What a strange cartoon...

ThatIsThat · 08-20-2008, 08:10 AM

Thoughts?

Rowan · 08-20-2008, 08:16 AM

obviously just another fat hater. Hopefully in the cartoon one fell on him!

Weirdo890 · 08-20-2008, 09:07 AM

Not just another fat hater, but another lousy cartoonist. Horribly drawn, and a lousy joke. I'm ashamed of him.

CausticSodaPop · 08-20-2008, 09:23 AM

Erm, I'm not quite sure what to make of that. Was it just a random thought on the part of the cartoonist, or was it intended to illustrate a point? If the latter, then I think he/she has probably failed.

kayrae · 08-20-2008, 11:32 PM

I actually think it's funny.

goofy girl · 08-21-2008, 02:39 AM

I don't know if it's actually fat hate or not, but I never understand cartoons so I'm the wrong person to ask.

I did notice that many of the rocks and mushrooms are awfully phallic.

FreeThinker · 08-21-2008, 07:02 AM

I think it plays on the fear society has of big people: Fear of being seen with one, fear of becoming one.

The fact that there is a sign warning people is what did it for me. The notion that 'fatties' are this dangerous thing that could fall from the sky and destroy civilization mark this as absurdist parody for me. Kind of 'Chicken Little', in its way.

Not absurdist parody at its best, but pretty clever.

The unattractiveness of the falling fatties, as well as the stereotypes attributed to them (the bikini-clad woman with the ice cream and fries, the guy with the sleeveless tee drinking a beer, the bad skin on the kid with the KISS hat) appear to have been included to mock the views of those (like the book-reading character in the comic) who view fat people as a threat.

Think of this situation in real life: A place where fat people are known to be has a warning posted, to protect folks from coming into contact with them. That's not too far removed from reality. Then, because it's a comic, crank up the preposterousness of the idea to show what a ludicrous concept it is in the first place.

One of the things I do like about it is that the falling fatties seem to come from all walks of life (along with the poorly-dressed are at least one man in a suit and another with shirt and tie).

Also, the fact that this walking guy was blissfully in his own little world before encountering this situation, and is so stressed once it starts happening, speaks volumes.

The little guy, to me, represents mainstream media: All wrapped up in himself, unaware of anything that exists outside of his cocoon. Suddenly, fat people become his biggest problem.

Fat people. Not war, the economy, world hunger, poverty, disease, or environmental concerns.

Isn't that what we've seen on the covers of tabloid magazines for decades now?

So, yeah. I think it's parody, mocking the small-mindedness of those whose biggest fear is fat people.

Pixelpops · 08-21-2008, 07:08 AM

Possibly I'm being dim.. I don't get it :s

But I have to disagree with weird890, I think it is quite well drawn..

FreeThinker · 08-21-2008, 07:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FreeThinker

blah, blah, blah...

Or, more succinctly, this poor schmuck is just there reading, when he is suddenly quite literally bombarded with the threat of fat people.

"ZOMG FATTIES, AND THEY'RE NEAR ME!!!111!!"

disconnectedsmile · 08-21-2008, 03:02 PM

FreeThinker, if i could rep you twice, i would.

so, maybe this cartoon qualifies as art?
it's open to interpretation. it is what you make of it.
some will say it's hateful. some will say it's insightful. some will say it looks wonderfully surreal. some will say it looks poorly drawn.

i think it's a good piece.

CausticSodaPop · 08-21-2008, 03:18 PM

Having given it a second glance, I wonder if it's a reference to the "obesity is a greater risk than terrorism" farce...

RobitusinZ · 08-21-2008, 04:14 PM

I dunno...fat people are falling from the sky?

Uh, yeah, we're everywhere...

Eh, a little too obtuse for me.

Sugar Magnolia · 08-21-2008, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by goofy girl

I don't know if it's actually fat hate or not, but I never understand cartoons so I'm the wrong person to ask.

I did notice that many of the rocks and mushrooms are awfully phallic.

Whew. I thought I was just being a perv. Thanks, Goofy girl.
I noticed the phallic rocks as well. Especially that last frame with the big hand.

shin_moyseku · 08-22-2008, 09:13 AM

i dont think its fat-hate, its just a cartoon, but i would prefer that the main character dies crushed by a fattie LMAO.

JoeFA · 08-22-2008, 10:20 AM

It doesn't make any sense really, he just goes up to a sign labelled 'fatties', and one falls down and almost hits him.

I know it's a cartoon, but come on cartoon artist man!

Though i'd much prefer it if the sign read SSBBW's, though maybe thats just me!

AndyAllen · 10-30-2008, 11:17 PM

Hi

i think it's a good piece its good

SparklingBBW · 10-31-2008, 08:10 AM

Obviously the artist hasn't had any FORMAL cartoon training.

Everybody knows that when fatties fall from the sky, they don't go splat with all that mess. They BOUNCE! Duh!

Gena
Department of Cartoon Physics

.

Lady at Large · 10-31-2008, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Genarose54

Obviously the artist hasn't had any FORMAL cartoon training.

Everybody knows that when fatties fall from the sky, they don't go splat with all that mess. They BOUNCE! Duh!

Gena
Department of Cartoon Physics

.

Seriously, some people and their lack of ACME training it bewilders the mind!

Truthfully though sometimes art is like poetry, up for interpretation and we give the artist either too much or too little credit. I was never good at poetry and my art pretty much says what it says..."Fat girls are hot, the end".

LalaCity · 10-31-2008, 12:33 PM

My interpretation of the cartoon --

Life is difficult for thin, hip, smart people. You're just walking along, reading your book, and before you know it some freak weather system has sucked all the fatties out of the trailer park and is raining them down on your head. You'll probably die.

Lesson? Stay away from fat people because, aside from having no reason to exist other than as the butt of mean yet HI-larious jokes and, of course, being the cause of global warming, they will likely crush you.

Sandie_Zitkus · 10-31-2008, 01:01 PM

What I got?

"If you can catch 'em you can have 'em!"

Have at it!

Zoom · 11-02-2008, 03:30 PM

What was that Monty Python moment?

Kid 1: "I'd like to have... I'd like to have Racquel Welch dropped on top of me."

Interviewer: "You'd like to have Racquel Welch... dropped on top of you?"

Kid 1: "Yeah, not climbing."

Kid 2: "She's got a big bottom."

olwen · 11-02-2008, 05:20 PM

Well, the cartoon certainly is provacative. I guess it could be interpreted in any way. My first thought was it was a commentary about Americans specifically because one had on a Kiss hat, another had on a t-shirt that said Jackass, and I almost read it as "readneck." Then there was the guy in the business suit that made me think greedy american capitalist scum...Then the landscape is a desert, which I took to represent american culture as a wasteland. Why the little man is walking thru it, I'm not certain. I'm not sure if the little man is supposed to represent a european or an "atypical" american. Eh.

Fascinita · 11-02-2008, 08:43 PM

I took a look around the guy's website and I'm still as flummoxed about it as I was ten minutes ago.

I do like the art, though.

Just don't get what he's saying.

Alison · 11-07-2008, 04:04 PM

I thought it was a little amusing! Notice once the guy reads the sign he looks around. It's like we are an urban legend, we've heard of the elusive fattie, but haven't been able to catch one on film! Maybe he is making the point that the main stream media can't hide us away forever. I love the KISS hat.

bellyjelly · 11-09-2008, 04:37 PM

Free Thinker seems to have the depth and breadth of it.

All I could see was a prophecy; a plague of fatties will destoy your peace of mind and all you have to protect yourself is knowledge (represented by the book).

08-20-2008, 08:10 AM	#1
ThatIsThat Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 150	What a strange cartoon... Thoughts?

08-20-2008, 08:16 AM	#2
Rowan wickedly delicious Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Gainesville, Florida Posts: 3,702	obviously just another fat hater. Hopefully in the cartoon one fell on him! __________________ ~In the end we are all just chalk lines....drawn on the concrete only to be washed away~ ¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤×¤ §~~And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying are the best I've ever had~~§

08-20-2008, 09:07 AM	#3
Weirdo890 Master Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 4,680	Not just another fat hater, but another lousy cartoonist. Horribly drawn, and a lousy joke. I'm ashamed of him. __________________ "The whole world is crazy, it's just that there are a few of us smart enough to realize it" - Me "Conquer all, but one escapes Govern all, but one dissents Embark on genocide, and one shall rise to damn you." - Jack Kirby "Hunger Dogs" My YouTube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wU24ty301nY

08-21-2008, 02:39 AM	#6
goofy girl took a sharp left turn Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Providence Posts: 4,481	I don't know if it's actually fat hate or not, but I never understand cartoons so I'm the wrong person to ask. I did notice that many of the rocks and mushrooms are awfully phallic. __________________ Wheresoever you go, go with all your heart. - Confucius

08-21-2008, 04:14 PM	#12
RobitusinZ Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 334	I dunno...fat people are falling from the sky? Uh, yeah, we're everywhere... Eh, a little too obtuse for me. __________________ And now, a litany of quotes by Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Character is higher than intellect... A great soul will be strong to live, as well as to think." "Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail." "Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good." "Every sweet has its sour; every evil its good." "Give all to love; obey thy heart." ...and finally... "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."

08-20-2008, 09:23 AM	#4
CausticSodaPop Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North London, UK Posts: 97	Erm, I'm not quite sure what to make of that. Was it just a random thought on the part of the cartoonist, or was it intended to illustrate a point? If the latter, then I think he/she has probably failed.

08-20-2008, 11:32 PM	#5
kayrae doot doot doot Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: San Francisco Posts: 2,308	I actually think it's funny.

08-21-2008, 07:02 AM	#7
FreeThinker Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 4,893	I think it plays on the fear society has of big people: Fear of being seen with one, fear of becoming one. The fact that there is a sign warning people is what did it for me. The notion that 'fatties' are this dangerous thing that could fall from the sky and destroy civilization mark this as absurdist parody for me. Kind of 'Chicken Little', in its way. Not absurdist parody at its best, but pretty clever. The unattractiveness of the falling fatties, as well as the stereotypes attributed to them (the bikini-clad woman with the ice cream and fries, the guy with the sleeveless tee drinking a beer, the bad skin on the kid with the KISS hat) appear to have been included to mock the views of those (like the book-reading character in the comic) who view fat people as a threat. Think of this situation in real life: A place where fat people are known to be has a warning posted, to protect folks from coming into contact with them. That's not too far removed from reality. Then, because it's a comic, crank up the preposterousness of the idea to show what a ludicrous concept it is in the first place. One of the things I do like about it is that the falling fatties seem to come from all walks of life (along with the poorly-dressed are at least one man in a suit and another with shirt and tie). Also, the fact that this walking guy was blissfully in his own little world before encountering this situation, and is so stressed once it starts happening, speaks volumes. The little guy, to me, represents mainstream media: All wrapped up in himself, unaware of anything that exists outside of his cocoon. Suddenly, fat people become his biggest problem. Fat people. Not war, the economy, world hunger, poverty, disease, or environmental concerns. Isn't that what we've seen on the covers of tabloid magazines for decades now? So, yeah. I think it's parody, mocking the small-mindedness of those whose biggest fear is fat people.

08-21-2008, 07:08 AM	#8
Pixelpops Oh, The Hazards of Love. Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Creepin' Up The Backstairs, UK. Posts: 706	Possibly I'm being dim.. I don't get it :s But I have to disagree with weird890, I think it is quite well drawn..

08-21-2008, 03:18 PM	#11
CausticSodaPop Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North London, UK Posts: 97	Having given it a second glance, I wonder if it's a reference to the "obesity is a greater risk than terrorism" farce...

08-22-2008, 09:13 AM	#14
shin_moyseku Long live to the Fat Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Chile Posts: 114	i dont think its fat-hate, its just a cartoon, but i would prefer that the main character dies crushed by a fattie LMAO. __________________ Who said boys doesnt like Big Girls, Not me, The bigger the Better

08-22-2008, 10:20 AM	#15
JoeFA Aspiring young genius.... Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Jolly, yet miserable England Posts: 518	It doesn't make any sense really, he just goes up to a sign labelled 'fatties', and one falls down and almost hits him. I know it's a cartoon, but come on cartoon artist man! Though i'd much prefer it if the sign read SSBBW's, though maybe thats just me!

10-30-2008, 11:17 PM	#16
AndyAllen Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: hawai Posts: 1	What a strange cartoon... Hi i think it's a good piece its good

10-31-2008, 08:10 AM	#17
SparklingBBW What's new pussycat? Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 746	Obviously the artist hasn't had any FORMAL cartoon training. Everybody knows that when fatties fall from the sky, they don't go splat with all that mess. They BOUNCE! Duh! Gena Department of Cartoon Physics .

10-31-2008, 12:33 PM	#19
LalaCity Master Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 4,822	My interpretation of the cartoon -- Life is difficult for thin, hip, smart people. You're just walking along, reading your book, and before you know it some freak weather system has sucked all the fatties out of the trailer park and is raining them down on your head. You'll probably die. Lesson? Stay away from fat people because, aside from having no reason to exist other than as the butt of mean yet HI-larious jokes and, of course, being the cause of global warming, they will likely crush you.

10-31-2008, 01:01 PM	#20
Sandie_Zitkus Entrepreneur Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 8,045	What I got? "If you can catch 'em you can have 'em!" Have at it!

11-02-2008, 03:30 PM	#21
Zoom Rogue Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,778	What was that Monty Python moment? Kid 1: "I'd like to have... I'd like to have Racquel Welch dropped on top of me." Interviewer: "You'd like to have Racquel Welch... dropped on top of you?" Kid 1: "Yeah, not climbing." Kid 2: "She's got a big bottom."

11-02-2008, 05:20 PM	#22
olwen Disco Bear Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: nyc Posts: 7,811	Well, the cartoon certainly is provacative. I guess it could be interpreted in any way. My first thought was it was a commentary about Americans specifically because one had on a Kiss hat, another had on a t-shirt that said Jackass, and I almost read it as "readneck." Then there was the guy in the business suit that made me think greedy american capitalist scum...Then the landscape is a desert, which I took to represent american culture as a wasteland. Why the little man is walking thru it, I'm not certain. I'm not sure if the little man is supposed to represent a european or an "atypical" american. Eh. __________________ http://afatgirlwho.blogspot.com/

11-02-2008, 08:43 PM	#23
Fascinita Jeez, we're blessed! Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 6,377	I took a look around the guy's website and I'm still as flummoxed about it as I was ten minutes ago. I do like the art, though. Just don't get what he's saying.

11-07-2008, 04:04 PM	#24
Alison Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Washington Court House, OH Posts: 32	I thought it was a little amusing! Notice once the guy reads the sign he looks around. It's like we are an urban legend, we've heard of the elusive fattie, but haven't been able to catch one on film! Maybe he is making the point that the main stream media can't hide us away forever. I love the KISS hat.

11-09-2008, 04:37 PM	#25
bellyjelly Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND, UK Posts: 110	Free Thinker seems to have the depth and breadth of it. All I could see was a prophecy; a plague of fatties will destoy your peace of mind and all you have to protect yourself is knowledge (represented by the book).

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