Tuesday, February 26, 2008

BILL WATTERSON POST CARTOON

...or #3. I swear I've post two of these, but I can only find the first post.


In this cartoon from August 14th, 1980, Jimmy Carter had been victorious over Sen. Ted Kennedy in a convention battle over the presidential nomination. At the convention, Kennedy tried to turn some of Carter's delegates, which has shades of a possible upcoming struggle between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Here in the cartoon, a tiny Carter has felled Kennedy like David vs. Goliath. His victory will be short-lived however, with Ronald Reagan waiting to knock him into oblivion.
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5 comments:

  1. BrubakerMarch 4, 2008 at 9:31 AM

    Very interesting. Please post more!

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  2. AnonymousMarch 4, 2008 at 12:47 PM

    Matt, great stuff. Would you mind if I posted these on my Watterson art page?

    http://ignatz.brinkster.net/cbillart.html

    Drop me a line!

    escapevelocity [at] hotmail

    Thanks! ---Tim

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  3. AnonymousMarch 6, 2008 at 5:48 PM

    God bless you sir for posting these. If the Post was smart they would have collected these in book form.

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  4. Rob TornoeMarch 7, 2008 at 6:24 PM

    I posted this on my blog as well. I credited you and linked to your site. I think these are a treasure and I'm eager to see more.

    How are you getting copies of these?

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  5. Matt TauberMarch 7, 2008 at 7:52 PM

    Rob - I went to the public library and printed them from the microfilm editions of the newspaper.

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