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They do exist, but generally they are in front of news agents and not up against random brick walls/ 10 Downing Street.
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I don't think thats a propped up newspaper though, just a corner of the comic cut out to explain the joke.
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Tony Jowns posted:Are signs with the front page headline in big bold letters really that uncommon/archaic in the UK that they're what people choose to mock about his cartoons? One or two of them are out the front of pretty much every newsagent here in Australia. It's just a pretty loving lazy way of making cartoons. Compare "Two people comment on a sign explaining the topic" to Bell or Rowson's work, or even that Torygraph guy's.
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They're pretty common, but they're not only an explanation of a joke that, if done properly, would be obvious from context, they're also an amazingly lazy and overused mechanism to explain said joke. e:f,b
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Yeah everything he does is basically a) physical sign establishes topic, one person makes joke about it to one or more people doing this  b) one person makes joke to one or more people doing this , corner sign explains the jokec) actual attempt at cartoon as visual humour (usually involving a caricature of someone famous), one person takes the corner sign role and explains the joke to someone doing this It's not even his lack of skill, he's just an incredibly lazy cartoonist. He swaps around identikit characters in the same handful of locations because it literally doesn't matter what's happening in the image most of the time, it's just background dressing for someone making some topical observation. The fact he spends so little care and imagination on his scenes (when they could be pretty much ANYTHING so long as there's at least one living creature to spout an inanity) just shows he can't even be bothered spending more than 5 minutes working with his medium.  Honestly it makes me wonder if it informs his lovely opinions - if opportunities exist for someone as lazy and talentless as Paul Thomas to actually have a successful career, being paid to draw the same thing over and over in crayon and write the first witticism that pops into his head (all done while he's waiting for his mate to get the next round in), what must he think about people who are still out of work?
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I just wanna say I've gone back 3 pages in the thread to the cartoon post on the 3rd July and I want to inform the thread that doing a quick and dirty straw poll 48 posts of 85 or so were about Paul Thomas and poo poo poo poo cartoons. I'm pretty sure the trend continues long before 3rd July. He may be poo poo, we all hate him, but he is the most discussed cartoonist in this thread. Most of those posts are about the bird and the fox though. That's the end of my Thread Facts! Makes you think! fake edit: this is not a criticism just an observation real edit: mods rename this thread to UK Political Cartoons Thread; Unofficial Paul Thomas Apprecation Station (I know it's too long)
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Always easier to say "This is poo poo!" than "This is great!". Guardian:  Ban packed lunches, head teachers urged; Plain cigarette packaging plans put on hold. Telegraph:  Stephen Collins: 
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The tories sure do have their priorities on order.  Also in the Telegraph one, the whole "Jam tomorrow" thing, Osborne tried that before but then kept coming up with excuses when the Jam didn't come. Unless the joke is "Tomorrow never comes". Ah ok ya, really need to get in habit of refreshing before editing. V Fluo fucked around with this message at 12:11 on Jul 13, 2013 |
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Jul 13, 2013 12:01
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The joke of Jam Tomorrow is that you're never going to get any jam.
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Mr. Squishy posted:The joke of Jam Tomorrow is that you're never going to get any jam. Yeah, semi asleep  . Love the Stephen Collins cartoon  .Also in the Rowson, Clegg is chopsticks! 
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Observer: Sunday Telegraph:  [A bit presumptuous, we haven't won the cricket yet  ]Independent on Sunday: 
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Riddell, you're a great artist, why do you have to cover everything in labels?
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Without the union label you can't actually tell what Ed is cleaning up after. In this case it was either necessary or you had to give the horse a miners hat or whatever stereotypical union attire is over there. Although at the same time even with the complete comic I can't off the top of my head remember donors conspiring to rig a Conservative election. Do those candidates that Cameron parachuted into safe districts count?
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Yeah, I admit it's a little ambiguous without that label. But you'd think it would have been pretty easy to make it clear the horse represents the unions with some sort of visual cue rather than putting it in lettering across its chest.
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Make it a pit pony, and put the pig in pinstripes.
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I first assumed the horse was a unicorn and thought "oh Falkirk is in Scotland so it makes sense". Then looked again and it doesn't have a horn at all, there must be something in this tea  So yeah, a reasonable label.
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Cloud Potato posted:Independent on Sunday: So that's why post bikes are too dangerous to use; they attract the attention of murderous fatcats.
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Weldon Pemberton posted:I first assumed the horse was a unicorn and thought "oh Falkirk is in Scotland so it makes sense". Then looked again and it doesn't have a horn at all, there must be something in this tea Scotland has unicorns? 
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prefect posted:Scotland has unicorns? They're our national animal. It's awesome.
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on the Liverpool care pathway, Zimmerman verdict and Belfast riots Report expected to recommend phasing out system for terminally ill patients after claims it is being used to hasten death" Telegraph:  JK Rowling revealed as author of The Cuckoo's Calling Independent:  Conservatives dismiss Lynton Crosby tobacco link 'smears' Express:   It's hot! 
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Are those underpants literally defying gravity on the edge of the washing machine?
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Cloud Potato posted:Express: Does the turkey in the refrigerator count as a hidden bird?
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Junior G-man posted:Are those underpants literally defying gravity on the edge of the washing machine?
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Cloud Potato posted:Guardian: This is a work of art, painting wise.
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Better write firearms unit on this guy's back in case people don't realise this cop with a gun is a firearm cop.
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marktheando posted:Better write firearms unit on this guy's back in case people don't realise this cop with a gun is a firearm cop. I told you we should have brought the #yolo sacks!
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hazza posted:That swallow has clearly never heard of Icarus. The American Revolution was a very complicated practical joke and the Royal Family has been so charmed by how hard everyone fell for it that they've been holding off telling us all for the last 240 years.
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hazza posted:EDIT: Wait, hold up just a darn minute - since when have the Royal Family lived at the god-damned White House!?  (Note the lack of pool.) quote:"Steve Bell on Iain Duncan Smith and the benefits cap Polling shows the move to cap benefits is the single most popular reform the government has made to the welfare system" 
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I'd never seen it from the end but goddamn is Palace Garden boring.
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It's basically just used for lawn parties, isn't it? I imagine a huge open space is better for security too.
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All the fun happens in the trees, where the pageboys & butlers go cottaging.
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String vests, Thomas? For gently caress's sake.
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I do like the peeping Tom shirtless copper hiding in the bushes to look in at the window...
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I like the idea of having the house number above the fire place
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