These sorts of comics have been captioned like this for decades. I’m not sure if they were ever not captioned.
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QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 10 months ago
Is it just me getting unreasonably irritated when the artist captions the things they’re depicting, as if we’re either too dumb to understand or they suck at making subtle references?
DharkStare@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
If anything I think they were even more obvious back then… The Troll would have had “Troll” written on their laptop and so on…
Nacktmull@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Until I read your comment I was wondering about the weirdly drawn goblin … 🤦
bug@lemmy.one 10 months ago
Definitely just a cute little goblin hanging out in the toilet, annoyed that all these chumps have rocked up and interrupted his computer time
Papergeist@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Decades indeed. Thomas Nast made his first cartoon in like 1860 or something.
GreenMario@lemm.ee 10 months ago
I’ve seen some done in the 1800s. Captioned.
At this point it’s a staple of the genre.
vimdiesel@lemmy.world 10 months ago
That’s just the way political comics goes. It’s expected and common. It’s not a web comic, bruh; there’s a tradition to maintain.
Obi@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
Not all political comics are like that though, the best ones don’t need the labelling.
QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 10 months ago
Well, I guess so, wasn’t expeting a whole culture around these
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
This reminds me of a Ben Garrison cartoon. Way too heavy handed.
Sarcastik@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It’s just you
FormerlyChucks@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Ben Garrison does the same thing. It’s pretty common
ikidd@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Well, his audience seems to pretty obviously need things spelled out for them. In very, very short words.
QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 10 months ago
Damn, now that’s one that goes overboard!
FormerlyChucks@lemmy.world 10 months ago
At least when Garrison does it it’s so over the top it’s farcical and ridiculous which makes it funny unlike this comic
LadyAutumn@lemmy.blahaj.zone 10 months ago
It’s a political comics thing that I believe originally started in England like 250 years ago. The comic is meant simultaneously to be funny and legitimate political propaganda. To ensure that the political propaganda message is not lost on the masses they label everything to make sure their message most clearly gets across.
QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 10 months ago
That’s actually cool to know, though I dislike the practice, they kinda look like previous century memes lol
That was lost on me either way, but I guess it’s just my lack of knowledge on US’s history 👀
Phrodo_00@lemmy.world 10 months ago
The cartoon shows the US aligning with Panama separatist factions to break from Colombia so that they can permit the construction of the channel.
Panama was a separate colony from Colombia, but they joined when becoming independent.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I find it utterly hilarious that the cited purpose is clarity, but the referenced comic required explanation. Bravo.
Also thanks for the explanation because I wasn’t picking it up, either.
QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 10 months ago
Thanks for the explanation!
NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Memes are essentially the same as political cartoons but done with less effort and intelligence.
Phrodo_00@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I don’t necessary know about the intelligence part, I’ve seen plenty of braindead political cartoons
QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 10 months ago
I’ll have you know I put a lot of effort into my own memes
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