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Political satire seems to have run its course, for the time being, at least. Why? Likely because it’s generally not funny and it’s heavy-handedly anti-conservative.
Art is inherently political. Here are some artists who are using their voice for good Good artists create more than beauty; they create justice.
It's art in the service of strong political opinion, backed by hours of research. It's funny, often using caricature, but with serious intent. Ann Telnaes has been creating editorial cartoons for ...
Asked if he ever read the humorist Art Buchwald, Richard Nixon replied: “No, no I don’t think he is funny. He is certainly not serious.” Nixon was wrong — on both counts.
For more than fifty years, from 1949 to 2006, Art Buchwald’s Pulitzer Prize–winning column of political satire and biting wit made him one of the most widely read American humorists and a ...
Everyone today is told they are funny. It’s the one thing this country has a surplus of now, confidence. Everything is an open mic, and everyone is told they are wildly funny.
Today, we talk to Brian about the complicated art of political cartoons, how he does it, who his favourite people have been to draw, and why he thinks we need editorial cartoons in today’s world.
Everyone today is told they are funny. It’s the one thing this country has a surplus of now, confidence. Everything is an open mic, and everyone is told they are wildly funny.
“I’m not someone into putting a piece of art on a wall, it’s all about public engagement in the work,” O’Donoghue says, “public-facing, off-site in unusual locations, you’re going to ...