Something to Draw From

We were waiting for someone to say something intelligent about the whole thing and today it came from the Times’ Michael Kimmelman. “A Startling New Lesson in the Power of Imagery” talks about how quickly those Danish editorial cartoons achieved worldwide notoriety. Kimmelman makes comparisons to American pieces of art that were boycotted in a similar spirit.

But, technically, editorial cartoonists are illustrators. They’re hired to solve a problem visually, and more akin to designers than fine artists.

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