New Toon: A Modest Proposal
I had planned to do a Brokeback Mountain comic, but events led me to pitching it to a magazine for a full page strip, which seems like it will seee the light of day before the Oscars. So I cheated a bit and slightly reworked a comic I did back in the day when Idiot Box just started. I have always wanted to redraw it with the current porportions of the strip so it could be printed, so here you have it.
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posted by Matt Bors at
9:39 PM
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Only recently descovered Idiot Box on MyComicsPage. You rock. My favorite frame - not to say that any one frame can really be taken out of context - of "A modest proposal" is "Bobby, I need you to stick your arm..." I mean, it just hits the nail on the head. Not only are we all as innocently cruel as this sweet American soccer mom - and as guilty - we also are, gradually, becoming as accepting of blatant absurdity. But I, for one, will not complain if cartoonists become "reporters" rather than "satirists". After all, where ELSE am I going to get any real news? CNN? Give me a break. Gary Trudeau, Ted Rall, Tom Tomorrow... yes, even Bill Griffith... and now Matt Bors. These are the only people who give me any serious analysis of the news. I only read the front page when I want a good cry. The arts section when I want to get angry about the state of world politics. And the science section when I want to laugh out loud.
Hey, dfranklin. Thanks for the comments. Glad you are into the comics!
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