Blaine Cartoon

This political cartoon was created by Jim Morin. This cartoon was created to show the shooting at a movie theater in Aurora, Colorado. The shooting took place in July 2012. Jim’s political cartoon was created to mock the government when it came to the NRA. It shows that the government is under the authority when it comes to shootings with the NRA.

In 1876 James G. Blaine proposed an Amendment to congress to accomplish this task, extending the religious clauses of the first amendment, and adding a prohibition of aid to parochial schools. Senator Frelinghuysen, who opposed the Blaine amendment, stated that "The Blaine Amendment very properly extends the prohibition of the first amendment of the Constitution to the States. Thus the Blaine Amendment prohibits the States, for the first time, from the establishment of religion, from prohibiting its free exercise, and from making any religious test a qualification to office." Senator Eaton of Connecticut, and others with the same objections to the Blaine Amendment, felt that the Constitution prevented congressional involvement in the peoples religious lives, and that the states should be left to make their own decisions on the matter. The Blaine Amendment was proposed to the House, passed, and then defeated in the Senate. It would be proposed to congress and defeated over and over again for the next 50 years, but not abandoned until the Supreme Court decided that the

Cartoons have been use for many years and its modern usage refers to a typically non-realistic or semi-realistic drawing or painting intended for satire, caricature, or mock different things. John Backderf, known as Derf, is a famous and recognized cartoonist “who works out of an unheated, attic studio in his Cleveland home, grew up in a rural, small town in Ohio and went to high school with serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer” (“Bio”). He drew a cartoon in 1995 in which he presents an implicit theory about how and why things evolve to be “cool”. This paper will elaborate on explaining what Derf’s theory actually is, an interpretation of the meaning presented in the cartoon, and a fad or style that follows Derf’s theory.

The Chinese Exclusion act was passed and supported because the Chinese were taking jobs from the Americans. By 1852 25,000 Chinese had already immigrated to America, and then in 1880 already 106,000 Chinese were populating the United States. Just by sheer amount, there were many people who needed jobs. The Chinese were, like many immigrants, hardworking as well as willing to work. They not only were hard workers, but did their tasks well and effectively. Delegate C.R. Kleine talks about how the Chinese reputation for work was, he says: “The mistress of the house wants a Chinaman. Why? He is very handy. She can say, ‘John Chinaman, do this’, and John does it”. Chinese men were often chosen over a white man or woman for a job and this made the Americans angry and desperate. In a play written by Henry Grimm we see a Chinese man with “plenty work, plenty money, [and] plenty to eat” then in contrast, we see a white man named Frank B. that is struggling to get by with any work, food, or money.

During the Progressive Era, many people were beginning to realize the effects of the Gilded Age, which left almost the whole nation in poverty, so some people called muckrakers rose to the challenge to help resolve the poverty problem. Among the muckrakers, Thomas Nast effectively helped try to stop a thief in office, who was secretly stealing from the country. Thomas Nast 's birthplace was Landau, Germany, and his birthdate is September 27, 1840. In 1846, he and his family immigrated to New York City. Thomas Nast was an American artist, best known for his paintings and caricatures. He is especially known for his political cartoons against The New York City political machine and promoting Radical Reconstruction during slavery. Thomas Nast was one of the most persuasive political cartoonists in America, drawing over 2,200 cartoons. Nast created a turning point in American History with his cartoons, using his artistic talent and adding dialogue. Nast left a permanent mark on the nation, to show how corrupt the nation was using symbols such as the Republican Elephant and the Tammany Tiger. Thomas Nast effectively removed corruption from the nation by working with Harper’s Weekly, attacking Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall, and using his cartoons against other groups of people who were creating flaws in the nation.

The second of the two senators was a senator named James G. Blaine. Blaine was a Republican senator from Maine during this same time period. Despite his corrupt actions, Blaine was probably the most popular Republican politician of the era. Charming, intelligent, witty, and able, he served twice as secretary of state and was a serious contender for the presidency in every election from 1876 to 1892. Blaine was a corrupt politician though. After being paid off by favors to railroads in return for money, Blaine lied to the public denying that it ever happened. Soon after, the public soon found out the truth. Blaine's corruption came back to him in 1884 when he tried to run for president. Overcome with anger towards him, Democrats would often rally: "Blaine! Blaine! James G. Blaine! / Continental liar from the state the Maine!" This kind of corruption shows how politicians were more worried about ensuring their own financial

The Blaine campaign targeted Cleveland’s record as governor of New York in a leaflet posted in New York City. Cleveland vetoed several bills that were authored by the New York Assembly under Theodore Roosevelt. One of these bills, the Tenure-of-Office Bill, would have shortened the term of the superintendent of public works, Hubert Thompson, who was known to be corrupt. Roosevelt also supervised a committee that convicted Sheriff Davidson, a leader of Irving Hall, of stealing large sums of money from New York City. Furthermore, Cleveland encountered widespread criticism from vetoing a bill that provided care for a crippled soldier, James Young. The Blaine campaign drew attention to rejected bills that would have assisted the working class.

… the pins were widely mocked and it gave Ford’s opponents an easy target for

The 90’s was an era full of amazing television series and animation shows that depicted a wide range of characters from a decent assortment of diverse backgrounds for the time. One of my favorite shows was the series Rugrats and it has some of the most memorable and recognizable characters on the planet. For this case study, I want to discuss Chuckie Finster. Chuckie is best known for being Tommy Pickles’ best friend, his crazy red hair, his big purple glasses, and for being the skittish older friend of the bunch who was always unsure of the world around them. Initially, this paper will focus on his reluctant and meticulous nature, then a deep analysis of Chuckie and his underlying problems will better help in attempting to find viable treatments that would potentially help Chuckie in the long term.

It is because of the Roosevelt Corollary, Manifest Destiny, and the nation’s newfound naval power that the United States began to be recognised as part of the “World Plunderers” (Doc A). In the 1900’s Secretary of State John Hay establishes the Open Door Policy, which states that everyone has the right to equal trade with China, regardless of status. Despite the happiness depicted in Document G, the Chinese were not happy with the policy. The man who initiated the policy was an American diplomat. The cartoon demonstrates the social darwinism that continued to exist in the United States, by using Uncle Sam as the character who has the control to decide who has the right to trade with a foreign country in the

“Okay, so now you know that I'm a cartoonist. And I think I'm pretty good at it, too. But no matter how good I am, my cartoons will never take the place of food or money. I wish I could draw a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, or a fist full of twenty dollar bills, and perform some magic trick and make it real. But I can't do that. Nobody can do that, not even the hungriest magician in the world”(7).

He used illegal means to force election of his choice for New York governor, New York City mayor, and speaker of the assembly. Finally Thomas Nast an American cartoonist who exposed William Tweed with his famous cartoons “Tammany Tiger Loose” and “Group of Vultures Waiting for The Storm to Blow Over” (“Thomas Nast”). These cartoons led Tweed’s arrest in

The difference between the intended meaning of media texts and what the audience actually perceives can be shockingly different. Producers of media can do everything possible to force audiences to experience their work in the way they want them to, but in the end they still take away many different meanings even within the same audience. Stuart Hall outlines this in his encoding and decoding model. One of the most apparent examples of this is the television show South Park. The television show South Park is a media text with the producers’ preferred meaning of being decoded as joke or as being satire, but many audience members take an oppositional stance of taking it seriously. This is clear from the examples of controversy when South Park aired episodes focused on Scientology, red-headed people, and Islam. Through these examples it is demonstrated that the producers of media have less power compared to the audience in determining the meaning of media.

What differentiated Kirby from most illustrators was his ability to piece the art together and his impeccable technique using dots and lines. The amount of line work used never gets in the way of what he is trying to say. Kirby realizes that a line must be beautiful and functional; if a line is only beautiful then the readers will disregard the benefit of the line and focus strictly on its beauty. Kirby is also aware that without a sound structure, no amount of rendering can save a drawing. The line work in any Kirby drawing serves two functions. The first function is to inform the reader on the intentions of the story before them. The second function is to address the the subconscious mind of the readers. Subtle use of line weight, texture,

Imagine this, a demented man dressed like a clown escapes prison only to shoot a woman in the stomach and rape her. Now imagine that he kidnaps her father, strips him naked, and torture him physically as well as mentally by showing him the pictures of his daughter slowly dying while being rapped. You might be asking what horror movie this is from? It is actually from a wildly popular comic book called “The Killing Joke”. Although appearing to be childish, comic books show many adult themes such as violence, gore, and pornography, thereby making them unsuitable for children.