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[Ed Power My Cage]

...it's a knock at extremist views in general and how they are being used to make money. The name Glenn Olbermann is a spoof of Keith and Glenn Beck. Also, the animal pictured is a 'wuzzle' of an elephant and a donkey (because what I lack in subtlety I make up for in lack of subtlety).

My artist added the books and merchandise, which if I'd had time I would've had removed (because I meant for the strip to show how opinion shows are often about getting sponsors), but that happens in a creative medium.

Oddly, just the other night 'The Daily Show' made a joke about 'Glenn Olberbeck' and showed a mock up of Keith Olbermann and Glenn Beck photshopped into one being...which blew me away since my deadlines are 3 months before a strip runs, making it a heck of a coinky-dink.

Politically I'm a left-leaning moderate who believes first and foremost in what Ben Franklin said when congress was being created:

"When a broad table is to be made, and the planks do not fit, the artist takes a little from both, and makes a good joint."

Of course, he also said "Fart proudly!" and I'd get censored out of newspapers if I put that in a strip, and Ben was one of the grandfathers of the modern press. :)

Anyway. That's all I got.

LATER!