CSotD: Candles in a naughty world
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Brace yourself for negativity. The flood of "Fred is Dead" cartoons is about to hit.
But one of the first out of the gate was this refreshingly decent take by Joe Heller.
"How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world," Portia observed.
Joe has it right, but, based on the vengeful stuff I've seen so far, I will be very pleasantly surprised if his view does not remain a minor one.
I hope — against, admittedly, all previous experience — that nobody misses the deftness of his piece and mistakes it for passivity.
That is, you'd think, for all that we were obsessed with Jane Austen just a few short years ago, that people would understand the exquisite value of the rapier over the broadsword, the greater vengeance in a quiet, well-mannered, unbated squelch delivered with graceful precision to the most vulnerable soft spot.
Touché.
… and speaking of candles in a naughty world
The outrageous lies of the anti-affordable-health-care coalition continue (scroll down to yesterday's posting), but Jen Sorensen has created this follow-up to her award-winning takedown of the shameful situation, and it's a delight. Go have a look.
At the risk of giving away the punchline, she concludes, "I'm now a freelancer with excellent health insurance, something I thought I'd never say."
Me, too, Jen. Now the trick will be to keep the one-percenters from taking it back.
I'd comment that she could make a lot more money by helping to spread the message of the insurance lobby, but that would be silly. They only pay legislators. They don't have to bribe cartoonists to hew their wood and carry their water.
On the whole, I'd rather be in Columbus
Today is the opening of the Thompson/Watterson exhibits at the Billy Ireland Museum. The exhibits themselves will be up through August 3, but Richard Thompson will be there today. Bill Watterson will not.
Or, at least, he won't be wearing a name tag if he is.
But for those who, like myself, are cursing their distance from Columbus, here is a pair of interviews with the cartoonists conducted by the curators of their exhibits, Watterson with Jenny Robb and Thompson with Caitlin McGurk.
… and speaking of museums and suchlike
The King Features archivist blog is kind of a mixed bag but always worth checking out, and this one is a gem indeed.
It's a look at Clifford McBride, with whom I will admit I was not familiar, but who created a panel feature in the late 20s, early 30s that is of a type that was popular then and that I really enjoy.
This once more is a go-and-look, because there are several of these four-up examples posted on the blog and they are a delight.
Here's another very short but fascinating look at McBride from the Potrzebie blog by the late Bhob Stewart.
The man that hath no music in himself,
Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds,
Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils.
The motions of his spirit are dull as night,
And his affections dark as Erebus.
Let no such man be trusted. Mark the music.
— Merchant of Venice, Act 5, scene 1
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