A couple of days ago, I was sent this satirical cartoon totally unsolicited by SFO Bay Area artist Tim Sheppard who said he was troubled by the free speech issues surrounding the Mann-Steyn lawsuit. He sends it with a disclaimer:
DISCLAIMER: The following editorial cartoon contains satire, parody, exaggeration and uncensored imagery of balding public figures projected to be completely hairless about the north polar region by the year 2020.
It is not peer reviewed. It makes no claims to absolute undeniable, settled truth, while it does depict a very plausible scenario wherein catastrophic warming might cause pants to combust and hockey sticks to break spontaneously.
No actual polar bears were harmed in the production of this cartoon.
Free speech is the issue. The answer to discomforting free speech is even more free speech.
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it’s merely a metaphor for being in the hot seat.
Or Liar, Liar pants on fire.
Brilliant!
Great cartoon but his head is out of proportion. It’s way too small!
ROFLMAO
The disclaimer!
I am sure the dear Mann would appreciate the special hat you get when awarded a Not-bel Prize be added to the drawing. Out of respect for the mann and his prize, I would agree. Don’tcha think?
Tim, we’ll contribute to your defense fund….
: > )
Not sure how he got into my home-made chili.
heh heh heh . . nice one centurion.
Richard Lawson says:
February 28, 2014 at 5:23 am
Great cartoon but his head is out of proportion. It’s way too small!
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He’s pretty much all the other end to me.
LOVE the disclaimer…
Perhaps M Mann will be subject to the Streisand Effect
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect
One can only hope for a satirical frenzy
Tim Sheppard can write as well as draw. Respect.
Good cartoon, great disclaimer!
haha very funny.
Mikey likes it hot! Umm…are those horns starting to grow out of his head? Or just cow (bull) licks?
Lots of other bull stuff from Mikey…hard to tell.
It’s a bum rap, your honour…..
Is he going to mann up?
THE HOCKEY STICK
There was a crooked Mann
Who played a crooked trick
And had a crooked plan
To make a crooked stick
By using crooked math
That favored crooked lines
Lysenko’s crooked path
Led thru the crooked pines
And all his crooked friends
Applaud what crooked seems
But all that crooked ends
Derives from crooked means
Eugene WR Gallun
I have to write a poem about Phil Jones but am
starting to think Mann deserves two poems.
Mann simply objects to being the butt of anyone’s humor.
Perhaps a suggested caption:
“Ok, so I’ve taken my head out of my ass, now what?”
🙂
Nice to start the day with a laugh. Thanks!
Teapot Dome Scandal? No, Crackpot Dome…
I think a subtler attack would draw more smiles. This could have been achieved by showing just the pant’s cuffs aflame–smoldering.
for Eugene WR Gallun :
With best wishes
Make the flames blue & yellow and Mike will demonstrate a methane ghg emission.