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Interview With Cartoonist Jitet Koestana
Interview With Cartoonist Jitet Koestana
Tell us, when and how did your cartoons come about?
I’ve loved drawing since young, whether it’s on a blank
piece of paper, a wall, or just sand. It became a natural
▾ “The cow is a metaphor for our planet
habit! In 1987, I started out as a freelance cartoonist. My
Earth. We milk the cow dry, eat its meat modest first cartoon obtained a place in a local newspaper,
and sell it for profit, but never spare Harian Suara Merdeka, in Semarang, Indonesia.
the time and effort to take care of it.”
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