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Dave's Latest Cartoon: The Fox And Friends Presidential Debate
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During the heated political season, about the only news show I could stand to watch anymore was Fox and Friends - a daily morning program that managed to avoid both election venom and liberal bias.
I drew this cartoon in conjunction with the three Presidential debates. |
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Dave's Blog: 5/31/2017
" Orange Face is the New Black Face "
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A few weeks back I was watching video of Donald Trump boarding Air Force One, on his way to give the commencement speech at Virginia's Liberty University. I saw him leave the motorcade, climb the airplane's exterior staircase, and pause at the top before entering the fuselage. As usual, he turned to wave at the cameras, and I was struck by the "loneliness" of the entire image. There was no one visible waiting inside the cabin and unlike most recent flights, no First Lady at his side. The President was alone, completely alone, and the visual became the perfect metaphor of his Presidency so far. And I don't mean that as a bad thing. As I've said many times, I really like President Donald Trump.
SNL pulled out all the stops in its season finale before the POTUS left the country for his first overseas trip. Alec Baldwin donned his yellow wig & orange makeup, the Rock & Tom Hanks announced their 2020 candidacy, and anti-Trump politics fueled the following sketches, inserting politics into everything possible. I was reminded of something I'd read about a week ago, and please forgive me but I can't remember the source. It was a news story that described how SNL has crossed the line between comedy and "ridicule," and it focused on Sean Spicer - and Melissa McCarthy's increasingly-cruel portrayal of him. It's one thing to "mock" a public figure, like Kate Mckinnon's dead-on Clinton impression (the way she moves her hands like claws is spit-out-your-coffee brilliant). But unlike Darrell Hammond's equally dead-on Trump ("a-ba-ba-baaaah"), Baldwin's impersonation is as offensive as black-face ... and I'm completely baffled that the PC-movement allows it to happen. And as a gay Trump supporter, whenever I watch comedians like Baldwin ridicule the President, it's hard not to feel like they're ridiculing me ...
SNL pulled out all the stops in its season finale before the POTUS left the country for his first overseas trip. Alec Baldwin donned his yellow wig & orange makeup, the Rock & Tom Hanks announced their 2020 candidacy, and anti-Trump politics fueled the following sketches, inserting politics into everything possible. I was reminded of something I'd read about a week ago, and please forgive me but I can't remember the source. It was a news story that described how SNL has crossed the line between comedy and "ridicule," and it focused on Sean Spicer - and Melissa McCarthy's increasingly-cruel portrayal of him. It's one thing to "mock" a public figure, like Kate Mckinnon's dead-on Clinton impression (the way she moves her hands like claws is spit-out-your-coffee brilliant). But unlike Darrell Hammond's equally dead-on Trump ("a-ba-ba-baaaah"), Baldwin's impersonation is as offensive as black-face ... and I'm completely baffled that the PC-movement allows it to happen. And as a gay Trump supporter, whenever I watch comedians like Baldwin ridicule the President, it's hard not to feel like they're ridiculing me ...
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When People Go Away
A Sir Comes of Age Against the Background of Recovery, Grief...and Murder
Two days after an ugly DUI, Paul's world is rocked by the death of his father - and the struggle that unfolds within his grieving family. In the weeks that follow, Paul crumbles under the needs of an unraveling mother, the anger from his estranged sister, and the demands laid out by an unsympathetic court system. But unbeknownst to everyone, Paul hides the shame of what happened in the hours before getting behind the wheel. The police may have arrested him for drinking and driving, but they had no idea of the crime he was really running from. Or, more importantly, who he was running to...
Frankie is so similar to Paul, the two may as well be the same person. Both men are gay, mid-40s, participants in the leather community...and each has battled 20 years of alcoholism, with very different mindsets. When the two cross paths in a Chicago AA meeting, it seems nothing more than coincidence. As Paul shares his struggle to make things right with his family, Frankie offers his unwavering support - proving himself to be exactly who Paul needed to meet, at precisely the right moment. But Paul has grown so preoccupied with family, he fails to see how dangerous this new friendship has become. In the aftermath of rehab, Paul's fight for emotional sobriety comes in conflict with his former self. The red lights of the leather scene provide an unsettling background as he recognizes a predator in action - hunting online and in the city's dark corners, having hidden in plain sight for years. No one has died yet, Paul realizes - but it's only a matter of time. And to make matters worse, the only way to stop a murder is to face the crime he committed himself - a secret he swore to carry to his grave.
The clock is ticking.
Frankie is so similar to Paul, the two may as well be the same person. Both men are gay, mid-40s, participants in the leather community...and each has battled 20 years of alcoholism, with very different mindsets. When the two cross paths in a Chicago AA meeting, it seems nothing more than coincidence. As Paul shares his struggle to make things right with his family, Frankie offers his unwavering support - proving himself to be exactly who Paul needed to meet, at precisely the right moment. But Paul has grown so preoccupied with family, he fails to see how dangerous this new friendship has become. In the aftermath of rehab, Paul's fight for emotional sobriety comes in conflict with his former self. The red lights of the leather scene provide an unsettling background as he recognizes a predator in action - hunting online and in the city's dark corners, having hidden in plain sight for years. No one has died yet, Paul realizes - but it's only a matter of time. And to make matters worse, the only way to stop a murder is to face the crime he committed himself - a secret he swore to carry to his grave.
The clock is ticking.
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