Some more cartoons from the Stimulus/Chimp cartoonist.

[Occam Bandage]

It seems the dude's deal is:

1. Look at the most bizarre news story on the front page.
2. Tie it somehow to the stimulus package.
3. Congratulate yourself on your cutting-edge humor.

This is not to say that the chimp cartoon does not stir up racial flames, because it clearly does. It is, rather, to say that the cartoonist is a pedestrian right-wing hack who's so engrossed with his one trick that he stumbled into a hornet's nest. I think he saw the chimp story, then decided to write the above cartoon without first thinking, hey, the stimulus bill was first proposed by a black guy, I wonder if maybe I shouldn't say that an ape wrote it. I don't agree with Rev. Sharpton that the cartoon is racist in intent, but it has unarguably (and sensibly) been received as racist, and for that the paper should apologize.

[liberal N proud]

1. They are pretty stale. IMO

[Occam Bandage]

3. The same defect that leads to conservatism destroys humor as well as compassion.

I believe that true humor requires an understanding of your subject (Colbert is funny for this reason). Republicans are unable to empathize, and so they are unable to do anything but bully and mock. Neither are funny.

[YOY]

2. Puts a more realistic spin on it.

Truly this guy is a one trick pony for whatever he stands for.

[vaberella]

4. It's the Post, I expect nothing more from them.

Typical and right along their lines. Plus, they get away with their blatant racism because it's always borderline and there's freedom of speech to consider. The more we HATE the more publicity they get.

[KingFlorez]

5. And all the cartoons use images associated with particular issues or groups

In this country, everyone knows that chimpanzees and apes have been used at times to denigrate Blacks, so I have no doubt that the artist knew what he was doing and his intent was clear.

[Occam Bandage]

6. I have no doubt that the racial stereotype should have been apparent.

I do, however, doubt that it was apparent. Perhaps I give him too little credit, but looking at the other cartoons I really think he's dumb enough to use an ape in a cartoon about Obama's policy without thinking someone might see it as a link to Obama.

[bunnies]

7. Seems like he used the chimp story the same way he used the Octomom story.

Nice catch. And fwiw, I completely agree with you.

[JVS]

8. It reminds me of that cartoonist for the onion

http://www.theonion.com/content/cartoon/jan-12-2009

[Occam Bandage]

9. That is my favorite feature in the Onion.

[YOY]

13. Because he's always sarcastic?

I always thought them just dripping with it...but some RWer in the office had one up. Wouldn't surpise me if that's it.

Just not familiar with the guys work.

[Occam Bandage]

25. Yes. They've been dropping hints in the work as to the fictional artist's character;

he's an old racist alcoholic whose children hate him, who knows nothing of politics or pop culture, and who's trapped in a loveless marriage. My favorite comics are not the ones where they openly mock freeper thought, but rather the ones in which the joke is that the artist has unwittingly revealed more about himself than he might have wished to.






(This is my favorite one ever, from his proud (and misspelled) use of the "beechwood aged" advertising gimmick, to the mishmash of outfits and cultural markers, to the ignorant reversal of common wisdom about beer quality)

[YOY]

28. Would that be the angry bastard that writes Mallard Filmore?

n/t

[Occam Bandage]

29. Yep. He's a Tinsley caricature. nt

[Blue_Tires]

35. i'm a big Kelly fan as well

some stuff is so good it completely erases the line between it and the average RW political cartoon

[EstimatedProphet]

36. I love how so often the Statue of Liberty is just as shocked and disgusted as he is!

He's got freeper down pat!

[Quantess]

26. A RWer in your office appreciates the *serious* content of an Onion cartoon?

:rofl:

Which one? What's it about?

:rofl:

[YOY]

27. He took it down...something about artists getting a job was in it.

I try not to look in his cube too much. I know he keeps those "Homies" figures that Rush was laughing about once...

[Quantess]

30. Well, just the fact that he reads the Onion may be a sign he isn't the worst...

FWIW, "Homies" sold like hotcakes in San Francisco. Back in the early 00's, you could find several "Homies" vending machines in the heavily hispanic, Mission District.

But I'll take your word for it that he's an asshat.

[YOY]

31. I don't think he actually reads it so much as someone gave him the cartoon.

I never see it lying around his desk like mine always does.

Then again, I didn't look to close.

As for the "Homies"...I think he collected them out of less than cute reasons.

[Occam Bandage]

10. kick

[WeDidIt]

11. BEWARE OF DOG

Right there on the sign post.

Why?

Here's why:

[tekisui]

15. Yep. It is a racist cartoon. No way around it.

It is validating and encouraging all the racists wackjobs who would love to see the first black President shot.

[Occam Bandage]

21. And there's a fire hydrant in the octomom cartoon because

high-pressure water hoses were turned on civil-rights protesters.

[bunnies]

24. Again. The chimps house had a "BEWARE OF DOG" sign

geezus.



http://www.wtnh.com/dpp/news/news_wtnh_stamford_chimp_attack_200902161750

[bunnies]

12. Awfully quiet in here, isnt it.

*sigh*

[Hellataz]

14. I agree with the OP, i don't think he meant it to be all out racist, it was mainly poor judgment

Though i wouldn't rule it out that he had a little racist twinge in the back of his mind while drawing this. secretly he had to have made the connection of the racist stereotype, but probably pushed it out of his mind because he didn't want to give up, what he thought to be, a "clever" cartoon idea.

[camera obscura]

16. Maybe he's a secret furry and this is his only way of letting out his weird fetish.

Or maybe I've been reading too much Cartoon Violence on Wonkette.

[Occam Bandage]

34. The grotesquely pregnant donkey is the clincher. nt

[thewiseguy]

17. The cartoon is simply racist.

[Veritas_et_Aequitas]

18. So he's racist, homophobic, AND a hack.

No wonder the Post loves him!

[bullwinkle428]

19. PREDICTION : The cartoonist will come out with one of those

"I'm sorry if anyone found it offensive", Republican-esque apologies.

Stone cold lock!

[Occam Bandage]

20. The Post has already issued not an apology, but rather a defense,

saying it's obviously not racist and anyone who thinks otherwise is wrong. I'm disappointed but not surprised; I was at least hoping for a "that's not what we meant and we're sorry we left it open to that interpretation" clarification/apology.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

22. When you went to look for the artists material...

Did you somehow miss his blatantly homophobic work:

http://www.glaad.org/action/write_now_detail.php?id=3924

Or his clear lack of talent:

http://dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2008/06/17/sean-delonas-catches-flack-for-duplicating-self/

Because both are apparent with a simple googling.

[Occam Bandage]

23. Yes, I did. I went to the Post's web page,

then looked back up until Obama's inauguration. I found multiple hacky references to fluff news stories from Phelps to Octomom, with his politics-oriented comics being the the same as his fluff-oriented comics with "Stimulus" or "Bernie Madoff" thrown in. I did not go back in the archives through 2006; I believed I had found a trend going back in the past month and stopped.

The first pair of comics you have linked to are despicable and should have been cause enough to fire him. The second pair are obvious examples of lazy hackery, but I would think that was apparent to anyone who read any of his stuff.

[Occam Bandage]

32. kick. nt

[WI_DEM]

33. he must not have qualified for a tax cut.

[lunatica]

37. It's definitely racist. Absolutely and baldly racist.

[ecstatic]

38. Keep providing cover for him. He's really gonna need it

His work is awful and he should lose his position.