Evolution of a Shrub (cartoon)

[rodeodance]

a friend sent me this. Perhaps you have seen?

http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0618,sutton,73075,6.html

Evolution of a Shrub
by Ward Sutton
May 2nd, 2006 11:36 AM

[izzie]

1. It would be fun to look over all the cartoons

I think they have turned bad but would need to do a study on it.

[NJCher]

2. what's always fascinated me

Is how they all draw him as "little." He's this little 3'-high thing.




Cher

[neoblues]

3. It's hard to draw...

It's hard to draw/illustrate, much less make humorous, anything that is... that is... so supremely: (just to mention a few)

Pathetic, intolerant, prideful, delusional, angry, stupid, ignorant, painfully dumb, criminal, false, artificial, unworthy, worthless, deceitful, dishonest, fraudulent, lying, untrue, mentally ill, narcissistic, asinine, revolting, repugnant, insipid, arrogant, foolish, careless, reckless, belligerant, perverse, maladjusted, moronic, fake, deceptive, defective, inhuman, hateful, misguided, reprehensible, wretched, base, iniquitous, vile, twisted, unclean, mysogenistic, foul, fatuous, farcical, loathesome, detestable, odious, reprobate, unethical, dishonest, detestable, deceptive, misleading, depraved, obscene, treacherous, criminal, corrupt, detestable, disgraceful, embarrassing, undesirable, villainous, immoral, illegitimate, unprincipled, unscrupulous, vicious, execrable, lousy, miserable, malodorous, infested, impure, infernal, nasty, vicious, indecent, crass, materialistic, selfish, racist, bigoted, ill-bred, clownish, boorish, covetous, pernicious, dishonorable, abusive, unprincipled, ill-mannered, uncouth, snotty, self-righteous, self-aggrandizing, self-satisfied, self-centered, self-indulgent, self-important, self-promoting, selfish, faithless, aggressive, devious, deviant, incompetent, two-faced, obnoxious, malicious, incorrigible, destructive, opportunistic, scheming, merciless, pitiless, remorseless, ruthless, crooked, debased, debauched, decadent, degenerate, egotistical, complacent, conceited, smug, vain, deranged, unstable, erratic, disrespectful, regressive, ignoble, cruel, inhuman, conceited, irreverent, paranoid, haughty, pompous, pretentious, domineering, authoritarian, condescending, disdainful, patronizing; impertinent, impudent, snobbish, boastful, bombastic, disturbed, irritating, heartless, disagreeable, disordered, diseased, chaotic, cowardly, lawless, nightmarish, imperious, absurd, ridiculous, spiteful, malevolent, mean, nasty, virulant, deficient, inferior, lousy, bellicose, pugnacious, quarrelsome, contentious, injurious, malignant, acrimonious, detrimental, defamatory, noxious, wicked, baneful, deleterious, insidious, banal, trite, perfidious, untrustworthy, harsh, hostile, inimical, acrid, caustic, scathing, venomous, low, low-minded, unwashed, fickle, disloyal, traitorous, treasonous, facist, rotten, substandard, unacceptable, flawed, mediocre, reprehensible, second-rate, unspeakable, useless, valueless, inadequate, insufficient, scurrilous, nefarious, unrighteous, unsavory, contemptible, despicable, dirty, disreputable, libertine, loose, perverted, stubborn, fixated, obsessed, untrue, dubious, psychotic, anti-social, anarchic, troublesome, juvenile, puerile, immature, inconsiderate, unwise, knavish, ruinous, unwholesome, pestilent, poisonous, venomous, menacing, ominous, sinister, threatening; dangerous, hazardous, putrid, unsound, noisome, baleful, inaccurate, untruthful, specious, spurious, deceptive, delusive, delusory, distorted, fallacious, creepy, vulgar, licentious, lustful, unfaithful, sinful, ungodly, evil...

and just plain wrong. (and that's probably just the tip of the iceberg)(enjoy the metaphor, we won't have icebergs for much longer). So, any comedian who can illustrate these qualities in such a way that the average person can appreciate is doing our country a real service.