Here’s a quick look at what some of the nation’s cartoonists had to say about the Virginia Tech shootings.
Michael Ramirez:
Bill Richards:
Steve Benson:
David Fitzsimmons:
Joe Heller:
Scott Stantis:
Jeff Koterba:
click to view, (It’s another Uncle Sam cartoon)
Paul Fell:
Jeff Stahler:
Randy Bish:
Gary Varvel:
Jim McCloskey:
It’s incredible how powerful an illustration can be. I never thought of cartoons as being serious, or of delivering a serious message. These cartoon images are touching and they left a great impact on me.
On another note, I’d like to compliment you on your blog. It is very well organized and best of all…IT LOADS FAST!
Keep it up!
some of these are are good, some not so good. I didnt like the anti 2nd amendment one, you wont see a school shooting at a college in texas, and if it does happen there would be 40 students shooting him before he could get to victim number 2.
I am surprised that there are non about ALL of the school shootings having psychiatric medications as a common denominator, but then again most people who run the drug companies also run the media.
[...] Daryl Cagle, the man behind the syndicate that bears his name, spoke out on his blog about the awful batch of “predictable” cartoons responding to the tragedy. He half-heartedly apologizes for the crew, explaining that their daily deadlines are to blame. But seriously, he’s the one who hires these guys, and he sells them to daily newspapers who are full of other people who have daily deadlines. Besides, it’s not like they don’t crank out the same batch of predictable and interchangeable cartoons on every topic. [...]
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