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tdrules posted:Paul Thomas has been let go according to the Eye. And nothing of value was lost. I'll admit, I'll miss seeing his non-Euclidean buildings, and struggles with perspective...faces...proportions...colour theory, etc. Pesky Splinter fucked around with this message at 20:53 on Jan 21, 2015 |
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How much do you think we'd need to raise in order to have him as this thread's personal cartoonist?
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tdrules posted:Paul Thomas has been let go according to the Eye. But who will now fill his boots as shittiest political cartoonist in the UK? I hope the Morning Star offers him some work.
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It couldn't have happened to a better master of the felt tip and crayon arts. No, no, wait, it could. He ran in the Express, right? Is there an even shittier, cheaper publication that isn't already a comic book?
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Jan 21, 2015 21:34
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Pesky Splinter posted:And nothing of value was lost.
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quote:In a case of unfortunate timing, the first staff member to be warned of compulsory redundancy was Paul Thomas, the Daily Express’s cartoonist, who was informed on the day of the Charlie Hebdo attack.
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Someone draw Paul Thomas with a massive sandwich board over his chest standing in a dole queue and the sandwich board has one of his cartoons of a dole queue on it.
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BastardySkull posted:Someone draw Paul Thomas with a massive sandwich board over his chest standing in a dole queue and the sandwich board has one of his cartoons of a dole queue on it. An empty big news sign, a fox and a badger walking past. In the sky, a bird. We'll always have the Sheikh of Wales. Guardian:  "Steve Bell on the Chilcot inquiry – Cabinet secretary, who agreed only to redacted Bush and Blair exchanges in Iraq war, to explain post-election publication" Telegraph:  Independent:  Yesterday's Times:  Yesterday's Mail:  'I know you're angry, Sadie, love. But it's just the wrong time of the year to protest.'  Yeah, about that story...
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TheDarkFlame posted:He ran in the Express, right? Is there an even shittier, cheaper publication  quote:that isn't already a comic book? Oh, never mind.
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Cloud Potato posted:An empty big news sign, a fox and a badger walking past. In the sky, a bird. 
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Jan 22, 2015 02:40
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Hmm, I was kinda hoping Thomas would continue adding more and more animals to his drawings. In the end he would become some sort of animal Arcimboldo and the challenge would no longer be finding the animals in the cartoon, but the cartoon in the animals. "Ok the vole and elephant is obviously Farage, but who is that supposed to be made out of herrings?"
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Interesting question: if viewing a picture of Nicole, 22, on Twitter, will get you in trouble with your boss, does that also mean that you can't bring a paper copy of the Sun to work?
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http://www.themediablog.co.uk/the-media-blog/2014/05/sunday-sport-nik-naks.html quote:A series of typical tall tales from the Sunday Sport have been finding a new audience on social media in recent weeks as their outrageous headlines catch the eye and cause much mirth.
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Jan 22, 2015 17:36
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I'll miss Paul Thomas. He's a terrible artist and the cartoons' messages are always offensive (it was the Express paying him though, so not sure how much he believed it himself), but he was strangely familiar, like a really horrible and smelly but well-loved old family pet or a hideous but comfy old novelty jumper. I always liked having a groan at the latest Thomas and seeing everyone Photoshop it.forkboy84 posted:But who will now fill his boots as shittiest political cartoonist in the UK? I hope the Morning Star offers him some work. That'd be amazing, I'd love to see more of Misshapen Soviet Leaders: 
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Stottie Kyek posted:That'd be amazing, I'd love to see more of Misshapen Soviet Leaders: 
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It's clearly Lenin, because he has facial hair.
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Lenin was kind of stocky, but he wasn't as rotund as that. He looks like a plush toy of himself. Gives me an idea for a sewing project 
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Stottie Kyek posted:Lenin was kind of stocky, but he wasn't as rotund as that. He looks like a plush toy of himself. Gives me an idea for a sewing project If you make a plush Lenin I'll buy it from you.
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Coohoolin posted:If you make a plush Sheik of Wales I'll buy it from you. That's a bit better now
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Guardian: "Steve Bell on the leader debates – The BBC and ITV are expected to expand their TV leader debates plan to include the Green party, the Scottish National party and Plaid Cymru" Telegraph:  New Scottish Parliament powers plan published Independent:  ECB unveils massive QE boost for eurozone Yesterday's Times:  After Chas Addams. Yesterday's Mail:  'Don't hurry him. He's just making it safe.'
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Guardian: "Martin Rowson on the death of King Abdullah – Abdullah bin Abdilaziz Al Saud, king of Saudi Arabia, has died at the age of 90" Telegraph:  Independent:  After Sir David Wilkie. Times:  Stephen Collins: 
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Cloud Potato posted:Times: so are you going to make an actual point here, or
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Cloud Potato posted:Guardian: The only question I have about the Rowson one is are the chains tying up slave-like women or is it supposed to be links to groups like ISIL? I'm probably overthinking it. And lol at the Collins one.
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Those are women. He already has ISIL's hatchet man mourning his death. Also that and the Collins one are fantastic.
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Yeah I like how the Collins one has a unique Farage too in his own style. Although I miss the pint and cig Thomas's page is forever frozen in his cut & paste 'podium debate' scene! Was it the final straw?
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Observer: "Chilcot: the sleep of reason produces monsters - Chris Riddell (with apologies to Goya) on the delayed Chilcot report" Sunday Telegraph:  UKIP MEP Amjad Bashir defects to Conservative Party Also 50th anniversary of death of Churchill. Independent on Sunday:  Greek elections: Party leaders make final calls for votes
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Jan 25, 2015 02:06
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Love the crocodile tears. I know we all seem to hate certain reused cartoon cliches but I'd seriously dig it if he showed up every time a famous person died.
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Jan 25, 2015 05:33
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Who's the one with the white hair next to Obama? Also a massive thumbs-up for the crying British flag (at half mast).
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Chocolate Teapot posted:Who's the one with the white hair next to Obama? Also a massive thumbs-up for the crying British flag (at half mast). It's Christine Lagarde who has been mocked thoroughly for describing Abdullah as a "strong advocate for women"
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Cloud Potato posted:
Oh thank god Greece is labeled, I would have never guessed that a hoplite standing in front of some Greek ruins would represent Greece.
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Guardian: "Ben Jennings on the inside of Nigel Farage's head – An imagined look at the team Ukip’s leader gets help from" After Fritz Khan. Telegraph:  Greece election: Anti-austerity Syriza wins election Independent:  Saturday's Times:  From December 2014: Saudi terrorism court 'to try women drivers'
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I spent far too long looking at this thinking it was making some clever statement about who would/wouldn't be affected within the Eurozone, and struggling to think of why certain countries are isolated from the path of the dominoes, before realising it's just a bloody €.
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Green Wing posted:I spent far too long looking at this thinking it was making some clever statement about who would/wouldn't be affected within the Eurozone, and struggling to think of why certain countries are isolated from the path of the dominoes, before realising it's just a bloody €.  
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Guavanaut posted:Same.
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I, too, did that thing. I was expecting the unaffected ones to be the EU nations not in the Euro, would have mixed the message a bit though.
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I guess it's safe for me to admit that's how I saw it at first, too. Who would have thought that such a simple cartoon coud perplex so many people.
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Better than than just loving labelling everything.
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Whats the Mac one about?
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