Douglas Johnson

Douglas Johnson

Sunday 30 December 2007

Cartoon 30/12/07

(Gordon Brown releases New Year’s message: At an average 25 words per sentence, 2008 promises to be slightly less easy to read than Das Kapital)

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2 Responses to “Cartoon 30/12/07”

  1. faceless on December 30th, 2007 at 12:42 am

    I don’t mean to be too critical, but the whole point of a cartoon is that it’s simple and clear… all the text on this and the others really detracts from the possible humour.

    You need to snazz it up a bit!

  2. Douglas Johnson on December 30th, 2007 at 12:52 am

    I think I’d contest that the point of all cartoons was that they were simple and clear - a number of cartoons, particularly the decent drawn ones, can be fairly complex, multi-layered and take a little while to appreciate properly.

    However, I do concede that the point of -this- type of cartoon is that it should be clear and simple. In this case, I suspect I could plead that the sheer amount on the text was part of the joke itself, given that it’s playing on Brown’s terrible convolution - but that would rather be an excuse. You are right, they are all too wordy on the whole, and I do need to work on it. Early days, though - I should get a bit better with time. I hope, anyway…

    As for the snazzing it up, I’ll try, but the creative possibilities on MS Paint, my only tool, are distinctly limited.

    Thanks for the advice!

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