Last week’s cartoons about the Love Parade disaster predominantly expressed sadness and shock. By now they have been replaced by more sober cartoons commenting on the subsequent blame game (e.g. here, here & here). Furthermore there is one cartoon that cynically refers to the end of the Love Parade as a heavy blow to the drug industry. While I dislike the emotionalizing shallowness and naïve imagery of most “grief cartoons”, I still find the lack of compassion present in this cartoon and some of the comments disturbing.
On a more positive note: On Wednesday the Catalan parliament voted 68 to 55 to end bullfighting in the region. This is, of course, good news only if you consider animal rights more important than tradition and if you don’t think that this vote is a step further towards the disintegration of the Spanish nation. Cartoons on the issue vary in their position towards the vote. Or so I think. Actually, I am pretty confused by some cartoons, especially the one with a bleeding bull in a “I (heart) Spain” shirt, and one combining the secession issue, bullfighting, and toilet doors. A third cartoon referencing Planet of the Apes is ambiguous too, but less confusingly so. It makes fun of toreadoral hubris. Or maybe it points out the looming arrival of bovine world domination now that no one is willing to fight those cud-chewing fiends anymore. In any case, it kinda mocks the presumably monumental dimension of the whole situation, which is always a good thing to do.
Cartoons of Interest
Last week’s favorite is Marian Avramescu‘s caricature of Vladimir Putin in a turtleneck. I don’t know if it’s based on an actual picture or if his chin just didn’t look right, but the combination of his evil-looking face and the ridiculous piece of clothing made me giggle.
I would also like to point out the one about “fishing for chicken”, Don Camillo about to kick some ass, solo foosball, and an illustration about sausage trafficking.
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