When Mike passed me this week’s New Yorker cover, I thought to myself, “Monopoly! I bet the Occupy Wall Street folks have already updated it.” And lo and behold, they have:
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The Occupy Wall Street USA Monopoly Game
Editorial cartoons can have a huge impact on popular opinion. By clarifying issues in a visual format, drawing on popular symbols and myths, these artists manage to say something everyone can sense but can’t quite verbalize. “Yes,” we think, “that’s exactly it!”
New Yorker cover October 24, 2011
Click here for an overview of the history of political editorial cartoons:
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