Comments on: New Yorker cover cartoon condemned as tasteless

By: Cassara

Cassara — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 18:31:08 +0000

You can always tell an expert! Thanks for cnotrbiuting.

By: KRANKY (JOE RANK)

KRANKY (JOE RANK) — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:58:21 +0000

Tim Bower is the artist for VF. I think he did a masterful job of approximating Blitt’s style. I was also struck by how the blob stars on the carpet look like little puddles, too.
I agree with the comments on both boards that this is not direct satire of the McCain’s. It IS satire of the NY’er cover.

By: Jason Nocera

Jason Nocera — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:07:38 +0000

Vanity Fair does a parody:
http://www.vanityfair.com/online/politics/2008/07/new-yorker-cover.html

By: J.G. Moore

J.G. Moore — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 19:53:33 +0000

This is satire:

http://www.npr.org/blogs/newsandviews/2008/07/vanity_fair_takes_on_obama_new.html#commentSection

Sweeeet!!!

By: J.G. Moore

J.G. Moore — Mon, 21 Jul 2008 16:47:58 +0000

Payback:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/07/obama-newyorker.html

By: Dave Stephens

Dave Stephens — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 20:16:46 +0000

So Mr. Blitt got paid to draw
Some really foolish things (guffaw),
And some folks got upset a bit
Because a chance, indeed, exists,
That it will be misread – No S**t!
A misread cartoon – oh gosh! Oh wow!
I’ve never heard of that, oh no!
Because professionals would never
Allow such a thing to happen, ever!
‘Cause they so smart, oh yes, they is!
These perfect people draw so well
And think so hard about it all
That such a thing’s IMPOSSIBLE!
So lets just end discussion here,
Politics is always CLEAR,
And when a drawing really isn’t,
Don’t ever blame the friggin’ ARTIST!

By: Jim Lavery

Jim Lavery — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:46:09 +0000

I think this whole New Yorker incident boils down to what the noted liberal satirist John Kerry has called “a botched joke”.

By: Jim Lavery

Jim Lavery — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 13:33:20 +0000

Beth Cravens:
“Wow, I was right. It did turn into a flame war by lunch. Ha! Somebody owes me a beer..”

Well now we know what kind of lunch Beth indulges in, hmmmmmm?

By: Garey Mckee

Garey Mckee — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 01:10:29 +0000

“Trust me, straight-faced parody has always, always been a dangerous game. Weâ€™re not any dumber. The readers back in 1729 didnâ€™t have an English teacher explaining the essay to them, and I daresay a large percentage didnâ€™t get it.”

You’re right. If you present anything with a straight face, no matter how absurd, there are those who are going to believe it.

By: Malc McGookin

Malc McGookin — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:57:16 +0000

This cartoon appeared as a NYer cover. That automatically makes it invisible to the average dumb@ss tabloid reader, you know, the one we think might not have picked the satire?.

What we have here is an argument between members of the bourgeoisie, some of whom think the thing works and others who believe that satirical jibes always run the risk of being taken the wrong way by the proletariat who will one day rise up like Orcs and slay everyone.