ZOMG!!1! I saw this meme, or was it a tweet? Or a meme of a tweet? on the internet today, and it looked really urgent and seemed legit and everything, because it […]
Fake news. Who should be the judge?
ArtSunday: design, meaning, and more about the damn Obama cartoon
By Ann Ivins “The political cartoon is not a news story and not an oil portrait. It’s essentially a means for poking fun, for puncturing pomposity. Cartooning is an irreverent form of […]
That New Yorker cartoon: an alternate take
I’ve been following the New Yorker/Obama cartoon dustup that my colleague, JS O’Brien, wrote about earlier today. In addition to the official and media reactions that have littered our news channels, I’ve […]
The New Yorker's Archie Bunker lesson
by JS O’Brien The New Yorker’s newest cover features Barack and Michelle Obama in the White House, an Osama bin Laden poster on the wall, the American flag burning in the fireplace, […]
