.. This time I had to find a way around drawing pictures full of crosses and people hanging from them.

The Article was written by Jakob Nossel, who also participated in the Sundance award-winning documentary ‘The Red Chapel’ about North Korea’s totalitarian regime.

At first my idea was to portray Jakob as Jesus of Nazareth being taken down from the cross at Golgata. Later, to draw Jesus somewhat jealous of a disabled person getting all the special attention,  without even carrying his own cross. Etc.

Not to upset Jakob, nor the Son of God and his followers; or even those who oppose him – I opted for drawing Jakob himself being ‘ripe for peeling’.. As this was the subject: That disabled people need/want to be able to identify themselves as individuals, without everybody feeling sorry for them per default – and thereby letting that define who they are and how they are percieved.

A keen-eyed viever would (hopefully) be able to spot a slight resemblence in my caricature.

This illustration be come out in the 5th (of 6 in 2011) October edition of Spastikeren.