Payne to Borgman: you’re missing the evolution
Skip to commentsDetroit News editorial cartoonist Henry Payne has responded to Jim Borgman’s “February Q’s?” in which he asked if the editorial cartooning profession was due for a make-over. Henry responds:
I think you have missed two evolutions in cartooning.
First, the Oliphant formula has not been the newspaper standard for some time. Cartoonists as varied as Clay Bennett, Sean Delonis, and Ted Rall have found their inspiration from computer animation, Mad Magazine, and comic books respectively. Their work is as different from Oliphant as he was from Herblock or Conrad.
Second, and more importantly, there is a whole new satirical art form that newspapers have missed entirely. This new form is embodied by images like the following (posted here on The New Republic) that get emailed around everyday.
They use a different medium (Photoshop) and they are cutting edge, funny, controversial, sometimes tasteless. In other words, they are cousins of the hugely popular Family Guy sitcom – itself a major evolution from the traditional TV sitcom of Mary Tyler Moore and Bob Newhart.
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What you are feeling in your “February blahs” is not a decline in editorial cartooning but a decline in newspapers. In terms of content, there are simply more choices out there today. Just as broadcast news now has cable to compete against, so do we have the Internet. Satirical humor is forever-evolving, but in media that accept that evolution: The Internet, Wired magazine, etc.
Check out Henry’s blog for the image that he references above.
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