batshit rightwing cartoons: 2012 and imaginary romney presidency years edition

I don't think it's any deeper than mighty Romney went to bat for conservatives and struck out.

And wtf the incompetent and biased media didn't tell me Romney is rich? Had I only known!

by hiring assistants to do the actual drawing for him

― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, November 7, 2012 11:05 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Thought this came more in the late '80s, my bad. Huh. Did I imagine this or is there a decent-looking behind-the-scenes Doonesbury book out now, talking closely with his collaborators and so on?

http://www.daybydaycartoon.com/110712.jpg

zing!

More than the words I am astonished by the weirdness of the drawing in the second panel. How did her head get turned around like that? This is why you don't use Barbies as a reference.

doc c, i'm not sure abt the chronology or whatevs, and like you, wld v much like to read a behind-the-scenes bk abt doonesbury - was just trying to suggest that it's not entirely fair to compare these talentless goons w/ trudeau if only because the poor saps obv can't afford to 'outsource' their work

how about http://www.amazon.com/Doonesbury-G-B-Trudeau-Brian-Walker/dp/0300154275

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/ca110612dBP20121106114544.jpg

this is like those garfield sans garfield strips. People go to the trash, walk away, the trash is there, Obama signs are thrown in the trash. ?_?

xxxpost No, I'll totally concede that. Just, I mean, practice usually makes some kind of difference in this stuff. Thinking also of like, the PVP or Penny Arcade artists, who have gone through a ton of experimentation and tweaking in their style over the same span of time. Actually think both got kind of over-stylized after a certain point but you at least get the sense of people trying hard to improve their techniques. Also speaking as a guy who used to draw a lot of comics purely as a hobby, fell out of it years ago but part of the satisfaction really was looking back over a few years of work and being like, shit, I used to draw like that? Not that I ever necessarily got even as "good" as DBD guy but, y'know.

and that's exactly the Doonesbury book I was thinking of! Will keep my eye out for a super-cheapo copy.

what exactly does "celebrity in chief" mean?

Wow, had no idea that Trudeau had collaborators. Kind of mindblown at the moment. I mean, I know that a bunch cartoonists have them -- does Mort Walker even read Beetle Bailey anymore? -- but assumed Trudeau was a one-man show.

According to Wiki: Doonesbury is written and pencilled by Garry Trudeau, then inked and lettered by his assistant Don Carlton.

I think there have been other assistants, too, and I wonder how 'complete' Trudeau's pencils are

By and large, most American newspaper strip artists have had assistants - producing a daily comic strip is sheer hard work! Schulz is the most famous exception to this

I don't think Scott Adams gets any help. Then again Dilbert doesn't seem awfully hard to make!

Watterson was proudly assistant-free, and took a thinly-veiled dig at Walker, something like "the assistants do all the work, and the person taking the credit is on the golf course."

Scott Adams started getting help for a while when he developed a weird nerve condition in his hand

Berke Breathed presumably assisted by mountains of coke

Breathed used to send his boards via air to the publishing company because he would work so close to deadline and miss the mailing date.

And sometimes, he'd even finish them up on the plane.

Scott Adams started getting help for a while when he developed a weird nerve condition in his hand

hmph, didn't know about this

was about to mention Bill Watterson too, especially since his strip was arguably the one with the most attention to detail (and the best writing by far)

Calvin and Hobbes unquestionably the greatest latter-day newspaper comic

but that's a different thread

Newspaper strips would be a cool ballot poll someday.

maybe I'll run it after I get around to posting the rest of the animation results.

actually maybe someone else should run it

I would be down if it happened over Christmas break or something. Totally into it but don't want to commit and then have it enter the rotation right as school/life is getting crazy, have made this mistake before.

Newspaper strips would be a cool ballot poll someday.

― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 7 November 2012 15:44 (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

needs a long listing, disdain for the just utterly pointless staples is gonna be the highpoint

I think it'd definitely have to have a "worst" ballot also. Would love to find out once and for all if people hate Family Circus more than they hate Cathy, or whatever.

i love comics already sorta did it (it was general comics all around but i remember little nemo and calvin and hobbes and peanuts and popeye definitely placing so strips were incorporated) but that was years ago and non-newspaper strip specific so could be done again

getting my carol day vote in early:

http://kihm2.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/carol-day.jpg?w=500

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/lb1108cd20121107073804.jpg

Obama-ville

Can somebody do the Heimlich on me real quick? I'm choking on the irony here.

LOL damn I wish I owned a classic Airstream, those things are worth a bundle! People living in Obama-villes must not be so bad off...

I just looked and even the smallest models go for around $15k...

Nothing's changed.....except the socialist hellscape!

i like that you could replace "obama-ville" with "republican-town" and the point would be just as effective

haha...poor white people in trailer parks...the true heart of obamaville

I think it's supposed to be like a "Hooverville" or something but under Obama unemployment has gone down and foreclosure rates have been on the decrease recently as well, so... Right-wing alternative reality strikes again!

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/ca110912dBP20121107044525.jpg

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/Foden20121009-Solitary20121108034217.jpg

awww, those poor guys

wait. wasn't solyndra a domestic energy producer?

http://i48.tinypic.com/2199rt1.jpg

I wish every slot machine had EAT THE RICH printed on it

I know the ineptitude is the point, but I really like how this cartoon makes no sense whatsoever.

yeah, this guy is pretty good
http://i46.tinypic.com/whi3py.jpg

lol waht

c'mon guy, really? i mean really? i mean you drew this and colored it in and everything?
http://i48.tinypic.com/swxwus.jpg

adjusted the gradient on the book there and everything

Apparently Dems were ramming Obamacare (AKA MOAR DEBT!!!!) down some basement dweller's throat, but the noble elephant puts a +12 MAG DEF football helmet on to repel it.

It's a formalist punchline: Breitbart actually loses floating bits of sweat when translated to a cartoon.

It's like Nancy.

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/121111newdirectionRGB20121111054827.jpg

oh god, not...ILLINOIS!!

http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Car/b/Foden20121111-DIY%20Autopsies%20copy20121110070505.jpg

not sure if this is batshit or not, honestly can't tell what we're supposed to get out of it actually

There's a bit of xenophobia buried beneath a murky half-assed premise, but I really can't be bothered to be offended.

illinois, cali, greece all undergoing debt crises, implication is obama govt will lead to same for usa. second is implying that gop is undergoing self autopsy, clumsily, something something hispanics. neither esp batshit tbh, certainly not for the standards set by this field.