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Sun Apr-04-10 12:34 AM
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I used to enjoy "My Cage" |
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A syndicated daily comic strip. But today's strip wasn't funny, and had the wrong target. Should have been Bill O'Reilly, not Keith Olbermann. http://www.seattlepi.com/fun/comic.asp?feature_id=My_Cage:grr:
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Ed Power My Cage
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Sun Apr-04-10 01:20 AM
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...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!
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Sun Apr-04-10 02:04 AM
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Guess I can't put it any better than the artist in play. The meshing is insightful, IMO. I love my KO, and would hope he'd be pleased to represent the left.
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Sun Apr-04-10 05:28 AM
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7. I was relieved to see him get some truth on the air.... |
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(with it's liberal bias, I suppose)
This is a false equivalence of the most pernicious sort...
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Sun Apr-04-10 02:12 AM
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3. Welcome to DU! Thanks for dropping in -- I didn't mind your 'toon, and it's always nice... |
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... to hear the artist's version of his own work. :hi:
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Sun Apr-04-10 02:12 AM
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4. Someone on DU came up with "Glennbaugh" |
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(maybe someone else said it first, I don't know) but there's another composite name for you. :)
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Sun Apr-04-10 05:16 AM
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6. As long as you're here, Norm needs a zigzag yellow shirt. |
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Sun Apr-04-10 02:40 AM
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The strip and the comment are both appreciated.
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