Comments on: American Cartoon Riots. http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/ The editorial cartoons of Matt Davies Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:24:14 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Matt Davies http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-5200 Matt Davies Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:39:32 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/#comment-5200 Janis, Like all cartoonists, I don't like to waste anyone's time explaining my cartoons. BUT because I think I did such a lousy job with this particular cartoon, I'll suffer penitence and answer your question... In an act of what its editors assumed everyone would understand as parody, The New Yorker cloaked itself as paranoid, uninformed and anti-muslim. And, as we all learned, the wit and irony was completely unseen by most. That's pretty much it. Janis,
Like all cartoonists, I don’t like to waste anyone’s time explaining my cartoons.
BUT because I think I did such a lousy job with this particular cartoon, I’ll suffer penitence and answer your question…
In an act of what its editors assumed everyone would understand as parody, The New Yorker cloaked itself as paranoid, uninformed and anti-muslim. And, as we all learned, the wit and irony was completely unseen by most. That’s pretty much it.

]]> By: Janis Edwards http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-5191 Janis Edwards Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:13:46 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/#comment-5191 OK, so I have to ask, is the coverup in your published cartoon just "embarrassment", or meant to convey the KKK? At first glance I read it as an Abu Ghraib parody (perhaps because I look at cartoons constantly, and that one is so common). I'm afraid this is what I mean about finding the editorial cartoons on this topic harder to decode than the original cover. Sorry...but I hope you'll explain. Maybe I'm just too close to it. OK, so I have to ask, is the coverup in your published cartoon just “embarrassment”, or meant to convey the KKK? At first glance I read it as an Abu Ghraib parody (perhaps because I look at cartoons constantly, and that one is so common). I’m afraid this is what I mean about finding the editorial cartoons on this topic harder to decode than the original cover. Sorry…but I hope you’ll explain. Maybe I’m just too close to it.

]]> By: Janis Edwards http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-5190 Janis Edwards Sun, 20 Jul 2008 04:09:36 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/#comment-5190 I loved the New Yorker cover, was appalled at the media's high dungeon over it, especially when 2 days later they fell all over themselves in praise of the new jibjab parody (yes, I know there was a difference, but still, it was about the irony). I'm not a big fan of The Daily Show, but their take on the media response was brilliant! But hold on, your second cartoon idea is the second time someone has suggested that only dwellers of Manhatten could "get it." Not so! There are plenty of us elite, effete snobs who appreciate New Yorker cartoons, even out here in the reddest of red states. As a matter of fact, I've had a harder time understanding editorial cartoons on the topic than the New Yorker's original, which bothers me no end. I loved the New Yorker cover, was appalled at the media’s high dungeon over it, especially when 2 days later they fell all over themselves in praise of the new jibjab parody (yes, I know there was a difference, but still, it was about the irony). I’m not a big fan of The Daily Show, but their take on the media response was brilliant! But hold on, your second cartoon idea is the second time someone has suggested that only dwellers of Manhatten could “get it.” Not so! There are plenty of us elite, effete snobs who appreciate New Yorker cartoons, even out here in the reddest of red states. As a matter of fact, I’ve had a harder time understanding editorial cartoons on the topic than the New Yorker’s original, which bothers me no end.

]]> By: Matt Davies http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-5179 Matt Davies Fri, 18 Jul 2008 22:19:22 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/#comment-5179 Thanks for pointing that out, Jake...I fixed it. Thanks for pointing that out, Jake…I fixed it.

]]> By: Jake in Salt Lake http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-5177 Jake in Salt Lake Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:17:41 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/#comment-5177 "I’m sure that tiny group of elite regular New Yorker readers got that the barb was aimed at the apparently not-so-small group of people who believe the hysterical notion that Obama and his wife are (while being country club elitists,) are also Muslim terrorists." There are two instances of the word "are" in the description of this cartoon. I absolutely LOVE the mortgage banking cartoon above. Great work! “I’m sure that tiny group of elite regular New Yorker readers got that the barb was aimed at the apparently not-so-small group of people who believe the hysterical notion that Obama and his wife are (while being country club elitists,) are also Muslim terrorists.”

There are two instances of the word “are” in the description of this cartoon. I absolutely LOVE the mortgage banking cartoon above. Great work!

]]> By: Political Irony › What the New Yorker Cover was really saying http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/comment-page-1/#comment-5176 Political Irony › What the New Yorker Cover was really saying Fri, 18 Jul 2008 05:08:08 +0000 http://davies.lohudblogs.com/2008/07/16/american-cartoon-riots/#comment-5176 [...] © Matt Davies Close this WindowBookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser FavoritesAskbackflipblinklistBlogBookmarkBloglinesBlogMarksBlogsvineBUMPzee!CiteULikeco.mmentsConnoteadel.icio.usDotNetKicksDiggdiigodropjack.comdzoneFacebookFarkFavesFeed Me LinksFriendsitefolkd.comFurlGoogleHuggJeqqKaboodlelinkaGoGoLinksMarkerMa.gnoliaMister WongMixxMySpaceMyWebNetvouzNewsvinePlugIMpopcurrentPropellerRedditRojoSegnaloShoutwireSimpysk*rtSlashdotSphereSphinnSpurl.netSquidooStumbleUponTechnoratiThisNextWebrideWindows LiveYahoo!Email This to a FriendCopy HTML: If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS feed.Powered by Bookmarkify™ Bookmark/Share » This was written by iron. Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008, at 10:08 pm. Filed under Irony. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback. [...] [...] © Matt Davies Close this WindowBookmark and Share This Page Save to Browser FavoritesAskbackflipblinklistBlogBookmarkBloglinesBlogMarksBlogsvineBUMPzee!CiteULikeco.mmentsConnoteadel.icio.usDotNetKicksDiggdiigodropjack.comdzoneFacebookFarkFavesFeed Me LinksFriendsitefolkd.comFurlGoogleHuggJeqqKaboodlelinkaGoGoLinksMarkerMa.gnoliaMister WongMixxMySpaceMyWebNetvouzNewsvinePlugIMpopcurrentPropellerRedditRojoSegnaloShoutwireSimpysk*rtSlashdotSphereSphinnSpurl.netSquidooStumbleUponTechnoratiThisNextWebrideWindows LiveYahoo!Email This to a FriendCopy HTML: If you like this then please subscribe to the RSS feed.Powered by Bookmarkify™ Bookmark/Share » This was written by iron. Posted on Thursday, July 17, 2008, at 10:08 pm. Filed under Irony. Bookmark the permalink. Follow comments here with the RSS feed. Post a comment or leave a trackback. [...]

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