Helgi Sigurðsson is an Icelandic cartoonist and designer, best known for his decade long work as a cartoonist for Morgunblaðið.

Career

Helgi started drawing cartoons for Morgunblaðið in May 2010. He became known for controversial drawings on topics such as

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, refugees and

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. His last drawing was published on 14 December 2021. On 7 January 2022, it was reported that Helgi had resigned from Morgunblaðið following editorial requests that he would tone his latest submissions.

References

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