Outlining my editorial cartoon

A. What is the situation that your cartoon refers to?

My cartoon is refering to the slowing u.s. economy, represented by a turtle going uphill struggling with obstacles.

B. What is your position (stance) on that situation?

U.S. economy is going to have to step it up to prosper.

C. Write some evidence that supports your position.

U.S. economy is having a hard time going "uphill to economic success" due to certain obstacles, like a turtle going uphill with many rocks and a humoungous fire in it's way.

D. What, in an ideal world would be your solution to the situation?

In an ideal world, we would not have those certain obstacles (we wouldn't do outsourcing, we would increase wages, etc.)

Planning My Cartoon

The topic of my cartoon is the slowing u.s. economy and the struggle to get to the top.

My opinion is that the economy is very slow with many obstacles in the way and is making no progress.

I will use an animal as a symbol, objects as a symbol, and text coming out of the animal's mouth.

Current Events - February 1, 2008

Date: February 1, 2008
Headline: Obama, Clinton go one-on-one for first time
Question: What three major issues did Obama and Clinton debated over?

Caricatures

This is a caricature of Pete Townshed from Kris's blog. His nose is extremely exagerated, and it takes up his whole entire face. His body is really small and his face, especially his nose, is humungous.

This is a caricature of the beatles. The part which is exagerated is their legs Their legs are made to look really long and skinny, like sticks. We get the effect that most of them were tall and really, really skinny.

Current Events - January 30, 2008

Date - Janurary 30, 2008
Headline - Winter storms in China strand holiday travelers
Question - What major accident occured in China once the blizzards began?

Date - January 29, 2008
Headline - Hawaii sets U.S. pace for alternative energy
Question - What are economic leaders trying to turn into fossil fuel from it's original state?

Date - January 29, 2008
Headline - Warrant out for U.S. Marine
Question - Why did Mexican police arrest the U.S. marine?

Political Cartoon Symbols

The symbols are the american flag, the republican elephant and the democratic donkey. It's saying that there are 2 americas: one a democratic and one a republican.

The symbol in this cartoon is uncle sam, who represents the u.s. government. The u.s. government is loaning a lot of money to japan, who seems to not really need that much.

The symbol in this cartoon is the statue of liberty which stands for liberty. She is crying which means liberty is failing in america.

The symbol in this cartoon is the republican elephant saying that the republicans are planning to stay in iraq longer than expected, when instead they wanted to do it with tax cuts.

Newspaper Scavenger Hunt

1. A date other than today
2. The high temperature in a major city
3. A woman’s face
4. A country outside the U.S.A
5. A city within 100 miles of here
6. A vehicle other than a car
7. A movie that starts between 7:00 and 9:00 PM
8. A word with at least three syllables
9. The name of a TV show that ends at 9:00 PM
10. A politician
11. An example of good news
12. Something that makes you smile

1. Page A1 - "Brokeback" star Ledger was found dead yesterday, Jan. 22, 2008.
2. Page B8 - The high temperature in Miami, Florida is 80 degrees.
3. Page B5 - A woman whose picture is shown is Betty Jo Basham Longest.
4. Page A3 - Israel is a country outside of U.S.A. who is providing fuel to Gaza.
5. Page A1 - Bastrop corruption case yields guilty pleas.
6. Page F2 - A 2003 Ford 150 XL truck has a pricetag of $6,900.
7. Page E9 - "The Devil wears Prada" movie starts on HBO2 at 8:30 PM.
8. Page B7 - The word "computer" under Fry's Electronics.
9. Page E9 - "The moment of truth" ends at 9:00 on the Fox Channel.
10. Page A4 - Politicain Obama is fighting against both of the Clintons.
11. Page C1 - Basketball player Daniel Gibson is even better in his 2nd NBA season.
12. Page E6 - I thought the cartoon "B.C." was really funny.