briansmiscellany:
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Once upon a time there was a man named Wayne Stayskal, and he was The Shittiest Editorial Cartoonist in All the Land. Yet, despite this notoriety, he understood the basics of panel composition and the set-up and delivery of a joke that wasn’t terribly hackish.
He was horrible, but he was a better cartoonist than John R. Rose, if only for the fact that he wouldn’t always convey the crux of the news story being reported on by having a person hold a newspaper with the longest (and in this case opinionated) headline possible.
Such a simple thing, yet it eludes Rose.
Fun fact: When the Democrats had the majority in congress, foam cups were taken out of congressional dining services. When the Republicans retook power in 2010, one of the first things they did was to bring back Styrofoam. These people have a whole raft of irresponsible objects to fetishize, just ask your crazy uncle about fluorescent light bulbs.
That’s because everything must be politicized.
EVERYTHING!
While I think a fatter Statue of Liberty would better represent America today (you’ve all seen Triplets of Belleville, right?), as far as representing the non-story of the soda ban in NYC being struck down it’s a pretty obvious image. (Points to Ariail, though, for changing the tablet to a box of fries.)
A better weigh-in on the story (no pun intended) came from the reliable Clay Bennett.
Once upon a time there was a man named Wayne Stayskal, and he was The Shittiest Editorial Cartoonist in All the Land. Yet, despite this notoriety, he understood the basics of panel composition and the set-up and delivery of a joke that wasn’t terribly hackish.
He was horrible, but he was a better cartoonist than John R. Rose, if only for the fact that he wouldn’t always convey the crux of the news story being reported on by having a person hold a newspaper with the longest (and in this case opinionated) headline possible.
Such a simple thing, yet it eludes Rose.
So who’s this guy supposed to be? I know he’s holding up a piece of paper that references Mayor Bloomberg (and doesn’t say anything else) and I know there’s a label going down his shoulder that says ‘Bloomberg,’ but I’m still confused. It’s not clear enough.
Sigh. If only there was a newspaper kiosk in the background to help me out.
