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Mairead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 03:59 AM
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What's the most powerful cartoon you've seen this year?
This one at least makes my shortlist:

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punpirate Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 04:23 AM
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1. Yeah, that's up there for...
... consideration. The smirk is there, the overt manipulation of sentiment. Everything.

Notice in Oliphant's cartoons how Bush seems to get smaller and smaller all the time?
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Mairead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 08:28 AM
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6. "Notice how Bush seems to get smaller and smaller all the time?"
Yes! Oliphant presents him as a willful, fearful, unreflective child, which seems exactly right. I'm very impressed by Oliphant's skills!
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Douglas Carpenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 04:29 AM
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2. I like this one from Tom Tomorrow
Edited on Thu Jun-30-05 04:38 AM by Douglas Carpenter

link: http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0523,tomorrow,64673,9.html




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applegrove Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 05:17 AM
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3. The "hell no - I won't go" post from yesterday was a great cartoon.
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greymattermom Donating Member (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 06:17 AM
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4. bush sucks
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H2O Man Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 07:11 AM
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5. I think
Bush's speech two nights ago was the most powerful cartoon of the year.
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emulatorloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jun-30-05 08:34 AM
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7. This is one that really got to me
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