One Million Dollar Bounty on a Cartoonist
Who says cartoonists aren’t worth a million dollars…. DEAD. - So, a Pakistani cleric announced a $1 million bounty for killing a cartoonist who drew the Prophet Muhammad as thousands joined street protests after Friday prayers. I wonder how smart this cleric is, because you could just take a corpse out of the morgue, and pop a pencil in it’s hand and KA-CHING!!!
Wow, could you imagine if someone actually killed that cartoonist and collected the bounty?? What the heck is going on!?!
You know, all the hoopla about this, reminds me of Berkeley Breathed’s intro to his big Bloom County collection, where he mentioned that power of drawing a cartoon in a local paper and how the town reacted– and I think Berke was promplty fired.
But yes, the power of cartoons as a communication medium, it’s amazing. One little visual image can spark such passion in people. Now, it usually only manifests itself in negative ways– but that leads me to meditate on the reverse of that– why can’t we create some comics that bring peace and love to the world somehow? I mean, it HAS to be possible, right? — Well, Ziggy has been trying for years and failing miserably…. but seriously, it’s something for cartoonists to think about. The inherant power within their drawings and how it could change the world.
With that said… I’m going to go draw fart jokes. Or perhaps a cute little bunny cursing.
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February 18th, 2006 at 2:20 pm
hey how long till the next set of books are sent?
my mom bought me one and i waaaant it haha
February 18th, 2006 at 3:12 pm
Is this Craig in Oklahoma? If so, your book was shipped out Monday or Tuesday I do believe– it might have gone out after that, but all the orders have been sent except orders coming today. Hopefullly, it gets to you tuesday– first class is 2-9 days usually.
February 18th, 2006 at 3:52 pm
I have a dollar on Bill Keane, of the Family Circus.
The family is not a circus.
and this dollar bounty on him is to light a flaming bag of dog poo on his front porch.
That’s it. Once someone has collected this bounty, no more will be paid out.
I can’t wait for my book to arrive, either. I’m only like 200 miles to the east.
But I’d be nuts to go to that side of the state again. West PA frightens me.
February 18th, 2006 at 4:37 pm
I learned more history from The Cartoon History of the Universe than from 12 years of public schooling. Garry Larson makes a damn good textbook.
February 18th, 2006 at 5:35 pm
C’mon, DJ, you need to draw comics making fun of Mohammed!
(And I’m not saying this just because when the jihad blows you up, my hand-sketched copy of Yirmumah #1 will buy me a house.)
February 18th, 2006 at 6:41 pm
I heard someone offered some dollars too - but to draw cartoons on the theme “holocaust”. Guess someone found a way to fight fire with fire. Or, in this case, toon to toon.
Makes one wonder: Wouldn’t the world be better if only we could fight THIS way? Like, “har har, my toon is way best than yours” and that’s it. I think everyone gets the best out of it. Except for the loser. That can go out and just hang himself up. Oh well…
About the healing power of comics: Maybe you just haven’t realised it yet, but I think yours already HAVE some “mood-alteration” capabilities. I mean, seriously - you’re one of the only guys who ALWAYS update on time, with a good comic, ALWAYS usual number of panels…when I’m in a bad mood, your comic out of a sudden just makes me laugh, or, at least, make me smile. That makes me WAY less agressive in traffic, deal better with people…and that might have some chain effects on those people I deal with. So, if the butterfly effect is correct, you just stopped, like, 20 wars. Or 2 world wars. Whoa.
February 18th, 2006 at 7:43 pm
yeah thats me. thanks im real excited for this. i almost bought one a couple of days ago becuase i dindt know my mom bought it for me. luckily the giftcard/creadit card thing i got didnt work
February 18th, 2006 at 10:48 pm
Wow Malogro– thats awesome man. Maybe I should put the word out that all jobs should make their employees read my comics so they dont wig out and shoot their co-workers up??? Let’s spread that word.
February 19th, 2006 at 10:26 am
Somehow, I just feel that the best way to help is….don’t. Every time you try to help someone just because you fell they need it, it backfires. Serious helping involves telling someone that he/she is a complete idiot.
Why would you tell someone that? Because you care about him/her, and you want to see them do the right thing.
Does it work?
No.
Telling someone their ways is wrong MIGHT help them initially - then, just like every human person (like you or me, for instance) they’ll feel their way is actually the best one, and will try to prove the ones who told “not to”.
The same thing happends to everyone else. Try to tell a psycho he’s a jackass for trying to kill everyone. Or a terrorist that he shouldn’t harm other people because of his/her belief because it is wrong. It just won’t work. Just remember, “the villain is always right in his mind”.
In my mind that does not apply to the little helps - the ones you do regularly by just lending a hand on what someone feels it’s right too. Help carrying something, giving a ride…
Buy IMO, human minds are turd. Mine included.
PS: That is a report, I’m not trying to help you
February 19th, 2006 at 10:37 am
That’s definitly true more often than not. I know I bent over backward to help a good friend last year and he stabbed me in the back and spit on me. It was a sucky feeling beyond belief.