As near as I can tell there are a grand total of zero articles about this on Google News. Which I guess is reasonable since religiously-oriented cartoons from small European countries are never newsworthy. This particular controversy goes back to January 2004, when the nationalist rag Respublika - which dominates the Lithuanian press market - printed this cartoon to tease an insert titled "Who Runs The World":

In case you missed the subtle theme buried inside all those complex layers of meaning, the world is apparently run by a Jewish Lobby. A very, very gay Jewish Lobby. But this was 1994. We were still a decade away from Pat Oliphant and John Mearsheimer mainstreaming insinuations about bloodthirsty "Lobbies." So naturally there was a bit of a backlash, particularly against Respublika publisher Vitas Tomkus.

Being the aggrieved anti-Jewish nut that he is, Tomkus responded by with another classical anti-Jewish blood libel. I'm actually surprised he stopped at John the Baptist. Why not just go the whole way and draw yourself getting nailed to a cross by black-hatted Jews in thongs?

Now this cartoon has been printed and reprinted over the years in Tomkus-run newspapers like Respublika and Vakaro Zinios. It's been published multiple times over the last few months in both papers. That's just the kind of thing people get to do now.

In response to scattered criticism, Tomkus and his supporters have defended themselves by - well, check it:

Republica wasn't under fire for "antisemitic cartoons", but for a multi part insert put into the paper titled "Who Runs The World." It wasn't so far from what the US media is now describing in AIPAC lobbying stories, including spies as lobbyists, as well as financial hucksters.

Incidentally, do we know anyone else who helps himself to feverish conspiracy tropes about Jewish control over publishing? Hmm.

Actually that's a little unfair. I meant "... feverish conspiracy tropes about Zionist Jewish control over publishing." (h/t: MR reader LG)

References:
* Hezbollah And Neo-Nazis Agree: Pat Oliphant's Anti-Semitic Cartoon Is Exquisite [MR]
* John Mearsheimer - Not Anti-Semitic. Just Anti-Semiticish [MR]
* Media over all reasonable limits in Lithuania [Wonderland]
* Obama's New Saudi-Funded Spy Chief: "The Lobby" Controls US Publishing, Shuts Down Arguments About How The "Brutal Oppression Of The Palestinians" Caused 9/11 [MR]

Previously:
* University Dean In Tutu Affair Forced To Issue Memo: It's Not Always The Jews' Fault (Plus: Walt And Mearsheimer: Actually, It's Still The Jews' Fault)
* Walt and Mearsheimer's Best Defense For Their Anti-Semitic-ish Accusations Is In Trouble
* Walt and Mearsheimer Publish Insipid Anti-Semiticish Book. MR Officially Takes Back Original "No Way They're Anti-Semites" Position.