Martin Rowsons Work

This political caricature is a piece of work by Cartoonist Martin Rowson. This shows Alistair Darling acknowledging the pressures of rising petrol prices on families and business. Its funny how satire is only as good as whats going in within current affairs. Id like to know what seperates good satire from bad satire.

Tex Avery (Uncle Toms Cabana) BANNED FROM TV!!

This is another one of Tex Aver's works I like. This is one of the lesser racist cartoons for the time. But, the the african american (black) characters are drawn with those satirically racist characteristics of big lips etc. I totally understand why it was banned. the white character looks like the devil or "white devil" is how I think he was suppose to be portrayed. I actually think Tex was advocating the the African Americans in this one, animating parody's of the racist time like at 3mins 14secs, on the sign "No Dogs allowed, Wolves welcome". This was obviously a satire of the Jim crow laws. Id quite like to take one of these black characters, design my own one in 3d and them animate him.

Red Riding Hood

Here is a Tex Avery cartoon, which I came across. its quite satirical in the context of the characters (the wolf, grandma and red riding hood) at the beginning being sick and tired of how the traditional story of Red riding hood always begins in the same way.
Tex Avery cartoons are classic and always hold very important messages about our society (in particular, American society), which is why I love them so much.

The Art Of William Hogarth

Something I found on the net (I think its) by a History Teacher.
Its a video about a series of sequential paintings by 18th century English artist William Hogarth called "A Rake's Progress", which illustrate in a satirical fashion the life of a fictional character in a series of eight paintings . The canvases were produced in 1732–33 then engraved and published in print form in 1735. The series shows the decline and fall of Tom Rakewell, the spendthrift son and heir of a rich merchant, who comes to London, wastes all his money on luxurious living, prostitution and gambling, and as a consequence is imprisoned in the Fleet Prison and ultimately Bedlam.

Aims and objectives of satire:
To me, this is supposed to show how one who squanders money can end up in absolute disaster. Overspending is a common human trait, and is very easy to adopt by those with a poor mentality. Since Tom was the son of a wealthy man, this story illustrates what being born with a silver spoon in your mouth can lead to. Tom obviously could not handle the responsibility of running his own busines and managing huge finances.

Hogarth and caricature

Here lies an engraving by a Painter, writer and (most importantly) a pictorial satirist William Hogarth, the famous 18th century artist who specialised in "painting and engraving modern moral subjects ... to treat my subjects as a dramatic writer; my picture was my stage", as he himself remarked in his manuscript notes.

Wilkes is seen holding on the end of his staff the cap of liberty, a soft cap worn by Roman slaves who had been freed by their masters. In the eighteenth century, the cap became associated with radical politics and later featured strongly in images of the French Revolution. Hogarth has portrayed Wilkes as a grinning fool, with devilish horns and the cap suspended above his head as if it were a halo. Why this unflattering image? Hogarth and Wilkes had quarrelled, and this was Hogarth’s revenge.
As it seems that William Hogarth is one of the main historical Pinoneers of satire, I think I shall be looking up more of his works along with Michael Moore.

Michael Moore For President

Recently, satirist, Michael Moore made a film called "Capitalism, A Love Story".
I saw "farenheit 9/11" and I remember loving its parody of how American politicaians let down their society with a spider-web of conspiracy theories. This link here is the trailor for the film which serves, more than excessively, as a teaser. I cant wait to analyse the latest matter of his satirical criticsm and what is tells us today about American society in general.