Famous Cartoonists Solve Real-World Problems (Maybe, Sort Of)

* Scott Adams penned a funny op-ed for the Wall Street Journal last week, on lousy ideas to get more tax money from the rich. I thought it clever: Adams says that his lousy ideas -- like allowing rich people with an extra tax burden to use the carpool lane and park in handicapped spots -- are a stepping-stone to better ones. Even if you don't think the article amusing you have to admit it's a natural way for him to leverage the general expertise with which he might be credit by doing Dilbert, although Adams would like roll his eyes at that.

* the writer of this article on how to restore one's damaged on-line reputation kicks off the piece with an anecdote about Zapiro. Apparently the famed South African cartoonist had his work republished by some wacko sites, which led him to worry that people might think 1) he endorsed the views expressed on those sites, 2) the work in that context might allow people to think differently about the views he expresses. There's no callback to the Zapiro story at the article's end as one might hope, so who knows how that turned out. The reason it's worth noting is that longtime fans of Robert Crumb will recall that his "Goddamn" cartoons, a pair satirical efforts one guesses are meant to stab at people's fears of black people and Jewish people, have long been appropriated by right-wing sites. Crumb's reaction, unlike the folks describe in the article, seems to be to ignore them.
 
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