2009-03-31

A two-panel color comic. Panel 1: In an art studio against a red wall, a brown-haired woman holds up a blue ball and says, "This is my new piece of 'found art.'" A reddish-brown-haired man retorts, "That doesn't count! That's MY found art. You found it in my studio." She shoots back, "After you stole it from me!" He insists, "Stole once!" Panel 2: A banner reads "Elsewhere..." In a lecture room, a student asks, "Professor-- why isn't there more funding for the arts?" A blond professor in a purple shirt throws up his hands and answers, "Because of the philistines in Washington!"

Votey: A black-and-white panel. A banner reads, "Science funding, on the other hand, is always reasonable." A questioner asks a scientist, "How will your particle research help impoverished minorities?" The scientist hesitantly replies, "Uh... they're made of protons?" The questioner immediately responds, "Sold!" The joke: arts funding is blamed on philistines, but science funding gets approved on equally absurd, hand-wavy justifications.