I get that a lot, usually from people who confuse "cartoon" with "comic." Editorial cartoons are commentary, and while humor is a tool editorial cartoonists frequently use, there are times when humor is not appropriate. Sometimes the serious cartoon has the greater impact.
Don't expect to get a belly laugh out of this slideshow. I put it together in hopes it might cause people to reflect a little. It has an accompanying soundtrack. I hope you enjoy it.
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CHAN LOWE has been the Sun Sentinel’s first and only editorial cartoonist for the past twenty-six years. Before that, he worked as cartoonist and writer for the Oklahoma City Times and the Shawnee (OK) News-Star.
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Comments
This should be watched again and again. The emotional impact is stunning and repetition doesn't diminish its powerful messages.
Posted by: Liz Doup | May 12, 2008 5:22 PM
Wow. And the music is so perfect...haunting...
Posted by: TJ | May 12, 2008 8:03 PM
Regarding Chan Lowe's request for opinions on his cartoons:
I just finished observing the Sun-Sentinel's online page showing Lowe's cartoons. He wants readers opinions - yes or no -on his recent creations. I find neither humor in them nor much political insight. I admit to wondering what in Mr. Lowe's resume should convince me to hold his liberal opinion above that of Harry, my neighbor who also likes to doodle.
Delray Beach, Fla.
Posted by: Frank Gottman | May 12, 2008 9:05 PM
This is absolutely BEAUTIFUL
and incredibly moving.
Thank you.
Posted by: jean alvarez | May 13, 2008 11:24 AM
Good work - and actually I couldn't help but laugh at some, esp. the one on the "Sanctity of Life Day."
Posted by: Lois_Lane | May 13, 2008 2:20 PM
To Frank Gottman--
Would sure like to see those "doodles"
of Harry's. Maybe he can be a
Pulitzer Prize finalist--just like Chan
Lowe.
Posted by: Robert | May 13, 2008 2:25 PM
To Lois_Lane
I would also like to see Harry's "doodles" they couldn't be worse than this.
Pultizer Prize?
"Just because a monkey claps, doesn't mean that something great happened!"
-me
Posted by: J-Bo | May 21, 2008 1:39 PM