I think where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away from the effectiveness of the cartoon. So it is not that i am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring the message that i am trying to communicate to the audience. Gets to the audience. Brian this is a personal question. We will talk about your book. Are you really the brother to two sisters that are medical doctors and two brothers as well . Michael i am. And their spouses are as well. We have like nine people that are closely related better all that are all doctors. The only way i can get them to show up at family reunions is i say i deal with politicians and congress, so i am sort like a proctologist. Them a sort of let me into the family reunion. Brian go back to this, two sisters and two brothers are medical doctors. And how many of their spouses are . Michael my older brother is a fertility specialist.
Brian michael ramirez, have you ever drawn a cartoon of mohammed, and if you have not, would you . Michael you know, i havent. And i probably would not comment to be honest with you. I dont do controversial cartoons just for the sake of controversy. The point of editorial cartooning is to reach a message to the audience that will not be overshadowed by the controversy surrounding it. Where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away from the effectiveness of the cartoon. So it is not that i am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring the message that i am trying to communicate to the audience. Brian this is a personal uestion. We will talk about your book. Are you really the brother to two sisters that are medical doctors and two brothers as well . Michael i am. And their spouses are as well. We have like nine people that are closely related better all doctors. The
Brian michael ramirez, have you ever drawn a cartoon of mohammed, and if you have not, would you . Michael you know, i havent. And i probably would not comment to be honest with you. I dont do controversial cartoons just for the sake of controversy. The point of editorial cartooning is to reach a message to the audience that will not be overshadowed by the controversy surrounding it. Where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away from the effectiveness of the cartoon. So it is not that i am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring the message that i am trying to communicate gets to the audience. Brian this is a personal question. When i read this, it was the first thing i wanted to ask you about. We will talk about your book. Are you really the brother to two sisters that are medical doctors and two brothers as well . Michael i am. And their spouses are as well.
A look at some political cartoons but they Donald Trump Oval Office and another told new york city mayor that there is a reallife homeless family living. Next we will take a look at a discussion about what inspires political cartoonists and how technology has changed their profession. This is an hour and a half. Welcome to the above and annual William Mcgowan Communications Technology and government. With president ial elections forever percolating and candidates juxtaposition, this is an appropriate time to discuss freedom of speech, communications and political cartoons. How do political cartoons make a difference . We can probably agree a picture is worth a thousand words and the pen is mightier than the sword. Political cartoons by articulating a memorable, visual image was scanned or zero words powerfully advance the argument and expand the conversation. As far back as 1754, ben franklin published his timeless political cartoons, join or die. It was a sneak cut into segments repre
Little conversation with the reader and you address the reader directly in your work. Is that something you think about . Totally conscious. Another big influence on me are my dads side of the family. Every holiday, it would end up that we would be down in the cellar at my great uncles house , at the bar, and everybody would be spinning these funny stories. So the context is, this guy is telling you these stories in a bar, and you are not sure whether to believe him or not. So ill is have that in mind when i am telling a story, even when i tell now i work my stories out on my twoyearold and my sevenyearold. I cant trick them as easily as i can trick everybody else. [laughter] david s. all right, jen, do you want to advance the thing every time . Jen sure. David s. this is a piece from jens where it is a series of panels and she is going to go one panel at a time. Jen this is hillary clinton, pro versus con. On the pro side, we will Keep Health Care reform, saving countless lives, on th