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Not My Leg posted:Worst Label This has to win. Hilariously awkward, inappropriate, shoehorned-in labels are a dime a dozen, but this somehow loses sight of what a label is even supposed to do. It's downright transcendent.
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Spooky Hyena posted:Least concealed bigotry in a cartoon This seems pretty JRRose!-ey. What's offensive about this? Isn't it just a "news item"?
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:This seems pretty JRRose!-ey. What's offensive about this? Isn't it just a "news item"? Romania and Bulgaria entered the free movement agreement this year, and various newspapers began screaming about hordes of unwashed filthy immigrants entering England. Romians and Bulgarians did not immediately swarm Great Britain, and various papers reporting on 800,000 BULGAMANIANS neglected to point out that a) those 800,000 have been here for years already, b) they are, on average, higher qualified than native Britons, and c) should they be removed the NHS would immediately collapse, as the numbers of eastern-european doctors and nurses is well above what we could tolerate losing in a space of years. Once these articles had begun emerging, many more appeared about Romanian and Bulgarian professionals reporting hostility and racism while they attempted to treat patients, or go about their normal businesses. Portsmouth is a coastal town that combines loving absurdly high property prices with a strong working-class and immigrant population base. As such, it is a Tory/Ukip area of contention and xenophobic divide. It's literally saying "the swarm of filthy benefit scrounging foreigners are taking our jobs and voting us good white people out!". It's the Obama mexican voter army thing. It does seem to need some context, but it's definitely a hateful piece of racebait. It becomes much clearer when you realise the worthless hack cartoonist draws all Romanians and generic Eastern Europeans as unwashed gypsy scroungers, something Romania in particular has a huge problem with (because they too hate Roma people).
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The Wiggly Wizard posted:This seems pretty JRRose!-ey. What's offensive about this? Isn't it just a "news item"? I might have taken the category title too literally. I don't think it's the most racist, that'd be the Brown one probably, but it's the one where the racism isn't concealed at all. The other racist comics are mostly hiding behind paper-thin excuses like looting and "black on black crime", but that one pretty much just translates to "there's too many Romanians round here".
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This has probably come up in one of this thread's previous iterations, but is there any guideline for what qualifies as an "A Thing Happened" cartoon? I feel like I understand what the term means, and yet I can't figure out a way to put it into words.
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TheOneAndOnlyT posted:This has probably come up in one of this thread's previous iterations, but is there any guideline for what qualifies as an "A Thing Happened" cartoon? I feel like I understand what the term means, and yet I can't figure out a way to put it into words. From my understanding, it's a cartoon where the premise revolves around something that relatively recently happened in pop culture that isn't strictly related to politics on its' own.
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Regalingualius posted:From my understanding, it's a cartoon where the premise revolves around something that relatively recently happened in pop culture that isn't strictly related to politics on its' own. Also, "A Thing Happened" cartoon should offer no insight into the significance of the Thing that Happened or the reasons behind it.
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Selachian posted:Also, "A Thing Happened" cartoon should offer no insight into the significance of the Thing that Happened or the reasons behind it. This nails it. Think of the Miley twerking business. A thing happened cartoon would just show off a caricature of twerking Miley. They'd completely miss culture appropriation as being a problem.
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Spangly A posted:Romania and Bulgaria entered the free movement agreement this year, and various newspapers began screaming about hordes of unwashed filthy immigrants entering England. Romians and Bulgarians did not immediately swarm Great Britain, and various papers reporting on 800,000 BULGAMANIANS neglected to point out that a) those 800,000 have been here for years already, b) they are, on average, higher qualified than native Britons, and c) should they be removed the NHS would immediately collapse, as the numbers of eastern-european doctors and nurses is well above what we could tolerate losing in a space of years. Once these articles had begun emerging, many more appeared about Romanian and Bulgarian professionals reporting hostility and racism while they attempted to treat patients, or go about their normal businesses. From what I remember that cartoonists has a habit of drawing Scots as drunk and hairy tramps wearing tartan and wallowing in the gutters, really just a terrible all around person.
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IslamoNazi posted:This nails it. Think of the Miley twerking business. A thing happened cartoon would just show off a caricature of twerking Miley. They'd completely miss culture appropriation as being a problem. Hmm, so I guess those 7 identical cartoons all from different cartoonists of that ship stuck in the ice don't count them? They were so incredibly inane that they deserve to be nominated for something.
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Genpei Turtle posted:Hmm, so I guess those 7 identical cartoons all from different cartoonists of that ship stuck in the ice don't count them? They were so incredibly inane that they deserve to be nominated for something. You could probably nominate them as a block for Laziest Cartoon.
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Nameless_Steve posted:Least concealed bigotry in a cartoon Wait where is the concealment here? Edit: Best edit  Laziest Cartoon  
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Haschel Cedricson posted:You could probably nominate them as a block for Laziest Cartoon. I've got you covered:        Editing that into my first post, too.
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VitalSigns posted:Wait where is the concealment here? I take "concealment" for the purpose of the award to basically mean "I'm not racist, but..."
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Those "ship stuck in ice where's your global warming now!?" cartoons are inane and dumb as gently caress, but I don't think they reallly get at the heart of what "A Thing Happened" truly is. They're idiotic jabs at an ideology, so they actually stand for something,
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Cape Cod Crab Chip posted:Those "ship stuck in ice where's your global warming now!?" cartoons are inane and dumb as gently caress, but I don't think they reallly get at the heart of what "A Thing Happened" truly is. They're idiotic jabs at an ideology, so they actually stand for something, A better example would be this one. 
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Cape Cod Crab Chip posted:Those "ship stuck in ice where's your global warming now!?" cartoons are inane and dumb as gently caress, but I don't think they reallly get at the heart of what "A Thing Happened" truly is. They're idiotic jabs at an ideology, so they actually stand for something, They're not for A Thing Happened, they're together as a bloc for Laziest Cartoon. Seven cartoonists independently made identical cartoons with identical artwork. It's a different sort of laziness than Gorrel's "I'll draw a cartoon about not drawing a cartoon" shtick, but I think it deserves a nod anyway
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Yeah, I think "A Thing Happened" is all about a cartoon being a complete non-statement, devoid of commentary or, as Selachian put it, insight or significance.
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Worst Middle East Cartoon Worst Police Brutality Cartoon  Worst Torture Report Cartoon  Worst "A Thing Happened" cartoon  Literally summer happened. Also I got old and kids suck now adays. Least concealed bigotry in a cartoon  There are so many to choose from this year. Most easily reinterpreted  Overall worst political cartoon of the year So, so many.  Best edit/parody  by zeroprime World Famous W fucked around with this message at 04:21 on Dec 24, 2014 |
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Whoops, hit Reply instead of Edit. I've changed my Best Edit nomination to a recent contender.
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Gilganixon posted:Whoops, hit Reply instead of Edit. I've changed my Best Edit nomination to a recent contender. Was the best edit the edit to this post? Because it was pretty good.
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The edit I nominated is better than anything related to my (generally shameful) posting:Rorus Raz posted:
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"There was the year we mocked an entire town of black people!"
"I remember them all standing on the streets."
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Gilganixon posted:The edit I nominated is better than anything related to my (generally shameful) posting: Oh my God. If this doesn't win the edits award, I think we might need a new category just for songs.
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Worst Middle East Cartoon Worst Police Brutality Cartoon  Worst Torture Report Cartoon  Worst The Interview Cartoon Worst cartoon about a tragedy Worst caricature Worst "A Thing Happened" cartoon Worst Label  Least concealed bigotry in a cartoon  Just thought I'd nominate something not-Ferguson because yea, Ferguson/Garner/etc is totally going to sweep it and with good cause. Laziest cartoon  Just because he was STILL DOING THIS AWFUL JOKE through Christmas Most easily reinterpreted Overall worst political cartoon of the year All yours, Ramirez. Best edit/parody  ...well it was the best for me, because I had to deal with these asshats as part of my chosen profession and the catharsis was much needed. Rebochan fucked around with this message at 03:02 on Dec 28, 2014 |
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So... Muslim women are dwarves?
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Rebochan posted:Best edit/parody I don't get what's different between the two sides of this cartoon.
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Well one of them is lookin' like a fool. Man, voting for bigoted cartoon is gonna be hard as gently caress.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:I don't get what's different between the two sides of this cartoon. That's because the original was made by Gamergaters and they are really really bad at not being idiots. By which I mean, the one on the left is the villain "Oculass" and yes she was yelling at a neckbearded fedora dork in the original, and THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A BAD THING.
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The original, for reference. For reference, two of Gamergate's most high-profile targets of hate were women that actually DO make their own games.
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Can I nominate Rall's lovely 1984 book? As in, the whole thing?
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Rebochan posted:The original, for reference. I get this (bad) cartoon, but I don't really get the edit. I guess it's trying to make a sarcastic statement but it doesn't really do it for me because it doesn't really show the Zoe Quinn analogue in an especially positive light, I guess... But maybe that's the weird addition of the pants at her shins in the lower image making her a bit of a joke. 
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ComradeCosmobot posted:I get this (bad) cartoon, but I don't really get the edit. I guess it's trying to make a sarcastic statement but it doesn't really do it for me because it doesn't really show the Zoe Quinn analogue in an especially positive light, I guess... But maybe that's the weird addition of the pants at her shins in the lower image making her a bit of a joke. Turning her into a donkey would have made it more obvious, but that would have added a different set of problems.
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ComradeCosmobot posted:I get this (bad) cartoon, but I don't really get the edit. I guess it's trying to make a sarcastic statement but it doesn't really do it for me because it doesn't really show the Zoe Quinn analogue in an especially positive light, I guess... But maybe that's the weird addition of the pants at her shins in the lower image making her a bit of a joke. It's about ethics in games journalism. How can you not see that?
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ComradeCosmobot posted:I get this (bad) cartoon, but I don't really get the edit. I guess it's trying to make a sarcastic statement but it doesn't really do it for me because it doesn't really show the Zoe Quinn analogue in an especially positive light, I guess... But maybe that's the weird addition of the pants at her shins in the lower image making her a bit of a joke. The edit isn't supposed to to be for the zoe quinn analogue, it's just to make fun of the original comic. Basically don't look at the girl on the left as zoe quinn, but just part of the joke. Everything is just meant to be silly except the bottom right where they real meaning of the edit is.
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Time to vote, nominees are up in the first reply! Vote for each one with the letter and category.
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Worst Middle East Cartoon: C Worst Police Brutality Cartoon: E Worst Torture Report Cartoon: I Worst The Interview Cartoon: B Worst cartoon about a tragedy: B Worst caricature: B Worst "A Thing Happened" cartoon: I Worst Label: B Least concealed bigotry in a cartoon: I Laziest cartoon: A Most easily reinterpreted: B Overall worst political cartoon of the year: F Best edit/parody: D Lots of good edits this year. I'm not all-in on one like I was last year with Skeleton Frat Party. But Ye Fowl Herald has given me consistent laughs. Lycus fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Dec 28, 2014 |
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Worst Middle East Cartoon: C Worst Police Brutality Cartoon: G Worst Torture Report Cartoon: D Worst The Interview Cartoon: B Worst cartoon about a tragedy: F Worst caricature: A Worst "A Thing Happened" cartoon: P Worst Label: G Least concealed bigotry in a cartoon: A Laziest cartoon: A Most easily reinterpreted: D Overall worst political cartoon of the year: D Best edit/parody: G
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Worst Middle East Cartoon: D. C is bad as gently caress, but D is so much worse. Worst Police Brutality Cartoon: F. gently caress all the libertarian poo poo Worst Torture Report Cartoon: D.  ramirezWorst The Interview Cartoon: B. Only because A is nonsense. Worst cartoon about a tragedy: E. Harold Fjord fucked around with this message at 09:13 on Dec 28, 2014 |
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Goddamn this was hard. The usual hacks really tried to outdo themselves with horribleness this year. Worst Middle East Cartoon: C - I originally voted for Nominee K ("Kirschen's afternoon tea interrupted) but I'm joining the bandwagon here; with this cartoon, it really looked like Kirschen was one step away from unironically posting Bleached Bones as his own work. Worst Police Brutality Cartoon: D - "Haha it's ridiculous that black people don't want to get murdered when it's obvious they inherently deserve it!" Worst Torture Report Cartoon: H - The Ramirez cartoon Nominee D came drat close, but it gets edged out by Branco's "Oh, a literal global torture program? Well EPA regulations inconvenience businesses, now that's the real torture!!" Stupid shill motherfucker. Worst The Interview Cartoon: B - yeah, the pointless, out-of-nowhere racism clinches it for this toon. I still don't think this event deserved a separate category when other major events (Ebola panic, child refugee crisis, Ukraine crisis, etc.) produced more, and more memorable, cartoons. Worst Cartoon About a Tragedy: H - This was possibly the hardest category to pin down just one toon, but Gorrell shat all over a tragedy not only with his trademark laziness, but with an incoherent mess of a toon. Worst Caricature: C - Also loving hard to choose, but Kirschen borrowing from Nazi propaganda imagery to call out Jewish "race traitors" with no trace of self-awareness tops everything. Worst "A Thing Happened" Cartoon: K - Seriously, what the gently caress is Ramirez even doing in this stain of a cartoon? Worst Label: E - Haha what the hell? Also the "Some So-Called Moderates" doesn't belong here; it's a beautiful label. Least Concealed Bigotry in a Cartoon: H - Like I said in my nomination, there isn't even a joke or an attempted message here; just "Black people are stupid and lazy and can't speak English well". Compounded by the fact that he used an unaltered picture of a normal black woman instead of a caricature because he thinks black people are inherently ridiculous. Laziest Cartoon: A Most Easily Reinterpreted: B - This one still makes me laugh. What a hack. Two Pulitzers, goddamn. If I weren't familiar with Ramirez's political stances, I'd think this was a ringing endorsement of Obama's policies. Overall Worst Political Cartoon of the Year: D - the only one that still pisses me off when I see it. Made more horrible when you consider that the "artist"'s parents were immigrants. Go gently caress yourself, Ramirez. Best Edit/Parody: D - Thank you for these, Saint Sputnik. They made Mallard Filmore indirectly bearable. Nominees G and I came really close for me, though. Everyone who makes edits and parodies deserves recognition; lovely hack cartoonists outnumber good cartoonists by a wide margin, so the thread regulars need you guys to balance that out. Mr. Belpit fucked around with this message at 02:59 on Dec 31, 2014 |
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