Space Cadet Omoly posted:

Man, I get what the cartoonist is going for and I normally love his work...but I get irrationally annoyed when people spread misinformation about the infamous murder of Kitty Genovese (even if only indirectly) so I gotta take a moment to set the record straight:

First of all, the problem wasn't that nobody wanted to get involved, people did get involved. Someone shouted at the man attacking her to leave her alone, which scared him off, and numerous people made calls to 911. However, the police didn't come because, well, like I said everyone calling in said that the man had already been scared off so the cops didn't think there was anything more to do (This ultimately resulted in a change in the way 911 calls are responded to, now every incident gets investigated even if the callers claim everything is fine now). Also, Kitty didn't seem to be hurt. She was (she had in fact been stabbed), but she appeared to be okay and was walking normally according to what the people calling 911 could see so no ambulance was sent. Kitty made it to the door of her apartment, out of sight from her neighbors, but was so weak from blood loss that she couldn't get the door open. At this point the man who had attacked her before snuck back onto the scene and, out of sight and with Kitty too hurt to call for help, stabbed her more, raped her, and then robbed her before leaving her to bleed to death. Later, her neighbor Sophia Farrar found her and held her in her arms until the police were once again called and actually showed up this time. Sadly, Kitty bled out on the way to the hospital and died.

Oh, and Kitty Genovese was a lesbian. That part of her life is often erased because it was kept out of the papers at the time, back then being gay was considered unsympathetic: http://www.afterellen.com/people/212755-kitty-genoveses-secret-lesbian-history

Katt posted:

Why do high profile politicians even have facebook? You're already "in" You don't have to pretend to be a human any more. Just try not to muck things up and hope your party stays in power.

itskage posted:

It's supposed to liken the Russia investigation to the Spanish inquisition via Mel Brooks' movie the history of the world part 1.

Also if you enumerate your images it makes it easier for people to quote them. (Esp when phone posting)

Pakled posted:

Mike Flugennock is a leftist who criticizes Democrats a lot more than he criticizes Republicans, and he's convinced that the Russia stuff is 100% bullshit made up by the Democrats to make Trump look bad. I guess with all the news about Mueller lately, that's got him on a "Democrats are awful" kick.

Cat Mattress posted:

Does Tina really exist? The art style for the drawing and the writing style for the rant are so similar to Z. Ben Garrison that it's hard to believe a different person made them.

Clever Spambot posted:

I like reading political comics wrong on purpose but its almost too easy to do with the nazi klurf comics, are they doing it deliberately?

itskage posted:

It's supposed to liken the Russia investigation to the Spanish inquisition via Mel Brooks' movie the history of the world part 1.

Zulily Zoetrope posted:

Well, would a sane person marry BenG? Imagine what it would be like to live with the man if you're not steeped in the same kool-aid.

Sandpuppy posted:

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Cat Mattress posted:

Mel Brooks, really?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt0Y39eMvpI

SeANMcBAY posted:

The meaning of symbols and flags change depending on who uses them. The swastika is indeed a good example of that.

Trogdos! posted:

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Jurgan posted:

So he’s basically Rall 2.0

Horrible Lurkbeast posted:

Am I the only one who found a tangled dick in this image?

Cat Mattress posted:

Mel Brooks, really?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt0Y39eMvpI

Katt posted:

oh? I just copy the image link and then paste it in the quote. But sure.

itskage posted:

It's supposed to liken the Russia investigation to the Spanish inquisition via Mel Brooks' movie the history of the world part 1.

Also if you enumerate your images it makes it easier for people to quote them. (Esp when phone posting)

Katt posted:

And it just goes on and on and on. I don't remember it being so drawn out. is this like old SNL where you're supposed to be stoned when watching it?

King Possum III posted:

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Zivilyn Bane posted:

Skelly draws heads real weird.

Kirschen posted:

Aliyah Day. Is it Heshvan or Nisan? March or October? Please excuse the confusion. Yom HaAliyah is celebrated on the tenth of the Hebrew month of Nisan and ALSO (apparently) on the seventh of the Hebrew month of Heshvan, to commemorate the Biblical account of the Israelites entering the Land of Israel!
It's the kind of confusion and necessary disagreement that we locals are used to.

Jurgan posted:

Even the members of Monty Python acknowledge that they made a lot of crap back in the day. They just made so much of it that the good rises to the top. Natural selection and survival of the fittest in entertainment.

Sandpuppy posted:

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D.N. Nation posted:

Yes, let's ignore the race aspect of these attacks and just go "SPLODEY GO BOOM"

Sandpuppy posted:

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100YrsofAttitude posted:

I thought Deep State was conspiracy theory clap-trap? I don't know what Wuerker is necessarily trying to say, but I keep seeing the term used in proper media channels as if it was a thing that properly existed and did what people think it does, as opposed to just the grouping of career bureaucrats that it's composed of

Flavius Belisarius posted:

Monty Python, rather.

Garrison posted:

Jim Carrey has spent the last six years working on paintings.

His work is currently for sale at galleries located in Hawaii, Nevada and Florida. One critic called his work “astonishingly bad.” I won’t go that far. Carrey is not without talent, but his work is pretentious and amateurish. It was his movie star fame that enabled him to cut ahead at the front of long line of more experienced artists looking for gallery representation. I can’t help but wonder which fine artist got displaced at those galleries to make room for Carrey, who paints merely for therapeutic reasons.

Now he’s aiming his artistic canon toward politics. His latest cartoon was a ‘monstrous’ portrait of Sarah Huckabee Sanders. A sign of a good political cartoon is its ability to make people angry, and Carrey succeeded. He’s drawn similarly unflattering portraits of President Trump, which have also garnered some attention.

On the other hand, none of it would have achieved much attention if it weren’t for his fame. I’ve been cartooning for nearly 10 years now. I’ve achieved some success only in the past couple of years, thanks to my supporters and my wife Tina, who worked hard to promote my work. Carrey gets a shortcut and that’s fine. He’s also entitled to his free speech, even if many disagree with his apparent Trump-derangement syndrome. The funny man’s protest cartoons aren’t funny. Instead, they’re gaudy, clumsy things designed to shock. That’s fine, too. Cartoons can be effective without being funny.

Carrey starred in the popular film, “Man in the Moon,” in which he claimed he was psychically taken over by Andy Kaufman. Carrey said the role made him ‘psychotic’ at times. Carrey then had a very troubled relationship with a former makeup artist named Cathriona White, which ended with her suicide in 2015. She claimed Carrey ruined her life by introducing her to drugs as well as giving her sexually transmitted diseases. Carrey has denied this. A wrongful death suit against Carrey was dismissed earlier this year.

Carrey was a rubber-faced comedian much beloved by millions. His face has now deflated into a mass of wrinkled sadness. He’s not funny any more, but that didn’t stop me from drawing him. Consider it payback for dumbing down fine art and your even dumber political cartoons.

—Ben Garrison

Grrrison posted:

... not without talent, but his work is pretentious and amateurish.
... cartoons aren’t funny. Instead, they’re gaudy, clumsy things designed to shock.
... even dumber political cartoons