Comments on: Keith Knight cartoon causes kerfuffle in Jersey http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/ The News Blog of Comics Culture Sun, 8 Nov 2009 06:28:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 by: XYFloyd http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2634561 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 19:13:49 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2634561 How are you? I love your website I just a normal boy I work on the internet and get money from this website: http://tinyurl.com/5htokc You can also try this work they pay money Take care, and keep update your page How are you? I love your website
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]]> by: STWALLSKULL » HEY! KIDS! COMICS! : Addams, Wolverton and Godwin’s Crazy Charlie for Halloween : October 31st, 2008 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2547881 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:27:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2547881 [...] Keith Knight cartoon causes kerfuffle in Jersey from THE BEAT [...] […] Keith Knight cartoon causes kerfuffle in Jersey from THE BEAT […]

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]]> by: The Gigcast - Your Webcomics Podcast » Blog Archive » Webcomic Wire - 10/31/08 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2547007 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 16:17:16 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2547007 [...] A Keith Knight cartoon causing a stir in New Jersey. [...] […] A Keith Knight cartoon causing a stir in New Jersey. […]

]]> by: rich http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2546872 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:32:46 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2546872 "These are the questions I think about." So ... what's your point? “These are the questions I think about.”

So … what’s your point?

]]> by: Scott http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2545455 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 04:27:50 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2545455 A brilliant cartoon and one that I think shows how a lot of America really is like, especially with the older community. I know for one that if my 92 year old grandfather was still alive, he wouldn't vote for Obama simply because he's black. There are plenty like that. The cartoon did have an Edith and Archie Bunker feel to it to me for some reason. "Archie, who are we voting for?" A brilliant cartoon and one that I think shows how a lot of America really is like, especially with the older community. I know for one that if my 92 year old grandfather was still alive, he wouldn’t vote for Obama simply because he’s black. There are plenty like that. The cartoon did have an Edith and Archie Bunker feel to it to me for some reason. “Archie, who are we voting for?”

]]> by: Carolina http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2545362 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:20:32 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2545362 Kudos to Keith. Kudos to Keith.

]]> by: Interview: Keith Knight « The Daily Cross Hatch http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2545352 Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:07:37 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2545352 [...] I don’t know whether I’m just jaded at this point, but I read the story about the response on Heidi’s site, and then when I clicked through to the actual strip, my reaction was along the lines of: “that’s what’s upsetting all of these people?” [...] […] I don’t know whether I’m just jaded at this point, but I read the story about the response on Heidi’s site, and then when I clicked through to the actual strip, my reaction was along the lines of: “that’s what’s upsetting all of these people?” […]

]]> by: Al aka El Negro Magnifico http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544886 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 23:22:39 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544886 "I found Keith Knight’s *partial* use of the word inventive." Same here. “I found Keith Knight’s *partial* use of the word inventive.”
Same here.

]]> by: Orwell http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544701 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:41:54 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544701 I believe if Jonathan Swift published "A Modest Proposal" today we'd be reading about aggrieved Irish people demanding an apology. If you don't understand satire, your college education has been a waste of time and money. I believe if Jonathan Swift published “A Modest Proposal” today we’d be reading about aggrieved Irish people demanding an apology.

If you don’t understand satire, your college education has been a waste of time and money.

]]> by: TimCallahan http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544646 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:45:05 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544646 Does it matter if it's based on a real-life incident, I wonder? Does that change your interpretation of it? Is it even satire if it's simply relaying a true anecdote? These are the questions I think about. Does it matter if it’s based on a real-life incident, I wonder? Does that change your interpretation of it?

Is it even satire if it’s simply relaying a true anecdote?

These are the questions I think about.

]]> by: Passive-Aggressive Newspaper Drones in Training at Montclair : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544413 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:29:35 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544413 [...] I learned through The Beat (via Eric) that an installment of Keith Knight’s The K Chronicle has caused an uproar at the Montclair State University newspaper. Despite Knight basing his strip on a real-life incident and not even printing the full word in question, the editors of the student newspaper issued a campus-wide apology, with Montclarion editor-in-chief Bobby Melok stating, “It is never The Montclarion’s intention to offend its readership, and we sincerely apologize to all who were upset with this comic.” [...] […] I learned through The Beat (via Eric) that an installment of Keith Knight’s The K Chronicle has caused an uproar at the Montclair State University newspaper. Despite Knight basing his strip on a real-life incident and not even printing the full word in question, the editors of the student newspaper issued a campus-wide apology, with Montclarion editor-in-chief Bobby Melok stating, “It is never The Montclarion’s intention to offend its readership, and we sincerely apologize to all who were upset with this comic.” […]

]]> by: brian h. http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544395 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:15:52 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544395 that's a fantastic strip. political satire that doesn't ruffle a few feathers seems like a fairly pointless pursuit. that’s a fantastic strip. political satire that doesn’t ruffle a few feathers seems like a fairly pointless pursuit.

]]> by: Marcus Lusk http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544382 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 17:05:53 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544382 I found Keith Knight's *partial* use of the word inventive. The word isn't fully spelled out and it's obvious that it's considered offensive by the volunteer's reaction. So it's inappropriate to allude to the word in a strip that's making a valid social observation, but few complain when it's thrown about in films like "Pulp Fiction" or hurled left and right in rap music. As far as I can tell, branding it the "N word" has only strengthened its impact when it's used to insult or incite. I found Keith Knight’s *partial* use of the word inventive.
The word isn’t fully spelled out and it’s obvious that it’s considered offensive by the volunteer’s reaction.
So it’s inappropriate to allude to the word in a strip that’s making a valid social observation, but few complain when it’s thrown about in films like “Pulp Fiction” or hurled left and right in rap music.

As far as I can tell, branding it the “N word” has only strengthened its impact when it’s used to insult or incite.

]]> by: Steve Taylor http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544297 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:35:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544297 It's interesting that he didn't even spell the word out all the way and still people were upse. It’s interesting that he didn’t even spell the word out all the way and still people were upse.

]]> by: Mark Engblom http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544109 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:33:25 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544109 Mindless, ignorant hatred takes many forms. Like a Sarah Palin effigy swinging in the breeze in West Hollywood. Mindless, ignorant hatred takes many forms. Like a Sarah Palin effigy swinging in the breeze in West Hollywood.

]]> by: Tim Hamilton http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544080 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:26:59 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2544080 True stories ARE dangerous and upsetting after all. They should just run Garfield. True stories ARE dangerous and upsetting after all.
They should just run Garfield.

]]> by: Torsten Adair http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2543730 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:50:09 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2543730 Based on a true story: http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-big-stone-gap-virginia.html It ends on a positive note, of sorts. (Yeah, I'm a bit of a political wonk as well, but only on the big picture, poll data side. Hoping my hometown NE-02 flips. (Nebraska splits its electoral votes... 2 for statewide winner, one for each congressional district.)) Based on a true story:
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-big-stone-gap-virginia.html

It ends on a positive note, of sorts.

(Yeah, I’m a bit of a political wonk as well, but only on the big picture, poll data side. Hoping my hometown NE-02 flips. (Nebraska splits its electoral votes… 2 for statewide winner, one for each congressional district.))

]]> by: Peter Krause http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2543729 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:49:49 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2543729 Quite frankly, I have no problem with this. Are we to deny that such attitudes exist? I realize the negative power of the "N-word", and how truly offensive it is. But the context here illuminates a very real mind-set amongst some Americans. Such attitudes need to be confronted, not just swept under the rug. Quite frankly, I have no problem with this.

Are we to deny that such attitudes exist?

I realize the negative power of the “N-word”, and how truly offensive it is. But the context here illuminates a very real mind-set amongst some Americans.

Such attitudes need to be confronted, not just swept under the rug.

]]> by: John Tebbel http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2543634 Thu, 30 Oct 2008 13:13:24 +0000 http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2008/10/30/keith-knight-cartoon-causes-kerfluffle-in-jersey/#comment-2543634 College paper uses a strip from a syndicate!? Shame! They're sucking up student fees to be part of the education, not an entertainment broker. College paper uses a strip from a syndicate!? Shame! They’re sucking up student fees to be part of the education, not an entertainment broker.

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