Artwork Request

[barnbwt]

Any cartoonists on the board? I can't draw people

Concept for a political cartoon;
-A 'criminal' (handgun or cheap SMG), a 'gunowner' (let's say an OFWG with funky ban-state AR15 or shotgun), and a 'terrorist' (AK47) lined up side by side in one frame, 'gunowner' in the middle
-Above 'gunowner' (only), hang a multitude of "Swords of Damocles" labeled "GCA, NFA, FOPA, LEOPA, ITAR, 922r, AWB, UBCs, Safe Storage, CHL, Open Carry Harassment, Ammo Tax, Registry, FOID, Constructive Possession/Intent, Prohibited Persons, FBI Stings..." --you get the idea--
-The strings suspending the swords gather into a messy knot labeled "laws & regulations," above the knot they all come to a single point labeled "safety" with a halo over the word
-So many are the swords, a dark shadow surrounds 'gunowner' (only) labeled "common sense gun control" about his feet
-'Gunowner' has a blissful expression (depending on caption), bad guys seem either uneasy (and nervously glancing up at swords & 'gunowner') or pointing & laughing at 'gunowner' & swords
-Speech bubble or quotation caption at the bottom; "<'gunowner' looking at reader> I hardly even notice them anymore" or "At last, I can feel safe!" (alternately, frustrated gunowner saying "Maybe I should just move")
-Title/heading; "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed"

Sounds busy, but good cartoons usually are, and have a couple messages going on

TCB

 

[jamesjames]

Ah... interesting concepts there. Sounds a little more like a manifesto than a cartoon, though.

Seriously, political cartoons are like telling a joke. There's the set-up and then the punchline. Too much complexity spoils the message. Sorry to rain on parade.

 

[barnbwt]

Ah... interesting concepts there. Sounds a little more like a manifesto than a cartoon, though.

While not in fashion presently (case in point any major newspaper's cartooning today), it was once common for people to think in terms of more than one fleeting idea at a time. Set-ups & punchlines are for "comics" meant to be quickly forgotten, cartoons are about communicating ideas through imagery or satire --there may or may not be a punchline or anything humorous at all.

Reading the comic pane from top to bottom;
1) All the gun laws purport to act in the name of safety
2) They only stay the hand of the already non-violent who choose to abide them
3) There is presently a comically diverse array of laws, few of which make sense, of which nearly none of the public demanding more is aware
4) The laws actually constitute a disincentive to obey the law in many places, if one is to be a gun owner (registry in CT, mag bans in CO)
5) Additional new laws are obviously pointless or counterproductive

Manifesto, whatever, there's a certain number of moving parts to this topic that need to be addressed in order to present an argument. No, it's not as easy or straightforward as spelling "NRA" with the bloody corpses of school children & pretending that means something

Seriously, political cartoons are like telling a joke. There's the set-up and then the punchline. Too much complexity spoils the message.

"A picture's worth a thousand words," --yes, describing every detail is a bit tedious, that is what the cartoon is for . It's a single titled/captioned frame, three characters, and a handful of labels. It's not that complicated.

TCB