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Keira (She/Her)

I found out today that one of my favourite cartoonists dies in January, aged 95.

He had an impact on me, because I read his 1959 book "Passionella and other stories" when I was very young and politically impressionable - I was around 10 and found it on the shelf in my God father's house. He didn't know where it had come from, and gave it to me.

I really only read the title story, Passionella, to look at the boobs.

But the two stories that made an impact on me were Munro, about bureaucratic absurdities, and Boom, about nuclear testing. I thought they were the most insightful stuff. I even studied them for English class when I was a bit older, around 16. If my teacher thought it was weird that I, daughter of a tradie and a part time clerical worker, had a copy of a satire from 1959, and chose it among any work of fiction for a report, he didn't mention it.

I lost my original copy when I lent it to a friend who never returned it. My partner found me another one though :)

Anyway, I've pulled out some sections that I think are still apt. Enjoy.

A satire cartoon ink drawing. Each section has many floating heads, indicating a crowd of people. 1. (the crowd of people looks alarmed). Text reads: Once there was a people who discovered their leader had no morals and no ethics. And they said "someone should do something to get rid of him". 2. (the crowd of people looks annoyed). Text reads: But no one did. So they said, "The right people should get rid of him" 3. (the crowd of people looks angry). Text reads: But no right people could be found, So they said "The leadership should get rid of him" 4. (the crowd of people looks worried). Text reads: But the leadership excused itself. So they said "The law should take care of him" 5. (the crowd of people looks scared). Text reads: But no law came forward. So they said "We're tired of hearing about it. Time will take care of him." 6. (the crowd of people in only a few now, and they are old). Text reads: And after a while many of the people died. And those who were left said, "What did he do that was so bad in the first place?" 7. (the crowd of people now all look like Richard Nixon, smiling). Text reads: To which their children added, "Beats me, he is exactly like the rest of us."
An ink image from a satire comic book. The image is of buildings on hills, with craters between. The text sits between each crater, a few words at a time, and reads: "This test has added no appreciable amount of radioactive fallout to the atmosphere."
An ink drawing from a satire comic book. The scene is drawn from above, and shows a little boy facing a military man behind a desk, with a phone and paperwork on it. The man is looking at the paperwork, not at the boy. The text reads: The sergeant did not look up. The way to always tell it's a sergeant is if he doesn't ever look up. Finally he said It is the official policy of the army not to draft men of four. Ergo you cannot be four. Ergo you only think you are four. Go on sick call.
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Rafa Font 🌻 🇪🇺 🏀

This is a milk *carton*.

In Spanish, we call it a *brick* of milk, using the English word brick (un brick de leche).

I have just realised that we call it brick because it resembles a brick 🤦‍♂️🧱🥛 (and because it's the trademark: Tetra Brick).

But of course, in English it's not called brick.

A milk carton
#brick#carton
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