2008-07-02
Original: 2008-07-02 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Title: POLITICAL CARTOONING: A GUIDE
Panel 1: STEP 1: PICK A SIDE.
(A cartoonist's drawing shows a smiling figure with arms outstretched, labeled below: "Us folks.")
Panel 2: STEP 2: NAME YOUR OPPONENT.
(A drawing of a sharp-toothed, monstrous figure, labeled: "Those f*ckers.")
Panel 3: STEP 3: IDENTIFY THE OBJECT AT ISSUE.
(A drawing of a money bag / sack, labeled: "Our sh*t!")
Panel 4: STEP 4: SKEWER THEM WITH YOUR WIT!
(The finished cartoon scene comes to life. A plain, ordinary-looking man on the left gestures toward a large monstrous toothy-grinned figure on the right who is grabbing money bags. A label points to the monster: "Those f*ckers!" Another label points to the money bag the man is reaching for: "Our sh*t!")
Votey:
A smiling cartoonist holds up a pen/marker triumphantly while drawing, exclaiming: "MAKIN' A DIFFERENCE!"
Panel 1: STEP 1: PICK A SIDE.
(A cartoonist's drawing shows a smiling figure with arms outstretched, labeled below: "Us folks.")
Panel 2: STEP 2: NAME YOUR OPPONENT.
(A drawing of a sharp-toothed, monstrous figure, labeled: "Those f*ckers.")
Panel 3: STEP 3: IDENTIFY THE OBJECT AT ISSUE.
(A drawing of a money bag / sack, labeled: "Our sh*t!")
Panel 4: STEP 4: SKEWER THEM WITH YOUR WIT!
(The finished cartoon scene comes to life. A plain, ordinary-looking man on the left gestures toward a large monstrous toothy-grinned figure on the right who is grabbing money bags. A label points to the monster: "Those f*ckers!" Another label points to the money bag the man is reaching for: "Our sh*t!")
Votey:
A smiling cartoonist holds up a pen/marker triumphantly while drawing, exclaiming: "MAKIN' A DIFFERENCE!"
Alt text
A four-step instructional comic titled "Political Cartooning: A Guide." Step 1, "Pick a side," shows a crudely drawn friendly smiling figure labeled "Us folks." Step 2, "Name your opponent," shows a menacing sharp-toothed monster labeled "Those f*ckers." Step 3, "Identify the object at issue," shows a money bag labeled "Our sh*t!" Step 4, "Skewer them with your wit!," assembles these into a finished editorial cartoon: an ordinary man on the left confronts a huge toothy monster on the right clutching money bags, with labels "Those f*ckers!" pointing at the monster and "Our sh*t!" pointing at the bag. The joke is that political cartooning reduces to a formulaic us-versus-them template. In the votey, a beaming cartoonist holds up his pen mid-drawing and proclaims "Makin' a difference!", smugly believing his simplistic cartoon is meaningful work.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.