Cartoonist

From the time we are little, we are told not to judge a book by its cover. But sometimes we do anyways. We miss out on the opportunity to read a great book, simply because we set it down after glancing at the cover. The cover contains one image but the book itself has thousands of words. Yet, we still fall under the trap of judging a book by the one photo on the cover and not the words that make up the book. Images are powerful in our society and can often take the place of words. Some of the…

In America some things left unsaid are usually less important to the public. Poor Discrimination was created by Joel Pett, an American Pulitzer prize winning editorial cartoonist who is the leading illustrator for the Lexington- Herald. This picture informs people that the poor are in fact discriminated against, not because of their race, but because of their social class. Using a reinvented 12-step program, which is people normally attend to solve detrimental problems. This cartoon was created…

I will not stand for sharia law and the acceptance of unnecessary deaths, fascism, and the pain of millions of people. Nobody should stand for islamic fascism. While not all islam believers and Muslims are evil or dangerous, the myth and belief that radical Islamists are a minority is not true, and can be proven with statistics. Radical Islam is gaining momentum and confidence, and our country will be in chaos if we let it affect us, or our peers the way that it has affected many Islamic…

Gender Stereotypes In Archie Wednesday, 23 June 2014. After a four years hiatus, I’m back to blogging…. for the time being. Remember the popular American comic book series Archie? At this point, I’ve come to terms with the fact that Archie – no matter how much I loved reading it – it reflects gender stereotypes prevalent in our current society. Archie is a comic book published in the United States and geared towards teenagers. As you might probably have already known, the comic book series…

“The 1960s were about releasing ourselves from conventional society and freeing Ourselves” said Yoko Ono, peace activist. People in the 60s felt they could express themselves and be the person they want to be. From this the 60s created a subculture called hippies. Hippies believed in freedom, peace, love, and people’s rights. Commonly, that is what people associate with this decade, but there’s much more to it than that. Social, political, and historical events helped shaped the culture of the…

An opiate is commonly associated with chronic pain. But with me I associate opiates with a prescribed drug that’s taking innocent lives daily. I had this realization when I was ten, when my uncle was suffering from an accidental overdose caused by opiates. I was lucky enough for my uncle to survive it. But what about the people who aren't as lucky as my uncle? And what about the people who soon will suffer from this drug? There is an addiction going on in the world right now, and if we as a…

Because of the many miracles attributed to his intercession, he is also known as Nikolaos the Wonderworker (Νικόλαος ὁ Θαυματουργός, Nikolaos ho Thaumaturgos). He had a reputation for secret gift-giving, such as putting coins in the shoes of those who left them out for him, a practice celebrated on his feast day―St Nicholas Day (6 December Nicholas was born in Asia Minor (Greek Anatolia) in the Roman Empire, to a Greek Family, during the third century in the city of Patara (Lycia et Pamphylia)…

Comic have been one of the newest forms of literature, with the first comic strips being introduced nearly 120 years ago. One cartoonist who has been instrumental to comics gaining notoriety in recent years is Art Spiegelman, who drew and wrote Maus: A Survivors Tale. This series of comics gives a detailed account of Art’s Father, Vladek Spiegelman and his survival of the Holocaust. While the world is no stranger to Holocaust literature, Maus brought the genre to comics in a manner which takes…

in “A&P” John Updike, born in 1932 has written many forms of literature including “novels, short stories, essays, plays and children’s tales” (Kirszner and Mandell 141). At first, Updike had not pictured himself being a writer; he desired to be a cartoonist for the Harvard…

Deserved or Corrupt? The Nobel Peace Prize has always been a respected and dignified award. It is often presented to renowned figures that have helped to shape worldwide communications today. By presenting this award to undeserving figures such as Barack Obama, the Nobel Peace Prize has been seriously undermined of its credibility and prestige. Both Tom Toles and Michael Binyon excellently explain and criticize this absurd handout through their rhetoric arguments. Their logic and argumentation…