Found this in todays' Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Check out my Feb 25 toon. Eerie. And I don't mean the lake.
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Found this in todays' Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Check out my Feb 25 toon. Eerie. And I don't mean the lake.
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Comments (28)
John: Can you say, "Plagiarism"?
Posted by Tom Wms. | February 28, 2011 2:45 PM
Posted on February 28, 2011 14:45
Hey Tom
Occassionally, I get questioned about where my ideas come from. Well, they come from EVERYWHERE. Rarely, I'll do a piece that pops up on another artist's radar. What happened? Don't know, can't know.
Kirk Walters is a big dog.in editorial circles. Did he see and like the puppet idea? Who the hell knows? I just get a kick out seeing something similar pop up at all. Eerie.
Posted by John Cox | February 28, 2011 3:21 PM
Posted on February 28, 2011 15:21
Hmmmmmm......fishy. And I don't mean anything about Lake Erie either.
Posted by GarandFan | February 28, 2011 4:12 PM
Posted on February 28, 2011 16:12
HEY G
The puppet is not talking. It's holding a sign. Now, my puppets talk as if the puppeteer is debating with himself; a sounding board for his emotional dilemma.
Who writes the sock puppets' sign? Why is it funny if the puppet is mute? Walters take doesn't have the psychosis angle.
If he saw my cartoon, he didn't get it.
Posted by John Cox | February 28, 2011 4:32 PM
Posted on February 28, 2011 16:32
John, I think yours was better. Maybe there is a rush on to emulate you.
Posted by Tom Wms. | February 28, 2011 4:33 PM
Posted on February 28, 2011 16:33
"Maybe there is a rush on to emulate you."
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but there can be only one John Cox!
Posted by GarandFan | February 28, 2011 4:56 PM
Posted on February 28, 2011 16:56
Hey G
Thanks for the kind word. Just banging away at what I enjoy.
Posted by John Cox | February 28, 2011 5:03 PM
Posted on February 28, 2011 17:03
The sock puppet would have to write its own sign. I think Walters gets the psychosis angle--I also think he's churning out product so fast, trying to stay current & on top of his game--that sometimes subtleties slip. It works this way--but it's not as funny--& it's belabored.
How many times have you painted, drawn, written, or said something--only to think weeks (or sometimes days, or sometimes even minutes) later, "Oh, man--if I'd only just have ________."
Posted by Terwiliger | February 28, 2011 5:33 PM
Posted on February 28, 2011 17:33
Uhhhhhhhhhh? I agree with T. that "he's churning out product so fast, trying to stay current & on top of his game"! Let's face it, when something is due every day, these guys don't necessarily have the best idea every day. He has certainly seen John's material and that stokes the imagination. What ever! WE (that's us) do know,.... that if the puppet doesn't sing, it ain't funny. How's that for analysis?
ps..with that said, this guy stole that idea.
Posted by Cowboy | February 28, 2011 10:01 PM
Posted on February 28, 2011 22:01
I think the key phrase is "another key advisor abandons Kaddafi": here Kaddafi is portrayed as a puppeteer without his puppets. There is no psychosis involved - it's just another way of illustrating how Kaddafi is slowly losing his de facto power.
In the end, I think it is all just a coincidence. However, the Hitler puppet was much more fun!
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Posted on March 2, 2011 11:50
Sorry Candace. I misspelled you name. I'm not perfect, I'm just an old newspaper guy.
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