERICA'S 60 MILLION IMMIGRANTS • UNDERSTANDING COMMUNISM • THE HISTORY OF CARTOON ART • SYMBOLISM • CARTOON GENRES • PLAGIARISM • EDITORIAL-POLITICAL CARTOONING • CARICATURES • THE ROLE OF A CARTOONIST • THE POWER OF IMAGES • CENSORSHIP • CARTOON MARKETS • SYNDICATION • GENERATING IDEAS • HUMOROUS PHOTOGRAPHY • CARTOONOMETER: TAKING THE PULSE OF THE WORLD'S CARTOONISTS • THE EDITOR

PLAGIARISM, COPYRIGHT ISSUES

As a one-time cartoonist, now journalist, writer, and international publisher, Joe Szabo encountered numerous intellectual property rights violations. He pioneered an internationally popular series in which he juxtaposed and published original and copied/stolen ideas, cartoons, and artwork under the title "No comment." [PowerPoint presentation]

The cover of famed MAD Magazine cartoonist Jack Davis' book (1987)
and a page from The Memphis Commercial Appeal with an illustration by Jerry Lawler (1990).