Trumped
Again
Today's comic was inspired by an Robert Crumb cartoon from
the late 60s, the wonderful "Stoned
Again".
In case you're wondering I did not perfectly
ape Crumb's style, and the beautiful melty-ness of the art,
on purpose.
You don't fuck with perfection.
You might find it interesting to learn that the original
B&W art was sold at auction in 2019 for $690,000. As usual
the
artist,
Crumb,
didn't
get
a penny
of this (as far as I know) as
he'd traded the original art back in 1969 to a fan for some
rare blues records. Crumb is famous for his love of blues
music
from
the era of 78 RPM records and, at the time, was cranking
out reams of underground art so he obviously thought it
a fair deal.
Who knew, right?
Anyhoo, I think my version of the comic image crystallizes
the Dijon Deity's supporters need for occasional jump-starts
of their inner
outrage,
ignited
by whatever new bright and shiny object the Pumpkin Poobah
decides to wave in front of their cold, dead eyes on any
particular
day.
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The New York election which just ousted George Santos, and
it didn't happen soon enough, was enough of a blowout to
indicate
voters may have finally had their suspicions raised
enough to maybe, just maybe, understand that the Republican
Party isn't up to the task
of
governance and may, in fact, be populated by stupid, greedy
hillbillies. And they'd be right.
And
maybe, just maybe, we'll see these suspicions rise even higher
as we approach Election Day.
-
Lefty
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