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Stunning! Thank you Josh, says it all.
Oh, as well as ROFL, LOL, mop-the-keyboard and all of those new fangled social media indicators of me pissing myself laughing :-)
: ))))
Excellent Josh
I wonder if this cartoon might find its way into maths classrooms at the University of Washington?
Good to see absolutely no change in antarctic polar bear numbers, despite rapid warming created by Steig, sudden chill from O'Donnell, and artistic licence by Josh!
Gotta love the polie bear.....:-)
Another triumph Josh. You the man!
I love the poley bear.
He should appear more often. A sort of ursine chorus.
Josh!
It should be a penguin, not a polar bear ;-)
Otherwise, droll as ever.
I thought that polie bears were becoming extinct.
All you have to do is ask Al
Where did you find this one Josh?
PW
Bear-faced liberties!
Josh, I hope Bishop can use your fantastic drawings in his new book.
BBD, it is, of course, an ironic polar bear... Ah, you knew that already, thus the wink.
;-)
"Here the artist's use of the 'ironic' polar bear is intended to signal that the world is indeed, turned upside-down."
Josh,
This is just great – but with such ludicrous, predictable material you can hardly go wrong! They just ask for it.
It seems the global warmists are impervious to reason – nor will they ever doubt the clearly deficient version of the Team's science, so perhaps humour is the best way to ridicule their religious beliefs.
More please!
I just said ok to your adding, if it was ok by you. I never asked you to add!!!
I see a a divergence problem between Eric Steig and the polar bear. :)
@BBD
"Here the artist's use of the 'ironic' polar bear is intended to signal that the world is indeed, turned upside-down."
I like you more when you talk with pipe dangling from the mouth. :D
sHx
Actually I picture the Art Critic as more of a silly spectacles and artfully distressed clothing sort of a w****r, but if you prefer a pipe, feel free to picture it dangling from my mouth. Speculation as to what might be in it, I leave to you.
BBD,
I couldn't possibly imagine it being anything other than fine tobacco.
Quite excellent. Josh, time to get that first book done we have been talking about.
Oh. BBD I agree with Josh. He needs his own animicon. The Polar Bear is a good one for him.
The justifiable disingenuousness specialist perfectly captured - thank you, Josh.
(Is the polar bear called 'Gav'?)
ZT is right, the bear needs a name. Perhaps a contest? "Figment" is my suggestion. Or perhaps "Puck" to go with the hockey stick?
Excellent. I too was going to ask if the pet polar bear had a name. I go with ZT and vote for Gav (not to be confused with Gavin).
Apparently, Bernard is quite a popular name for bears.
(According to some "name a polar bear" websites out there)
Tragic, isn't it?
The Polar Bear is the star, another great piece of work Josh ;) .
Josh makes clear the order of magnitude of error: Steig=8; O'Donnell=4.
And with a HT to Top Gear, as Poley is all in white, perhaps he ought to be called 'The Stig'?
Hmmm Snotrocket you noticed as well
methinks Josh is not a mathematical genius since the calculation that Steig says comes to 5 actually comes to 8. I think Josh intended it to come to 4 hence the humour of the overall cartoon.
If so it needs to be 2 (2x4)/4 and not as shown 2 (2x4)/2
I think Josh knows exactly what he's doing, and the calculation is best as it is! 2(2*4)/2 = 5 ... :snort:
... or even 2(2*4/2) !!
breath of fresh air
I agree. Josh has a remarkable ability to get the facial expressions and body language spot on. The polar bear is perfection.
On reflection, I've come to the conclusion that the Poley bear should be christened: 'Eric'.
I'm sure many of us can remember the tales of Eric, the half-a-bee. Or the need for a cat licence for 'my pet, Eric' (where the word 'dog' on the licence had been crossed out and the word 'cat' had been added in crayon!) There's a lot to be said for Monty Python. :-)
Josh, thanks for another excellent cartoon. I strongly encourage you to put together a book with a selection of your cartoons, together with a few paragraphs of background discussion on the context for each cartoon, as you have done with your website. I would definitely purchase several for family and friends.
Brilliant work!
"Eric"
There is a series of greetings cards featuring a penguin called Eric. I'm not sure if that helps the case or not - it's still a good name!
He seems to have read his namesake's paper, too...
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Albert?
I did make sure the cartoon was peer reviewed, I even went back to the original author, let's call him reviewer A, so I publish with confidence.
A book. Yes, it is on the drawing board, as it were ;-)
I immediately thought of 'Ursula', but a google search for "name a polar bear" (as suggested above by andycrase) shows that someone had already suggested that. :(
Brilliant cartoon, as usual, Josh. I think the bear is iconic, not ironic, as the bear population seems to be on the increase in most of their habitats.