Al Nisbet
New Zealand cartoonist
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Alastair Nisbet (born 1958) is a Scottish-born New Zealand cartoonist.
Career
Nisbet's cartoons were published in the Christchurch Press from 1980–2017.[1] He has worked for a number of other newspapers including the Sunday Times, New Zealand Times, Stuff, and the Independent.[2][3] He has twice been named the New Zealand cartoonist of the year.[1]
Criticism
Nisbet's cartoons have "often attracted complaints for their racist, sexist, and classist nature".[4][5] In 2013 two of his cartoons were taken to the Press Council for promoting "racial disharmony".[6] A complaint about the cartoons was also lodged with the Human Rights Commission in 2014 by Member of Parliament Louisa Wall, but the complaint was dismissed.[7]