A journalist decided to confront a plagiarizing, non-paying editor on film. Watch as the editor and his co-worker exhaust all options, from physical intimidation to appeals to “the way things used to be” to the writer being younger, before being left with the only one that makes sense: paying him.
So beautiful.
Via Boingboing
If I read this Ramirez cartoon literally I actually agree with it.
Cross-posted at Cartoon Movement
Today we publish the fourth installment of Army Of God by David Axe and Tim Hamilton. This chapter examines the history of the infamous leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army, Joseph Kony, who has long evaded capture. Over the last year, Kony has virtually become a household name and efforts to arrest him have been ramping up. Just yesterday, the Associated Press reported that Ugandan forces had captured one of his top commanders.
If you aren’t caught up on Army Of God, check out previous chapters on our project page.
Cross-posted at Cartoon Movement
Stephanie McMillan has been awarded the prestigious RFK Journalism Award for editorial cartooning, which is given for work focusing on “human rights, social justice, and the power of individual action.” McMillan is a regular contributor to Cartoon Movement and her RFK entry included both her Code Green editorial cartoons and “The Beginning of the American Fall” piece she did for us in November.
“I’m gratified to have my work recognized specifically as a contribution to social justice,” McMillan tells us. “The reasons I draw cartoons are to expose the fundamentally unjust nature of the global capitalist/imperialist system, and to encourage resistance to it. I consider my cartoon work to be complementary to building actual organized resistance. Artists who care about social justice should be involved in the struggle for it, and dedicate their work in its service.”
It’s true. Flying near migratory birds is a big no-no. Flying into other countries and killing suspected terrorists from remote controlled planes? Not so much. I hope no US citizens in Yemen have a migratory bird near them when a drone missile hits – it could present a legal problem for the United States.
Frank Kozina is writing in again – and using his favorite word too!
Matt:
You’re “work” is disgusting. You have absolutely no sense of decency. There’s a special place for ilk like you. It’s made of porcelin has a water tank with a handle when turned makes you go away.
Have a nice day.
Frank Koina
Yes, he spelled his name wrong.
The Pope has now taken aim at nuns for being insufficiently antagonistic toward gays and women’s rights. It’s not enough that nuns are forbidden from having any power within the Catholic Church; they have to forcefully advocate against their own reproductive rights (Were they to ever want to exercise them).
You’ll recall Jesus making a big stink about those two things. Oh and remember, there’s no war on women.
I’ve already had a few criticisms about today’s comic, based on the Obama campaign’s ‘One Chance‘ ad and comments made by Joe Biden. Aren’t I being a little unfair to Obama here?
The criticisms coming from the GOP are, of course, completely hypocritical and disingenuous given that their decade of craven use of 9/11 to push for war, win elections, and browbeat dissent stopped just short of literally clubbing opponents with 9/11 widows. But I try my best not to fall victim to the election season strain of Partisan Civil Liberties Disorder in which we ignore things the Democrat does wrong because WHAT DO YOU WANT REPUBLICANS TO WIN?!
If John McCain had won the election, killed Bin Laden, and made the very same ad Obama did except directed at a Democrat, liberals would be howling about how cynical, unfair, and exploitative it was. Using imagery of New York City firefighters cheering the news would be easily dismissed as “playing politics” while the Navy SEALS complaining about the ad would be trumpeted across liberals blog.
Obama’s chest beating about his military accomplishments should give liberals a moment of pause. The Bin Laden killing involved entering the airspace of a nuclear armed nation without permission for an extrajudicial assassination. The expanded use of drone killings in at least six countries is unprecedented, as is Obama’s newly-invented presidential power to kill US citizens abroad without charges or a trial. The Surge in Afghanistan? Hardly a brilliant strategy I feel like touting while not having to serve the endless tours of duty it requires.
I’m young enough to remember when many of those things were plainly opposed by Democrats, even during election years.
Matt Bors is an editorial cartoonist with United Feature Syndicate and editor at cartoonmovement.com. He is based in Portland, OR.
