Comics I Don’t Understand

Should a Killer Be Treated More Leniently If the Murder CAN’T Be Proven to Have Been a Hate Crime?

Cidu Bill on Sep 22nd 2011

My thoughts about the killer of James Byrd who was executed last night, and the killer of James Byrd who won’t be

Filed in Bill Bickel, CJA, death penalty, hate crimes, polls, racism | Comments Off

Offensive and Politically Incorrect Advertising

Cidu Bill on Dec 30th 2010

Old Ads and Old and New Ads

That being said, I have no idea why this one (apparently by a sweater company) is included with the sexist ads:

And (though I know what a postage meter is) I have no idea what this one even means:

Filed in Bill Bickel, advertising, racism, sexism | 44 responses so far

The 2009 ”What The HELL Were They Thinking?” Award Goes to…

Cidu Bill on Feb 20th 2009

The New York Post. Because it’s inconceivable that anybody’s going to top this one (and yes, “inconceivable” does mean what I think it means).

Where do you even start? As racist as it is, and it’s plenty racist, this political cartoon doesn’t even begin to make any sense.My first thought when I saw this was, Does the New York Post have no editors? Nobody whose job it is to say Whoa, this is probably not a good idea?

But it turns out the Post continues to believe no mistake was made. Editor-in-Chief Col Allan said, “The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington’s efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist.”

Well, of course he is. But like the broken clock that’s correct twice a day, Sharpton’s absolutely right this time.

Filed in Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, New York Post, monkeys, political cartoons, racism | 110 responses so far

Racist Comic of the Week

Cidu Bill on Nov 4th 2008

You don’t think so? Then try rewriting it with the colors reversed and see how it looks.

The reality is, the majority of white voters — or close to it, anyway — will probably be voting for Obama today; and according to the most recent polls, upwards of 95% of black voters will be voting for… Obama.

So with all due respect, Mr. Billingsley… Okay, actually I’ve been sitting here for ten minutes trying to complete this sentence. I can’t. This comic is just ugly and I’m sure Senator Obama would feel the same way.

Filed in Barack Obama, Curtis, Ray Billingsley, comic strips, comics, humor, politics, racism | 50 responses so far