Thursday, November 16, 2006

The Rhetorical Power of Cartoons: Skewering O.J., Regan, Harper Collins, and FOX

The blood splotch covering the word "If" is particularly devastating. Wow. Wow. Wow. Can this book really be coming out? For real? It sounds a lot more like something to be dreamed up on Pete's Couch while listening, perhaps, to Danzig or Skinny Puppy, but not really something that could really happen actually for real. But anyway....

This cartoon by M.e. Cohen nicely taps into the growing discourse rippling throughout America for the last 24 hours, regarding this book.

For Harrogate, Cohen's piece illustrates just how powerful the cartoon is, as a rhetorical device. Just think about how much is being channelled, and argued, in this one frame.

Thoughts?

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

the media must be super desperate to even consider giving simpson any air time. "reality tv" and regan/collins have sunk to new lows by re-circulating this O.J interest. we could make an earnest contribution to society as a whole by not giving this issue the time of day.