CSotD: Scott Stantis explains it all
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I have praised Scott Stantis several times here for (A) being a conservative with a sense of humor and (B) not being an ideologue.
Here's a particularly fine example, both in and of itself and in contrast to a lot of other stuff.
The past couple of weeks have seen some really poor cartooning, particularly from the right side of the aisle, where they seem more intent on illustrating GOP talking points than actually analyzing the news, but also from the left, which has fallen into some pretty tired ruts.
Yes, Bill Clinton is a rock star. What else you got?
Biden jokes. There ya go, then.
Biden didn't mess up, but there were a slew of cartoons ahead of time, explaining that he would, based in large part on a speech that didn't offend his audience but launched a stream of poutrage from the GOP which cartoonists from both camps went after with the enthusiastic obedience of dogs fetching a tennis ball.
And then there was the damn chair, which was clever for a couple of days but quickly became more empty than even Clint Eastwood imagined.
There have been some good cartoons, yes. But few real surprises and certainly nothing as sweeping, balanced, comprehensive and funny as Stantis's graphic reportage:
Now, in this hyperhip connected world, art — even extremely articulate art — is no longer permitted to speak for itself, and so the Chicago Tribune has posted a video of Scott talking about his cartoon.
The good news is, he actually offers some thoughts about the two conventions instead of just reading the cartoon to us.
The bad news is, I don't like 30 second commercials on websites to begin with — 15 is fair and should be the online standard. And, in this case, it's a 30-second commercial to get to a 60-second video. Come on, man.
But it won't kill you this time. Hit play and go pour yourself another cup of coffee. Scott will be here when you get back and he's a pretty amusing guy, even without a pen in his hand.
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