A nasty story about the power of drawn imagery. The power to make such things, also brings responsibility in being able to justify what you create. The link, is as reported by the BBC.
UPDATED: 18th September
A response to this story from the USA,
linked here.
And coverage of the aftermath of the event from Sweden
Posted by Matt Buck at 10:21 AM 0 comments
Labels: Bloghorn, Lars Vilks, Mohammed cartoons, PCO Procartoonists, propaganda, the cartoon portfolio website
The BBC magazine has produced an interesting piece on family board games from World War 2. When you read the piece and look at the games, they were clearly no more than thinly disguised political propaganda.
At the time these were made, sold and distributed, the government, who encouraged their production, was clearly, keenly aware of the power that drawn cartoon and comic imagery had as an attractive sales device.
Presumably, BLOGHORN thinks, the power of what professional artists do, has not changed in the intervening 60 years, but the context in which art with a message can be used has clearly changed a very great deal. What do you think?
Posted by Matt Buck at 1:41 PM 2 comments
Labels: art business, Bloghorn, original artwork, PCO Procartoonists, propaganda, World War 2
