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Mr. Squishy posted:The halo of pure white space surrounding it draws the eye making it the focus. And Cloud Potato was right. It's something editorial cartoonists draw on the eve of any election when they have to talk about something but don't know anything yet. Yeah but I don't mean a visual focus, I mean the narrative focus (or something). If you wanted to draw a 'frenzied campaign but the actual voting is forgotten' cartoon, that would be a good way to do it, because the voting booth is untouched and apparently abandoned in the corner. There's no sign of anyone about to vote, the booth isn't framed centrally like 'this is all that matters now', it looks more like a 'by the way' aside than the main focus of the scene. You can make arguments either way, which makes it ambiguous at best, which is a bit poor for this kind of generic 'moment of history' cartoon Extreme0 posted:So I think we are going to see cartoons of Salmond getting kicked, mauled, stabbed or something. The Times will probably run Salmond Mouse in a union jack-themed trap screaming NOOOOOOOOO while his pound coin ears pop off
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Cloud Potato posted:Independent: For gently caress's sake already.
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Cloud Potato posted:Telegraph: I didn't expect the Telegraph to have the only good cartoon about the whole thing. Although this being the Telegraph they're probably applauding him.
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Cliff Racer posted:Adam's reunited kingdom is missing NI. Yeah but you can't expect that level of minor detail, it's not like he put the Isle of Man or Isle of Wight on there oh wait
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baka kaba posted:Yeah but you can't expect that level of minor detail, it's not like he put the Isle of Man or Isle of Wight on there oh wait Yeah I was going to say "Maybe he just did Britain" but Isle of Man is there. D: Isle of Wight is part of England so that's not a big issue, its mainly the Isle of Man thing. 
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Cloud Potato posted:Independent on Sunday: Bit late for a Robin Williams tribute cartoon, I feel.
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Ahaha jesus, Thomas probably blacked out when he realised his nemesis Gordon Brown was back in the spotlight. I was looking at that Express thread on Mailwatch a while back, during the Brown years pretty much every single cartoon was I HATE GORDON BROWN whether there was any news story to tie in or not. Even the text gets heavier as soon as his name is mentioned Loving Rowson's Clegg finger spiking all the promises
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Cloud Potato posted:Guardian: Gotta love how the potential eternal Tory majority is such a source of mirth. Miliband is somehow in the wrong for not wanting his own party out of power forever. What a buffoon! It'll be interesting to see how the BBC handles this topic as they've been very cosy with the Tories since approximately when it looked like they had won the election. You know when they kept calling it for the Tories and forgot how UK politics works and what a majority was.
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on Ed Balls and the Labour party conference – The shadow chancellor addressed the Labour party conference in Manchester, proposing a spending watchdog role in vetting expenditure plans" Telegraph:  Tony Blair on Islamic State: 'Don't rule out ground troops' Independent:  Times:  Express: 
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Some Back to the Future action from Thomas. Whenever I see that Times caricature I have to remind myself it's supposed to be Ed Balls and not Ken Clarke. Or maybe Hitler??? That's some prime labelling too, Brant would be proud
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Cloud Potato posted:Express: There's something a bit disturbing about the way the bright, sunny day ends at the window, making the interior a black, shadowy, lamplit gloom.
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Mr. Flunchy posted:There's something a bit disturbing about the way the bright, sunny day ends at the window, making the interior a black, shadowy, lamplit gloom.
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baka kaba posted:Yeah but I don't mean a visual focus, I mean the narrative focus (or something). *arouses from slumber* It's a cartoon, they're the same thing.
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Mr. Squishy posted:*arouses from slumber* It's a cartoon, they're the same thing. Nah, because you can have different meanings where the same element is the focus, there's just a story built around that element and the framing helps to tell it. I mean there were a few of us reading completely opposite meanings into the same image, some of us saw:  and others saw  If Adams wants to make such an (uninspired and clichéd) point he could at least get a clear narrative in there! Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if he left it ambiguous on purpose, to fit in with the general right-wing theme of chaos and a democratic shambles Yeah I know it's looking into the craft a bit but I feel bad just saying 'Thomas is poo poo' all the time 
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Did you miss me? Guardians:  1 2 3 4 5Telegraphs  1 2 3 4 5Independents  1 2 3 After Bruegel 4 5Timeses  1 2 3 4Expressessessessessesses  1 2But continental breakfasts are great? 
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Welcome back! I knew there was something missing in the bookmarks...  Good to see the Times calling out the jingoism too
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Cloud Potato posted:
Oh, man, First Dog. Do more of him please, even if he is technically Aussie. Also that express cartoon is bang on considering Cleese is an unrepentant bigot
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Why does every male asylum seeker wear some form of forage cap in Paul Thomas World? Is that even a thing? Where are they supposed to be seeking asylum from? Tsarist Russia?
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It's just an incredibly racist caricature of Romani people, it doesn't have to reflect reality. Actually it's better for him if it doesn't, because then it really gets the swivel-eyed crowd going "they're so different to us!"
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Yeah all the men are swarthy and unshaven with their funny hats and patched-up clothes, the women are... swarthy and unshaven (check out that loving attention to detail) with their funny headscarves and hoop earrings and shawls. They all do double duty as his general 'eastern european' stereotype, no matter where they're meant to be from. Pretty amazing how this is actually allowed to be printed For anyone playing along at home, the woman at the front is probably meant to be a good honest English person unnerved by the presence of all these foreign types in... a hotel. The pinstripe guy on the right is 100% angry patriot material Forums Terrorist posted:Oh, man, First Dog. Do more of him please, even if he is technically Aussie. The Guardian carries it now, because a) it's funny and b) even the Australian stuff somehow manages to be completely relevant to what's happening the UK! Wow!
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Ah, the Eastern European/Romanian asylum seekers. Good to know that he doesn't know or care the difference between an Eritrean or Iranian fleeing violence and a Bulgarian moving around within the EU. I'm not sure if that's better than the alternative though, I can almost imagine what his East Africans migrants would look like.
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on George Osborne's Conservative party conference speech – [url="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-29402844"}Chancellor says a re-elected Tory government will freeze benefits, tax credits and public sector pay[/url]" Telegraph:  Independent:  After Ingmar Bergman. Times:  Express: 
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baka kaba posted:
 loving foreign tradesmen looking all over the place for are royals.
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Thank you Mario! But our Princess was murdered by the foreigns!
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baka kaba posted:Thank you Mario! But our Princess was https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdhhQhqi_AE
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baka kaba posted:
baka kaba posted:Thank you Mario! But our Princess was murdered by the foreigns! Excellent
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Forums Terrorist posted:Oh, man, First Dog. Do more of him please, even if he is technically Aussie. His art is godawful but sometimes he's pretty spot on. 
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