Rob Rogers Cartoon Elicits Strong Response From Police Order

The headline in the linked-to report may be a bit troublesome in that it could too easily link the incident in question to recent cartoon controversies, but I think the article's narrative seems solid: Rob Rogers made a strong statement about a local black man's confrontation with white police officers, and the police department organization now confronts that opinion and its implication. This would distinguish itself from similar cartoons that face criticism in the important way that it was Rogers' intention to make the statement he did rather than some sort of misreading or misstep or mishap on the cartoonist's part that the editor or the cartoonist himself has to now try and spin. That's a very different thing. I like that Rogers has dug in and he's right: it's his job to do cartoons on important issues. Whether or not he's doing his job well is an open venue for criticism, as always, but I hope that Pittsburgh readers and civic leaders see this kind of thing differently than some cartoonist not in control of their communicative faculties for whatever reason. I think an editorial cartoonist willing to make strong stands and to unpack them through comics and cartooning is something to be treasured, not apologized for.
 
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