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Subscribe to RSSThe death of actor Leslie Nielsen brought back an interesting dilemma that crops up often among cartoonists - drawing the same idea. In this case, it's a play off the famous "Don't call me Shirley" line from Airplane!
Matching cartoons isn't a case of plagiarism, it's simply "group-think" by cartoonists who, due to different circumstances, end up drawing the same gag or idea. When five or more cartoonists draw the same gag, we call it a "yahtzee."
Some cartoonists also hate the idea of "obituary cartoons" and drawing the pearly gates, but I'll leave that debate open for another time.
Jeremy Nell / The New Age, South Africa
Joe Heller / Green Bay Post-Gazette, PoliticalCartoons.com
Steve Kelley / New Orleans Times-Picayune
Dave Granlund / PoliticalCartoons.com
UPDATE: Thanks to Mark Streeter of the Savannah Morning News, we now have Leslie Nielsen "Shirley" YAHTZEE!
Mark Streeter / Savannah Morning News
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"end of drawing"
"game gag"
Come on dude, just because spell-check didn't catch it doesn't mean it's ready to post.
Thank you for fixing those errors.
It's sad when cartoonists don't even know the meaning of RIP; you can't RIP in peace!
And then a bunch of lazy ignorants will just follow...
There's Google, there's even wiki, but there's no excuse for not checking!
May he RIP in Peace is a play on words. One of Leslie Neilsen's favorite gags was the whoopee cushion simulating "passing gas". Another colloquialism for passing gas is to "rip one", amongst other sayings of that sort.
"May he RIP in peace" - think of it as "May he use his whoopee cushion and continue the laughter in Heaven".
Maybe you think cartoons are real and all of the words should be taken literally?
To the cartoonist - I know it is bad taste when you have to explain your joke, but... wow. Nice one
It's not plagiarism, it's just symptomatic of a rampaging lack of creativity in editorial cartoons as a whole.