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This is an archived blog post that was posted on January 12, 2015.

Political Cartooning is Almost Worth Dying For

Cartoonist Ted Rall:

Scholars and analysts of the form have tried to articulate exactly what it is about comics that make them so effective at drawing an emotional response, but I think it’s the fact that such a deceptively simple art form can pack such a wallop. Particularly in the political cartoon format, nothing more than workaday artistic chops and a few snide sentences can be enough to cause a reader to question his long-held political beliefs, national loyalties, even his faith in God.

That drives some people nuts.

Hell, some people get all huffy over Some E-cards.