Tom Humberstone – the artist sometimes known as The VentedSpleen – tells me he is heading off with a journalist chum Dan Hancox to the US of A shortly. The reason? Well, like the great Hunter S Thompson before them they will be hitting the election campaign trail for the US Presidential elections:
“Let’s make this relationship special again…
During the 2008 US Presidential Election’s decisive first six weeks we’re going to be out there on the road: meeting, greeting, charming and confusing the American people.
While the real journalists are at press conferences flashing their laminates and collecting official statements, we’re going to be in the bar around the corner, drinking whisky with attractive young Republicans in sharp suits, or having coffee with grizzled old Democrats who once met Jimmy Carter.
We fly in to the United States on 30th December, and will be blogging through the duration of our trip, Dan writing the words, and Tom drawing the pictures.”
Tom and Dan have already set up their My Fellow Americans site where you will be able to follow their progress. I must admit I’m quite looking forward to seeing what comics interpretations of the electoral madness Tom comes up with out of all of this (my understanding of the process is limited – as far as I know it has something to do with an electrical college and which party can afford to buy the most balloons). And I know Dan Goldman is also planning some comics commentary on the 2008 elections; I wonder who else from the world of comics is going to be doing something related to the presidential race? I enjoy a well-crafted political cartoon, so a whole comic themed this way should prove pretty interesting.
Mon, Dec 17, 2007
Comics and cartoons