Who could it refer to? Any number of useless politicians and greedy bankers
I hope Grizelda, the excellent cartoonist of The Oldie won’t mind this salute to her skills.
I put it in for two reasons.
First because it’s so timely as we wait for the next rogue to shuffle off the stage with a big fat pension – and probably lucrative posts on a few time-wasting committees – after screwing things up for the rest of us. The shameless Bliar must be the preeminent example.
But secondly because a friend told me that quite a few good copywriters were cartoonists. I could only think of one good copywriter – Gray Jolliffe – who became a wonderful cartoonist, but maybe a reader knows of others.
I do think, though, that to do either job well you have to have a gift for compressing thoughts.
Much appreciate You, Drayton,
am zealous reader of all your stuff
for six consecutive years now…
[just write my very first comment here..]
Then cartoons matter I am using ’em
quite extensively indeed, because they
never failed getting some new clients or
reanimating somewhat stagnant ones…
Although, I constantly feel pity being unable to
compress thoughts into great cartoon for myself,
even if am drawing the most of by myself … lol
PS: do You mind if I ask You a Q, Sir? ::
why do You ignore that ditto Cookies Law?
Script is gratis ya… 🙂
Thanks – and the reason I ignore that ditto Cookies Law is I have no idea what it is. My ignorance never fails to astound me. I am amazed I even make a living. However I have a partner (domestic) who is mush clever than me and she is trying to explain it right now.
I don’t know a lot of copywriters who’ve taken up cartooning–but I do know of a brilliant marketer who started as a cartoonist, then became a copywriter, and then a marketing guru: Sean D’Souza of Psychotactics, out of New Zealand.