tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post6061071822800861844..comments2023-12-11T08:49:46.305+00:00Comments on Dizzy Thinks: Is the Independent suffering from myopia about its own content?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-81321043976639092922008-09-05T16:51:00.000+01:002008-09-05T16:51:00.000+01:00Not sure that is right here - extract below from a...Not sure that is right here - extract below from an article by Dave Brown, the cartoonist, which seems to indicate that he has the idea and is largely in control of the process beyond the choice of story:<BR/><BR/>"I manage to absorb the day's news by osmosis. The Today programme comes on at 6am and I lie half-asleep trying to ignore it, then I sit down with all the newspapers over breakfast. I have BBC News 24 on, too, which means that there are about three sources of news competing for my attention. <BR/><BR/>"At about 10.30am I call the comment desk. By that time, I'll have a shortlist of the main stories. I'll have a discussion with Adrian Hamilton, the comment editor, and between us we either alight on one story or choose two or three that are good, from which I decide the one I like best. Having decided on a topic, I just sit down and try to decide what I think about it, and how I'm going to approach it. <BR/><BR/>"Once I've got an idea I'm happy with, I do a rough pencil-sketch and fax it over to the desk for them to approve. It can be nice to have another person's point of view, but you do also have to trust yourself. If you have a cartoon passed round the office, then eight different people will give you eight completely different views on it. You'll end up with a cartoon drawn by committee, which will please nobody. In the end, you have to trust that what you find funny and what works for you will work for the rest of the audience. You get a feel for it over the years."<BR/><BR/><BR/>Whole article at http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/art-and-architecture/features/art-of-darkness-dave-brownrsquos-merciless-satire-849084.htmlBlackacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808024417861534968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-8687172900620414382008-09-05T13:37:00.000+01:002008-09-05T13:37:00.000+01:00Cartoons are commissioned.Cartoons are commissioned.dizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-60408768604229308212008-09-05T13:35:00.000+01:002008-09-05T13:35:00.000+01:00But it's a cartoon not a leading article. It stat...But it's a cartoon not a leading article. It states the view of the cartoonist not the newspaper.Blackacrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15808024417861534968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-35002514731349042012008-09-04T17:50:00.000+01:002008-09-04T17:50:00.000+01:00TRue, hitting multiple bird with one stoneTRue, hitting multiple bird with one stonedizzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04250325010662356883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-90140226448183401342008-09-04T17:42:00.000+01:002008-09-04T17:42:00.000+01:00seems to me this cartoon is a not so subtle sidesw...seems to me this cartoon is a not so subtle sideswipe at Sarah Palin's forthcoming grandchild's parentage. the indy true to form with the rest of the left wing gutter mediaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-6141127743285161932008-09-04T15:23:00.000+01:002008-09-04T15:23:00.000+01:00Content? Independent? Are you sure? Always seems t...Content? Independent? Are you sure? Always seems to me to be an utterly content free paper, fronted by hysteria on the front page.Elby the Beserkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15060519682739666145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-24856669493330096722008-09-04T15:08:00.000+01:002008-09-04T15:08:00.000+01:00The Independent is a piece of self maturbatory cra...The Independent is a piece of self maturbatory crap, thats pretty much all there is to it.Nancy's stouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05132505717432994021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22202011.post-59433471207531572222008-09-04T11:59:00.000+01:002008-09-04T11:59:00.000+01:00Did the Independent ever report the rumours that M...Did the Independent ever report the rumours that McCain was considered as VP candidate for Kerry?Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05166143973932066379noreply@blogger.com