{"id":24437,"date":"2018-11-03T16:18:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-03T23:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=24437"},"modified":"2018-11-04T14:31:41","modified_gmt":"2018-11-04T22:31:41","slug":"cartoon-centrists-and-civility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=24437","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: Centrists and Civility"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The challenge in a cartoon like this – which really has to be ultra-simple to be effective – is to find ways to make the art worth looking at despite being so simple. So I worked on trying to make the figures seem active and alive, and to really vary their poses and costumes. Hopefully it worked!<\/p>\n

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Transcript of cartoon<\/strong><\/p>\n

This cartoon has three panels, plus a small additional “kicker” panel underneath the bottom of the cartoon. <\/p>\n

PANEL 1
\nThis panel shows three well-coiffed white people – they could be politicians, or pundits on TV – on the right side of the panel, facing towards the left side of the panel. They look angry and are speaking with hostile expressions. There is a large caption superimposed over the image.
\nCAPTION: RIGHT
\nWHITE GUY: Cattle don’t get to keep their kids. Why should immigrants?
\nWHITE GAL: Teh law should protect elections from Black vot- I mean, from illegal voters!
\nOTHER WHITE GUY: George Soros paid scientists to make up global warming!<\/p>\n

PANEL 2
\nThis panel shows two lefties, dressed like college students or protesters, on the left side of the panel, facing towards the right side of the panel. They look angry and are speaking with hostile expressions. The woman’s race and ethnicity is ambiguous, the man is Black. There is a large caption superimposed over the image.
\nCAPTION: LEFT
\nWOMAN: $#%*! those people!
\nMAN: They’re terrible hateful bigots!<\/p>\n

PANEL 3
\nThis panel shows a white man and an ethnically ambiguous woman, both facing towards the left with scornful expressions. The man is making a “stop that, get away” hand gesture towards the left; the woman has her arms on her hips. There is a large caption superimposed over the image.
\nCAPTION: CENTRISTS
\nMAN: Tsk! Why must the left be so uncivil?
\nWOMAN: Do they want Trump re-elected?<\/p>\n

SMALL KICKER PANEL BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THE STRIP
\nThis panel shows the leftists glaring at the centrists, while the centrists smile back.
\nCENTRIST WOMAN: We’re only saying, both sides are equally bad!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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