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industry rule #9878

In an apparent effort to show the public why they should ignore editorial cartoons and never pick up a newspaper ever again, Daryl Cagle writes:

The fickle media is always the same – no one has ever noticed that, so I thought I would demonstrate. Here’s my latest cartoon, showing the fickle media “changing” from their fixation on Obama to Sarah Palin.

But it wasn’t long ago when we started the primary season, and the media went from blanket coverage of the Iowa Caucuses to the New Hampshire Primary.

This was quite a popular cartoon, but it wasn’t good for very long. Once the New Hampshire pirmary was over, I needed a new one.

He goes on to list five more instances of the “fickle media” moving en masse from one subject to another, concluding with the following:

The fickle media never changes over the years – but they sure are easy to draw.

Yeah, Daryl, maybe because you used THE SAME EXACT FUCKING IMAGE AND COMPOSITION IN EACH CARTOON, YOU HACK.

Seriously, though, if the gatekeeper for online editorial cartoons giddily admits to being a lazy artist who draws boring, derivative cartoons, then why should anyone be expected to read them and support a dying industry?

cartoon 09-08-08

Instances of defending the indefensible make for an easy cartoon. But it’s almost too easy. Maybe it was a cheap shot, but somehow I still doubt there’s any chance that Westmoreland would call someone like me “uppity.”

cartoon 9-5-08

Back at the Red & Black. Here’s my first entry:

A single-minded obsession with abortion makes for some interesting instances of cognitive dissonance among the GOP faithful. See Palin, Sarah.

snappy answers to stupid questions

Over at TPM, Greg Sargent asks:

Reverend Jeremiah Wright said this:

And they will not only attack you if you try to point out what’s going on in white America, U.S. of K.K.K.A.

…and this:

“The government gives them the drugs, builds bigger prisons, passes a three-strike law and then wants us to sing ‘God Bless America.’ No, no, no, God damn America, that’s in the Bible for killing innocent people,” he said in a 2003 sermon. “God damn America for treating our citizens as less than human. God damn America for as long as she acts like she is God and she is supreme.”

And Joe Vogler, the founder of the Alaskan Independence Party, said this:

“The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government. And I won’t be buried under their damn flag. I’ll be buried in Dawson. And when Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home.”

Why isn’t Vogler’s quote just as controversial?

Dear Greg,

Thanks for playing.

Sincerely,
BR”C”"B”