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I am not an economist in any way, but the stuff I’m reading in the paper just doesn’t make any sense. Many of the editorial cartoons in the Trib (yes, much of my opinion’s based on political cartoons — when I stationed in South Korea in ’88, I had to rely on the comics, particularly Bloom County and Doonsbury, for election information (I laughed, but never agreed, but they weren’t censored like the Korean Papers and Stars & Stripes)) are just wrong. Now, I can write a long essay or argue in the online forums with the best, but how does one draw it?
This is where my favorite political cartoonists kill me (even if they’re dead wrong–my strip sucked because it was heavy handed and didactic).
Bagley’s 06/27/2010 entry, on this subject, is the best (still wrong). The trick is to do what he does then, right? Harder than you think. I took two days thinking about how I would do this while looking at other cartoonists and how they handled it. None of them did a narrative or were very attached to verbiage. Bagley was long in fact. This is hard for me, because I write plot-first. I also do not think republicans or democrats are villains, idiots are (again different). So, I struggle. I have a second version of this I’m doing next week. It is focused on the characters, narrative, and plot. I think the difference for now will have to be: I do strips, they do gag-boxes.
Aaron the Ogre
In the Salt Trib, there was an article discussing a new ad campaign by the National Democratic Party (DNC) accusing Republicans of having too cozy a relationship with Big Oil. I found this particularly hypocritical. True the GOP is dirty with oil money, but the same is true with the DNC. Stupid really.
If they wanted to do this right the DNC should open up regarding their own culpablility and then build a national dialogue. This would be the smart thing to do and it would also show a certain level of integrity that neither party currently exhibits. There is something else out there. The desire to switch to alternative energy is growing. Eventually, we’ll be able to stop using fossil fuel all together. I am excited about the capacity of solar and wind (and even geo-thermal). However, the rest of the nation might not be as excited – neither are yet proven. I think being able to switch over like we did to oil, through commerce instead of government regulation, would be preferential. However, constituent groups think the government should step in where the markets drag their feet. I disagree. The motive is correct, but this implementation would blow. Honestly, smaller government is better.
Look at the VA and Post Office. Two organizations that are actually quite great, but private industry does do a better job. I don’t want government running everything, because then everything will be run with the same level of proficiency as these two organizations.
the Ogre
Trying to get the Father’s Day comic to post drove me right up the wall. I am still seeing multiple copies of the comic in the comic folder even though I’ve deleted it several times. I was hoping to have an easy go at this. This is two days in a row of frustration dealing with getting comics to upload. I hope tomorrow will be better.
It does not mater that iTunes is playing Symphony No. 5 in c minor, OP. 67 I Allegro Con Brio. This always gets me worked up anyway. I don’t listen to classical much, but this popped up on random.
Re: Father’s Day. I went to my dad’s today and had steaks, brats, and potato bar. As always the food was great and in fact the steaks were perfect. Nate was there and man he went off the second we started talking politics.He is like the second speaker in Panel One, Johnson. Open minded, nice, and welcoming to everyone, but he has been having trouble finding a job and his friends and fiance are a bit liberal. Nate’s getting married in August and will probably end up a house-husband like Johnson. I think he feels persecuted. I don’t help, but I didn’t want to fight with him. I let him vent.
Rob came with me. He mostly hung out with my sister and her husband. Anyway, it was great fun and them I came home to bang my head on the wall trying to upload content.
Aaron.