The tragic death of Poland’s president Lech Kaczyński has probably made a lot us forget, that, until Saturday, this week’s top news item had actually been good news. On Thursday, Barack Obama and Dmitry Medvedev signed the New START treaty, which will lead to a considerable reduction of the number of nuclear war heads.
Unfortunately, neither really sad nor really good news are suited for funny cartoons. Cartoonists need the middle ground. Here are a couple of cartoons on the Prague treaty: 1,2,3,4. Then, there are also some that put their focus on Obamas statements on nuclear retaliatio earlier this week: 1,2,3. And there’s Medi Belortaja’s unusual caricature of the President.
Introducing…
Brazilian-based artist Beto has posted two small sketches that I really like: the elderly Batman and the hot dog lady. Look at how the old lady seems to be enjoying the hunt – I bet she set her poodle on the wiener. Beto’s actual cartoons make a nice use of colors, both digital and ‘manual’. Check out the pattern on the blanket in the grandmother and the wolf cartoon. Which is a great cartoon, too. Also take a look at the sheperd’s facepalm in the black sheep cartoon. Not because of the coloring but because it’s such a great twist to the attitude you would normally expect from a good sheperd.
Raffa, AKA Rafael Carasco is from Equador. He does black and white cartoons and illustrations in a very distinct style. And he has some great visual ideas. Jut look at the blabla organ, the oil-milking top hat guy and the computer virus. Although I am kinda wondering what they guy is going to use the plunger for. Raffa has also done a cartoon on the Catholic child abuse issue and God knows I’m fed up with those. But, once again, a good visual idea saves the day.
Cartoons of Interest
This week’s favourite is “Mountain” by Alves – because Bizarroworld is somewhere up there.
Please, please also note this one by Karlo about things that are missing in our lives. And a cartoon version of Eward Hopper’s “Morning Sun” which does a great job in transporting Hopper’s use of light to vector art.
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