There was a flap about a cartoon in the Carnegie Mellon student newspaper that was racially offensive. And I, exercising my right as an American to be immature and voyeuristic, would like to see it. Anybody know where I might find it?
You can see it at the author’s web page along with his commentary here:
Here - It’s pretty bad.
Its a comic so I assume he was trying to be funny. I have no problem with someone being offensive on purpose (or for a purpose) as long as its done with some talent. There wasn’t even a hint of humor in that strip. The explaination just made it less funny.
Do his parets realize they are spending tens of thousands of dollars for their kid to do this crap?
And I certainly agree with the rest of the other postings that NONE of those comics on that page is funny.
The fact that the Natrat runs this guy’s work shows that no better cartoonists dwell at Carnegie Mellon. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. CM is known for serious, intense scholars. The student-artist in question will probably get snatched up by Nissan.
I dunno, I thought the last one was kind of funny. I may try that when the Mormons come by.
All in all, though, not amusing.
Not only are they offensive but plagarist as well. They are not original cartoons but just different dialogue added to the artwork from Stephan Pastis’ Pearls Before Swine. The particular panel appears to be similar to the one from 3/24 and may have had the last panel pasted up or have been a complete copy of an earlier strip.