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 2 years 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?
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Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 2 years 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 2 years ago
Until I read your comment I was wondering about the weirdly drawn goblin … 🤦
bug@lemmy.one 2 years 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 2 years ago
Decades indeed. Thomas Nast made his first cartoon in like 1860 or something.
GreenMario@lemm.ee 2 years ago
I’ve seen some done in the 1800s. Captioned.
At this point it’s a staple of the genre.
vimdiesel@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years ago
Not all political comics are like that though, the best ones don’t need the labelling.
QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 2 years ago
Well, I guess so, wasn’t expeting a whole culture around these
eestileib@sh.itjust.works 2 years ago
This reminds me of a Ben Garrison cartoon. Way too heavy handed.
Sarcastik@lemmy.world 2 years ago
It’s just you
FormerlyChucks@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Ben Garrison does the same thing. It’s pretty common
ikidd@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Well, his audience seems to pretty obviously need things spelled out for them. In very, very short words.
QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 2 years ago
Damn, now that’s one that goes overboard!
FormerlyChucks@lemmy.world 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years 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 2 years ago
Thanks for the explanation!
NathanielThomas@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Memes are essentially the same as political cartoons but done with less effort and intelligence.
Phrodo_00@lemmy.world 2 years ago
I don’t necessary know about the intelligence part, I’ve seen plenty of braindead political cartoons
QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 2 years ago
I’ll have you know I put a lot of effort into my own memes
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