The 43-year-old, whose work consists mainly of cute yet quirky drawings of impish girls, openly proclaims himself a pacifist. In late September, Nara traveled to Afghanistan. There he produced ...

Within hours of the news breaking on Friday night, a unique drawing featuring the Eiffel Tower at the center of a peace sign started popping up all over Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

“I’m drawing a big peace sign with a U.S. soldier on one side and an Iraqi solider on the other,” he said. “They’re both going to carry white flags.” It was the third year the school ...

One image, in particular, has become a kind of icon of international solidarity: a simple, but powerful, black-and-white ink drawing of a peace sign — with the Eiffel Tower at its heart.