• QuazarOmega@lemy.lol
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    2 years ago

    Is it just me getting unreasonably irritated when the artist captions the things they’re depicting, as if we’re either too dumb to understand or they suck at making subtle references?

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      It’s a political comics thing that has its roots in England around 250 300 years ago. The comic is meant simultaneously to be funny (and therefore disarming) and legitimate political propaganda. To ensure that the political propaganda message is not lost on the masses they label everything to make sure their message most clearly gets across.

      For example, see this political cartoon from 1903. Panama_canal_cartoon_1903.jpg

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      2 years ago

      These sorts of comics have been captioned like this for decades. I’m not sure if they were ever not captioned.

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        If anything I think they were even more obvious back then… The Troll would have had “Troll” written on their laptop and so on…

          • bug@lemmy.one
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            2 years ago

            Definitely just a cute little goblin hanging out in the toilet, annoyed that all these chumps have rocked up and interrupted his computer time

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        2 years ago

        I’ve seen some done in the 1800s. Captioned.

        At this point it’s a staple of the genre.

    • vimdiesel@lemmy.world
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      2 years ago

      That’s just the way political comics goes. It’s expected and common. It’s not a web comic, bruh; there’s a tradition to maintain.

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        2 years ago

        Not all political comics are like that though, the best ones don’t need the labelling.

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          2 years ago

          At least when Garrison does it it’s so over the top it’s farcical and ridiculous which makes it funny unlike this comic

      • ikidd@lemmy.world
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        2 years ago

        Well, his audience seems to pretty obviously need things spelled out for them. In very, very short words.