{"id":14424,"date":"2011-11-03T23:51:33","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T06:51:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=14424"},"modified":"2018-11-15T02:00:33","modified_gmt":"2018-11-15T10:00:33","slug":"political-cartoon-when-i-get-thin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=14424","title":{"rendered":"Political Cartoon: When I Get Thin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/when-i-get-thin.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-24461\" src=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/when-i-get-thin-590x1180.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"1180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/when-i-get-thin-590x1180.png 590w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/when-i-get-thin-300x600.png 300w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/when-i-get-thin-768x1536.png 768w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/when-i-get-thin-940x1880.png 940w, https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/when-i-get-thin.png 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>[spoiler]The cartoon features a lot of small panels, all featuring a single fat figure (some larger, some less large). The panels cascade and pile up on a final large image at the bottom of the strip.<\/p>\n<p>CAPTION AT TOP: WHEN I GET THIN&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>DUDE IN TIE: Then people will appreciate me.<br \/>\nENTHUSED WOMAN: Then I&#8217;ll write my novel.<br \/>\nPERSON IN GLASSES: Then I&#8217;ll have the lover I deserve.<br \/>\nDISTANT WOMAN: Then I&#8217;ll go dancing.<br \/>\nWOMAN IN ZIG ZAG SHIRT: Then I&#8217;ll buy some nice clothes.<br \/>\nGUY WITH BACK TURNED: Then I won&#8217;t be so shy.<br \/>\nBALDING MAN: Then I&#8217;ll deserve to have a lover.<br \/>\nWOMAN READING NEWSPAPER: Then I&#8217;ll look for a better job.<br \/>\nMAN LOOKING IN MIRROR: Then I&#8217;ll like myself.<\/p>\n<p>(There are several panels at the bottom which we can&#8217;t see all of, due to other panels piled on top of them, but we can see little bits of characters and dialog, all starting with the word &#8220;then&#8221;).<\/p>\n<p>The bottom of the strip shows a person with long dark hair, arms on hips, facing a wall (and away from the viewer) and glaring. There&#8217;s a big window, but the person isn&#8217;t looking out the window.<\/p>\n<p>PERSON (in thought balloons): Then! Then! Then![\/spoiler]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[spoiler]The cartoon features a lot of small panels, all featuring a single fat figure (some larger, some less large). The panels cascade and pile up on a final large image at the bottom of the strip. CAPTION AT TOP: WHEN &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=14424\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,135,30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cartooning-comics","category-crossposted-on-tada","category-fat-fat-and-more-fat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14424"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24463,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14424\/revisions\/24463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}