My take on comic book artist/writer & screen writer Frank Miller’s idiotic rant on his Blog about the Occupy movement.
The image of the banker with the bag full of money as a head was taken from one of Thomas Nast’s political cartoons back in 1871 for Harper’s Weekly. Thomas is considered by some the father of political/editorial cartoons. I thought it fit just right for this.
I wanted to post more info about this cartoon but my schedule has been insane the last 2 weeks that just don’t have the time. So have a good week and take care.
Frank
Here is the Thomas Nast image from Harper’s Weekly that I pulled this idea of the ‘bag of money head’ from:
Isn’t it always someone elses fault. And aren’t we all good at regulating ourselves on everything at all times. Great one frank! (Hansen..not Miller)
That tongue is so firmly in cheek, I think it poked out the other side! Well done, Frank, love the Nast homage.
I think we cartoonists should seriously think about setting up some sort of help fund for those poor wall street billionaires. Some of them have lost millions!
Miller is a pox upon humanity lately. I will never forgive him for raping the Spirit. I knew Will Eisner, and you sir are no Will Eisner!!!!!!!!!
And remember what happens on Wall St stays on Wall street!!!
My thoughts on Thomas Nast are mixed; on one hand, he satirized such terrible figures as Boss Tweed with bravery and wit, on the other hand he was really prejudiced (check out any cartoon he did about the Irish) and fought for some causes that wouldn’t be very popular today (and for all of you young’ns out there, Nast originated the donkey/elephant symbols for the Democrat/Republican parties, respectively).
As for Frank Miller, I tuned him out completely after what he did to The Spirit!
Yes, Thomas Nast is a mix bag for sure. He had a lot to do with spreading the ideas of Irish Catholics as a bunch of drunken go for nothing which should make me a little more angry since I am Irish Catholic. He definitely used his power and influence inappropriately at times and probably had a sizable ego himself. It’s amazing that any cartoonist would have had that much influence and power ever. Things have changed indeed.
There still are powerful cartoonists who shove their politics and prejudices down the masses’ collective throat. *cough*Seth MacFarlane*cough*!
Wasn’t The Spirit just atrocious?
Yes…yes, it was…may the hurt someday be healed.
Okay, I read Miller’s blog post, and yes, it is a bit silly. However, I do think the OWS people are a bit silly because the economic crisis couldn’t have happened without government regulation and the Federal Reserve, so they’re really going after a symptom of the problem, and not the source of the problem.
As for The Spirit, he had no special powers, no fancy gimmicks, and not even a flashy costume. Eisner’s graphic storytelling was really what made The Spirit good, and I don’t see how you can transfer *that* to the screen. Otherwise, the movie really wasn’t that bad on its own terms.
Good work, Frank. I really like the nod to Nast.