Black & White World II

258 Pages·2004·21.14 MB·English

by  John Cox

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Black
&White
World II
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Black
& White
World II
Editorial Cartoons by
COX & FORKUM
Nashville, Tennessee
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©2004 John Cox and Allen Forkum
All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in retrieval
systems, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying,
recording, or otherwise, without prior permission from the publisher.
ISBN 0-9724569-1-0
First published in November 2004
Digitally printed in the United States
Published by
COX& FORKUM
1121 Airport Center Drive
Nashville, TN 37214
[phone]
www.CoxAndForkum.com
Book design by Allen Forkum
Illustrations by John Cox
Cover illustration by John Cox from cartoon “Unfinished Business” on page 154.
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Contents
INTRODUCTION
by Felix Grabowski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vi
PREFACE
by Allen Forkum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii
EDITORIAL CARTOONS
September 2002 to November 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
OTHER ART
TIA: The Intellectual Activistcovers,
comments by Robert W. Tracinski . . . . . . . . . . .212
LGF: Little Green Footballs weblog,
comments by Charles Johnson . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
ETC.: T-Shirt designs, Buster Cartoons, & More . . .222
INTERVIEWS
Dean’s World . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234
Eye on the Left . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .236
EGO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .238
About Israel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241
APPENDIX
“Anti-Bushites for Bush”
by Robert W. Tracinski . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .244
INDEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248
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Introduction
Uncle Sam Is No Wimp Sam is pissed. Unfortunately, there’s plen- their graphic opinions in a new way, link-
ty to be pissed about. That’s what the best ing to news reports and blog posts from a
Browse through the toons presented in political cartoonists point out. They want variety of sources to put their statements
this book and pay attention to the treat- you to get pissed, too. This is no time to into context. But even when the cartoons
ment Uncle Sam gets from Cox & be wishy-washy. Take a stand. Appease- stand alone in print publications like The
Forkum. That will tell you a lot about ment be damned. This is a war in defense Detroit Newsand Investor’s Business Daily,
where they stand on any number of issues. of common sense. they stand strong as the visual equivalent
Uncle Sam is really a caricature of a carica- of a well-turned phrase.
ture. Each political cartoonist since about Politicians, the press, economists, doom-
1834 has assigned certain values to him, sayers, jihadists—especially jihadists—are The cartoons here attack issues from
reinforcing certain perceptions to match prime targets in that war. In Cox & Uncle Sam’s perspective. Not the don-
whatever issue is at hand. He’s either a Forkum toons, the Right comes in for key’s, not the elephant’s—Uncle Sam’s.
hero or a buffoon, wise or befuddled, sin- nearly as much criticism as the Left. But And Cox & Forkum make one thing per-
ister or trustworthy. And the old man has when Allen Forkum points out failings in fectly clear:
taken plenty of abuse over the years. In the foreign policy or a wavering in the support
1980s, Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist of Israel, it’s President Bush who takes the You don’t mess with Uncle Sam.
Pat Oliphant even went so far as to make hit, not Uncle Sam. That’s a subtle, but
his Uncle Sam a caricature of W.C. Fields, important, distinction. Put the blame
complete with a bulbous nose and a bottle where it belongs. Politicians come and go, Felix Grabowski
sticking out of his pocket. As a symbol for but Uncle Sam prevails. And it’s this October 2004
America, Uncle Sam is a useful cliché— Uncle Sam, not some transient politician,
way too useful to be shelved. that jihadists are forced to face. Felix Grabowski is the creative director of
detnews.com, The Detroit NewsWeb site.
It’s no surprise then that John Cox draws That stance is worth noting as the sense of
his own, different version of Uncle Sam. national unity that flourished immediately He’s also the author of Cartoons for the
In Cox & Forkum toons, he’s younger, after 9/11 continues to fade. As the apolo- Classroom, a joint effort by the Association of
American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) and
more powerful, with bulging muscles and gists and appeasers regain their footing
NIEonline that provides lesson plans based on
a top hat cocked at a rakish angle. His and patriotic sentiment slips out of vogue,
political cartoons to teachers through
sleeves are rolled up and he’s getting down Cox & Forkum draw the line in defense of
the Newspapers in Education programs
to business. He deals from a position of The American’s Creed. The blogosphere
(nieonline.com/niecftc/cftc.cfm).
strength. And, quite frankly, this Uncle gives them the opportunity to present
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Preface
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A lot has happened for us in the two years are written by me unless otherwise noted. Another subsection in Other Art features
since we published the first collection of To learn more about John and me, and cartoons we’ve created for Charles
Cox & Forkum cartoons. Since launching how we work together, see the interviews Johnson at the Little Green Footballs blog
our Web site in March 2003, our work in the back of the book. There’s also an (www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog).
has been picked up by a number of publi- index for finding cartoons by people, Charles explains some of the inside jokes
cations and Web sites, including The countries, characters, and organizations. associated with his blog, which is dedicat-
Detroit News,The Washington Times, ed to fighting Islamists and their apolo-
Investor’s Business Daily,and others in We’re honored to have additional com- gists. The site is a valuable resource for
America and Europe. mentary in this book. In the Other Art keeping track of the latest news in the war
section, you’ll find a subsection devoted to on terrorism. LGF was the first major
The Web site (www.coxandforkum.com) a sampling of our cover art for The Web site to post C&F cartoons, which is
has become an immediate outlet for our Intellectual Activist, an Objectivist review. why we’ve created a few custom cartoons
cartoons, giving us an opportunity to Editor and Publisher Robert W. Tracinski for Charles and his “lizardoid minions.”
comment on events as they happen. The introduces the subsection, discussing how
site has generated over two million hits, abstract ideas contained inside the maga- The last Other Art subsection includes:
and this volume contains virtually all of zine have to be essentialized and con- t-shirt designs, cartoons for the Buster
the cartoons that have appeared there. But cretized on the magazine’s cover. In McNutt humor column published in
there’s also work here that has not been November 2001, TIAwas the first publi- AutoGraphic’s Automotive Reportnewspa-
seen before, including a few cartoons that cation to print a Cox & Forkum cartoon. pers, and a variety of other illustrations
missed the mark. For anyone who wants to keep up with that didn’t fit elsewhere.
world events from an individualist per-
Black & White World IIdiffers from our spective, we highly recommend The John and I want to thank all of our regular
first book in a number of ways. Besides Intellectual Activistand its e-mail counter- readers. We’re grateful to have an audi-
having four times the cartoons, this book part, TIA Daily (www.tiadaily.com). ence and hope that we continue to enter-
is also arranged chronologically, picking tain you with our drawn opinions.
up where the last book left off— In the Appendix you’ll find an editorial by
September 2002 to November 2004. That Robert titled “Anti-Bushites for Bush.” Allen Forkum
means we have forgone categorizing the The philosophy and politics in the editori- November 2004
cartoons into thematic sections with al provide an indication of where our
accompanying commentaries by me and cartoons are coming from and where they
John Cox. Instead, comments here appear are going.
as captions beside individual cartoons and
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Editorial Cartoons
September 2002 to November 2004
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Memo to Arafat
September 23, 2002
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Collateral Damage
September 30, 2002
This cartoon was never pub-
lished, so we used the mud-
slinging motif again in a Kerry
cartoon, “Preemptive
Diplomacy,” on page 195.
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Pacifiers
October 3, 2002
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Hoodwink
October 11, 2002
We were just as convinced as
everyone else that Saddam was
hiding large stockpiles of
WMDs. And for all we know,
he still is. But for now it looks
like Leftists weren’t the only
ones being hoodwinked by the
Butcher of Baghdad.
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