Jeremy Nell

Jeremy Talfer Nell
Born Jeremy Talfer Nell
1979
Cape Town, South Africa
Nationality South Africa South African
Area(s) Cartoonist
Pseudonym(s) Jerm
http://jerm.co.za

Jeremy Talfer Nell (born 1979),[1] referred to by his pen name Jerm, is a South African cartoonist.[2] Nell cites Zapiro and Quentin Blake as some of his favourite cartoonists.[3]

Career

Nell became a cartoonist in November 2005, after being retrenched.[4][5] Nell had no completed formal art training. He dropped out of university after failing an art and sculpture course.[6]

Nell's first commercially published work, and nationally syndicated comic strip, Urban Trash (first published November 2005), ended 27 June 2008.[7][8][9]

In 2007, coinciding with the newspaper's launch, Nell became the front page gag cartoonist for The Times.[10]

In 2010, Nell became the first political cartoonist for the newly launched The New Age, a pro-government daily newspaper. He was dismissed in 2012.[11][12]

In 2012, Nell became the first political cartoonist for Eyewitness News.[13][14]

In 2013, Nell became the first political cartoonist for eNCA.com.[15][16] In 2018 Jerm established a patreon for his racist cartoons that would not be published by papers.

Personal life

Nell attended Fairmont High School in Cape Town.[3] After graduating, Nell went to study art and sculpture at the University of Cape Town but failed the course and dropped out.[5][6] He married his partner Janel in September 2010.[17]

In February 2014, Nell voiced his support for David Bullard when Bullard tried to donate to a rape charity after being criticised for accusing a rape survivor and activist of having faked her rape.[18]

In December 2014, Nell was forced to apologise for making a homophobic remark online. After receiving heavy criticism for a tweet regarding the trial of Shrien Dewani, during which the prosecution heard that Dewani was bisexual, Nell apologised and retracted his statement.[19][20][21]

Publishing And Awards

Penguin Books have published two cartoon collections by Nell: "Jerm Warfare" (2013) and "Comedy Club" (2014).[22][23][24] Additionally some of his work features in (and on the front cover of) the 2009 edition of the South African political cartooning annual Don’t Joke: A Year in Cartoons, as well as in the 2010 edition, Just For Kicks.[25][26]

Nell won the national 2011 Vodacom Journalist of the Year Cartoon of the Year award for his cartoon Africa 2.0.[27]

The Mail & Guardian named Nell as one of their "Top 200 Young South Africans" in 2012.[28]

Nell was a finalist at the 2014 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards.[29]

References

  1. ↑ Verster, Francois (2010). A critique of the Rape of Justicia, with emphasis on seven cartoons by Zapiro (2008 – 2010) (PDF) (MPhil). University of Stellenbosch. p. 53. Retrieved 1 June 2017. Jeremy Talfer Nell (born 1979), and Zapiro are carrying on the work of the liberal cartoonist...
  2. ↑ "TNA's Jeremy Nell wins Vodacom cartoon award". thenewage.co.za. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  3. 1 2 "The end of freedom of speech? The cartoonist's plight..." News24. 14 December 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "10 Questions for Cartoonist Jeremy Nell aka Jerm - South Africa Portfolio Travel Blog". portfoliocollection.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  5. 1 2 "Game Changer: Jeremy 'Jerm' Nell - Men's Health". Men's Health. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  6. 1 2 "EWN contracts a new Jerm". Eyewitness News. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 13 July 2017. Jerm, whose real name is Jeremy Nell, says he started drawing cartoons after he "flunked art and sculpture" at university.
  7. ↑ "Jeremy Nell ends strip, begins 'The Biggish Five' The Daily Cartoonist". dailycartoonist.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  8. ↑ "Marketing and Media in South Africa". bizcommunity.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  9. ↑ Administrator. "Centre for Comic, Illustrative and Book Arts". Centre for Comic, Illustrative and Book Arts. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  10. ↑ "Jerm - Africartoons". africartoons.com. Archived from the original on 8 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "South African Political Cartoonist Fired for Being Political". Public Radio International. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  12. ↑ "Jeremy Nell fired from New Age because of "political judgements or statements" The Daily Cartoonist". dailycartoonist.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  13. ↑ "JERM joins EWN". africartoons.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  14. ↑ "Jerm - Inaugural Cartoon". ewn.co.za. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "South African cartoonist "Jerm" joins eNCA network The Daily Cartoonist". dailycartoonist.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  16. ↑ "Jerm Switches Channels". africartoons.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  17. ↑ "Zuma in the middle". Africartoons. Retrieved 24 August 2017. ...this will be Jeremy's last cartoon for a while, as he takes some time out to marry Janel this weekend
  18. ↑ Shortridge, Laura (July 2014). "Twitter Wars" (PDF). Rhodes Journalism Review. Rhodes University. p. 15. Retrieved 18 August 2017. It is therefore interesting to take a look at the next controversy, related directly to this one, involving Bullard, as here he found far more outspoken supporters, including previously mentioned Ivo Vegter and political cartoonist Jerm.
  19. ↑ Ndlovu, Andile (9 December 2014). "Toon man's 'kak' tweet flames out". The Times. Retrieved 18 August 2017. AWARD-WINNING cartoonist Jeremy Nell was yesterday forced into an apology after his reaction to the Shrien Dewani verdict fell flat on Twitter.
  20. ↑ Roberts, Scott (9 December 2014). "Cartoonist apologies for anti-gay tweet about Shrien Dewani". PinkNews. Retrieved 18 August 2017. A South African cartoonist has apologised for making anti-gay comments on Twitter in response to the Shrien Dewani verdict.
  21. ↑ "Cartoonist in hot water over 'homophobic' Dewani tweet". News24. 9 December 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2017. Cape Town - A cartoonist landed in hot water on Monday evening after his offensive tweet about Shrien Dewani.
  22. ↑ "Comedy Club". penguinbooks.co.za. Archived from the original on 19 March 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  23. ↑ "Nik Rabinowitz Joined Jerm for the Launch of Comedy Club at The Book Lounge". Penguin SA @ Books LIVE. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  24. ↑ "Jerm Warfare". penguinbooks.co.za. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  25. ↑ "Book Launch: Don't Joke: A Year in Cartoons edited by Mason and Curtis - Jacana". Jacana @ Books LIVE. Archived from the original on 26 May 2010. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  26. ↑ "Double Launch of Cartoon Collections Just for Kicks! and What's So Funny? at the Book Lounge - Jacana". Jacana @ Books LIVE. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  27. ↑ Staff Reporter. "amaBhungane wins Vodacom's best feature award". The M&G Online. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  28. ↑ Deepdesign. "Jeremy "Jerm" Nel". mg.co.za. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  29. ↑ "Finalists of 2014 Standard Bank Sikuvile Journalism Awards". scribd.com. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
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