The press are saying, "Nuclear energy," "Libya," Japan," Iran," Energy policy," "gas price," " budget cuts," and then on the right has the president with a big smiles, his caption stating, "Here's what you've all been waiting for...My NCAA picks." The Indianapolis cartoonist, Gary Varvel is the man behind the cartoon. He is known for many publications, and awards, most recent was the 2010 Grambs Aronson Award for cartooning with a conscience according to an interview by Alan Gardener (1). According to groupcartoonist.com (2), Varvel was born and raised in Indianapolis in 1957, and quickly started his comic drawing lifestyle. Shortly getting chosen to draw for the "school newspaper and soon after became a sports editor, then got the big job at the Indianapolis star and later won second place in the national of the Best Gannett in editorial cartooning and winning ten times in a row Valver wont the Indiana Society of professional journalists' award (2)," and his career sky rocketed from there. He is married to wife Carol and has three kids (2). The familiar scene is the President Obama and the press and as usual they have questions and concerns. The cartoon is setup with the president behind the podium in the front of a room with a group of press. The press have captions commenting on the different current events, like "Libya," and "Japan," then it shows a very happy and proud President Obama with his bracket set up and filled out with the march madness college basketball teams saying, "Here's what you've all been waiting for...My NCAA picks." The important person is president Obama, and there is the American flag in behind the President. Gary uses humor, caricature, and speech balloons in his comic. Humor by addressing the sit... ... middle of paper ... ...ues at hand we get angered. That is not to say I do not think he deserves time off, or a break, because I strongly believe that it is so stressful and the only way to get through it would to have some fun, but there should be a bit more focus on getting things done before so much play. Works Cited http://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/gary_varvel_wins_cartooning_with_a_conscience_award/ http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/template_about.php?id=152 http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/japan/index.html http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42106967/ns/politics-white_house/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/35421517/ns/business-oil_and_energy/ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42106967/ns/politics-white_house/ http://www.digtriad.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=154266 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/13/barack-obama-cuts-us-budget
The skit known as, “The Great Flydini” from the late night talk show Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, can provide many examples of the types of humor. The skit starts off with the magician, Flydini, walking onstage and immediately pulling his zipper down. After pulling his zipper down, objects start to pop out of his pants such as flowers, rags, a puppet and much more. At one point, he has a phone come out and ring for a woman who is standing next to him. Once he walks offstage, the way that his left hand had been fake the entire time, and his real left hand was taking care of all the antics, was revealed. Then, he comes back onstage to bow and end his show.
This is an image by Daryl Cagle titled, Hawaii Missile Alert, where he posted on his website concerning the false alert sent out in Hawaii of a missile attack. In this cartoon, we can see two women and a child receiving an alert of an incoming alert before and after the election of Trump, and the contrast between the two reactions. The cartoon was illustrated in a hope to raise the awareness of the danger Trump’s presidency has caused. We can see the use of the pathos to do this all throughout the cartoon.
The United States was a country founded on the basis of freedom. Imagine living in a nation in which The First Amendment did not exist. Where there was not freedom of speech or press where censorship reigned with a king. This picture is that of France for the entirety of the nineteenth century. During this era, Honoré Daumier was a renowned political and social cartoonist. The King and his police persecuted the lithographer Daumier, among numerous other French artists, for his political activism, including jail time and heavy fines. Honoré Daumier was a master of political and social critique. Looking at an overview of his commentaries there appear strong parallels that can be drawn to current American politics. Daumier uses a range of stylistic choices to promote critiques that are multi-dimensional which contain various overt and more subtle satires, meanings, and messages. Learning from and referencing Daumier, I created a political cartoon that mimics his style.
7. Persuasive Techniques (Describe how the cartoonist used 2 of the techniques (symbolism, exaggeration, labeling, analogy, irony, etc.)
The artwork displayed in this cartoon is presented in such a way that anyone can understand the meaning of such symbols such as the twitter bird. The assumption that Donald Trump’s intelligence is at a smaller scale than that of Hilary Clinton is derived from the depiction of his smaller brain. Finally, MacGregor’s depiction of a mocking grin on Hilary’s face draws the attention of the audience and provokes a sense of humor and favoritism. Furthermore, it is evident to conclude that the cartoon is under the assumption that Hilary knows she is a better candidate based on her qualifications and experience with the government. Nevertheless, the enlarged puckered lips on Donald Trump’s face conducts a reasoning that most would assume he is bothered and will indeed repel against anyone who opposes his will. Overall, Doug MacGregor does an exceptional job by evoking emotions towards a massive audience of American citizens with his political
This article really caught my attention and my eye. This article is very historical and has facts within it that date back to the 1700’s. The article talks about how political cartoons play a part with an election. Specifically the presidential elections and how each and every year cartoonist depicts the candidates as a some sort of superhuman. I believe that this article gives people some background on political cartoons and how they have helped play a part within the U.
The Revolution of 1800 was a turning point for American politics as power peacefully transitioned from the federalist party to the democratic-republican party when Thomas Jefferson, a democratic republican, won the election against John Adams. Adams lost the election because his support decreased after he went against his party’s advice to go to war with France. The French revolution created another divide between federalists and democratic-republicans as the federalists sided with the British and the democratic republicans sided with the French. Along with differences about the French Revolution, the Federalist party had opposing ideas of a strong central government, loose construction of the Constitution, and support of a market economy compared to the democratic republicans who supported strong state
In the political cartoon 5A, the first reaction you have is to laugh without knowing the deeper meaning behind it, and I guess that’s most people reaction if they don’t read the captions. In my opinion this cartoon represent two events of our country’s history, the “Democratic Split” and “The Nomination of Lincoln”. The main characters in this political cartoon are Abraham Lincoln, Douglas, and John C. Breckinridge. The chief symbols in this cartoon is the two rodents that’s split at the tail. Another chief symbol is the way Abraham Lincoln is carrying the two rodents on a stick, like they are very poisonous and the need to be gotten rid of. The split tail rodents represent the Democratic Party and how they are breaking apart and not working together. It represents how the Democratic Party is corrupt. The way the “Old Abe” is carry these two rodents is how anyone in NYC today reacts to the rats in the subway station, ‘They need to get rid of’; and that is what I think the artist of the cartoon was trying to portray, that Abraham Lincoln had to get rid of the pest that’s corrupting our nation.
Terrorism has been a worldwide problem this past year causing mixed feelings, anxiety, and more awareness. Political cartoons are said to be an exaggerating and categorizing opinion of a persons’ point of views. In the drawing by Nate Beeler, Trump is unfairly prejudicing Muslims which seems to be acceptable by Adolf Hitler. The exaggeration could be understandable, but the truth underlying it could just be the obvious. The artist gives the impression of saying Donald Trump’s statements and ideas leave him to be identified with Hitler. The work is representing the idea that Trump’s discriminatory views towards all Muslims, including innocent, is no different than Hitler’s ideas pertained to the innocent Jews, making them to be in the same category. The artist can cause so many opinions, emotions, and thoughts just by adding this simple character to his work.
Mandel, Oscar. "What's so funny? : The Nature of the Comic." Antioch Review. 30.1 (1970): 73-89. Print.
While attending Georgia State College, O’Connor was editor of the college’s magazine, as well as the campus cartoonist. She drew cartoons for many campus events, like the campus newspaper, yearbook, the walls in the student lounge, and the campus magazine. She showed her love for satire and comedy by writing fiction, essays, and poems for the campus magazine, the Corinthian. She is most remembered by her classmates at Georgia State College for her shyness and humor (Gordon 1).
In the 2004 book, Status Anxiety, Alain de Botton argues that the chief aim of humorists is not only to entertain but “to convey with impunity messages that might.be dangerousor impossible to state directly.” Some agree that humorists serve a vital function to society. However, others argue that the opposite is true. A humorist is one who is skillful in the use of humor. This includes cartoonists, stand-up comics, satirical writers, hosts of television programs, and others. Although the work of such humorists may seem crude and is often controversial, it is an effective way to shed light on important subjects in the modern world.
The faces in this political cartoon are very exaggerated, giving a very comedic feel. Obama's chin was made longer and he has huge ears. The Pope wasn't given a neck in this cartoon, as well as a big forehead. It makes the audience laugh due to the ridiculous illustrations.
The introductory scene includes an image of a smiling Johnson and at the end a smirking close-up of Kennedy that is accompanied by a buildup of noise that seems to explode as the image of Kennedy rises. It then jumps to a scene of animated posters that read “Kennedy” and smiling soldiers and women — one in specific wearing a campaign hat—and then as the first line of the jingle comes in, pictures of President Kennedy, that appear to taken during his speeches, appear. The first image is one of posters with his silhouette with a caption that reads, “PRESIDENT”, in the other images he is always smiling and looking absorbed by his work, they too are accompanied by single captions that read: “a time for greatness”, “leader of the 60s”, “greatness”, and “vote democratic”. These frames are accompanied by the personalized Jingle that at first chants “Kennedy, Kennedy for me” repeatedly up until the first line of the first verse, this is timed to start at the moment the images of Kennedy begin, that sings: “do you want a man for President who’s seasoned through and through? But not so dog-goned season he won’t try something new? A man who 's old enough to know, and young enough to do?” The frame that follows the images of the President introduces pictures of a group of African-Americans, senior citizens, what appears to be college students, and soldiers smiling together, with the words “its up to you, strictly up to you” being chanted in the background by another group of unseen
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