Thursday, March 20

supersonicsoultoon: Bye, George



I realize that this cartoon may be difficult for some of you to understand without some background. The Cliffs Notes:
  • Washington State is named after the United States' first president, George Washington.
  • The state government is represented here by a caricature of George.
  • There's a joke being made here that may require some knowledge of the Sonics' arena situation. It may not even be a funny joke.
  • George Washington never really played basketball, but did you know that his teeth were made out of whale bone?
Yes, this should have come out a week ago. Maybe I'm a bit too much like George myself.

--chunk

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11 Comments:

i'm diggin the cartoons chunk. keep them coming. glad to see them compiled on flicker.

solidgoldlovechild

By Blogger solidgoldlovechild, at 3/20/2008 4:28 AM  

Comedy rule #1: Never explain your jokes!

Brilliant work as usual, my friend. Your imaginary check is in the mail.

By Blogger Paul Merrill, at 3/20/2008 7:56 AM  

SGLC - Glad that the Chinese gub'mint has Supersonicsoul on their "safe" list. Thanks for the comment.

Paul - I never went to comedy school, Remember? I got sick and you went in my place, stealing all my glory. I was the comedic Drew Bledsoe.

By Blogger chunkstyle23, at 3/20/2008 8:05 AM  

Well played! You should be a cartoonist! Seriously, good job Raf! -K

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3/20/2008 8:38 AM  

Hilarious, and sadly accurate of what happened in the past week in Olympia.

Love the whale bone reference - I'm guessing you read the same slate.com article about John Adams that I did!

By Anonymous ryan, at 3/20/2008 8:48 AM  

Nice work, Raf. And talk about retro jerseys - we're talking 1700s here! Any chance you can work up a design? I'm thinking the Sonics could use the coat George is sporting as a warm-up jacket ...

By Anonymous Nuss, at 3/20/2008 9:14 AM  

Perfect. Man I hate those Olympia buffoons.

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3/20/2008 10:38 AM  

Sweet 'toon, guys. Very Schulz-esque (Charles, not Howard).

By Anonymous Anonymous, at 3/20/2008 11:11 AM  

This cartoon makes me happy they didn't name the state "Columbia" like some originally wanted to.

Keep up the great work!

By Blogger Alan, at 3/20/2008 9:19 PM  

It might not be new, but for those who haven't heard of it, the Suns and most importantly Shaq shared their thoughts on the Sonics' situation:

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/basketball/355735_moore20.html?source=rss

By Anonymous Steff, at 3/21/2008 6:54 AM  

Great comic Raf! Even though I have no idea what you are talking about (even with the Cliff Notes) as I am deficient in the Sports Enthusiast area, I love the pictures and anything with powdered wigs! Keep it up! And keep reaching for the stars!

By Blogger Scott Brothers, at 3/31/2008 1:36 PM  

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