Westergaard seeks injunction against anti-Muslim group
Kurt Westergaard, the cartoonist who drew the iconic Turbomb Motoon, has asked his lawyer to prevent members of the group Stop Islamisation of Europe using his drawing as a centrepiece of their demonstration this weekend.
I don’t want to be politically hijacked. […]
I am a cartoonist with a large newspaper. A cartoon like this belongs in a newspaper or magazine.
While we can sympathise with Westergaard’s wish to retain control oven the image he created, and his reluctance to be associated with a political group he disagees with, he is going to find it difficult to put this bomb-headed genie back in the bottle.
The Yahoo report also mentions an offer to purchase the original sketch. Convicted hijacker Martin J McNally, who is currently serving two life sentences in the US, offered Westergaard a paltry $5,000 for the original and the rights.
Westergaard has agreed to donate the drawing to the Danish national library when he retires.
