J. Michael Springman- UNCLE SAM AND FRIENDS
J. Michael Springman- UNCLE SAM AND FRIENDS
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/35296342
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Where is Russia's leash on Uncle Sam?
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Ukraine as poop
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This has so many layers I'm not sure what to think of it.
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Damn I'm looking to dig into that brown star of David
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What is written at the top left and really poorly edited out? I can just about make out '2012' and 'famillle'
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I think it's French. I'm also seeing villains and Syria. Maybe portrait of the family of villains in Syria, but in French?
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I read "2012 : la sainte famille ira visiter la Syrie" (the holy family will visit Syria)
Anyone knows who's the, uh, white mage on the right?
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This is so cringe...
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A tankie accidentally wandered outside of their echochamber again.
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Obvious Russian agitprop, you can immediately tell by how they put Ukraine as dog poop and by all the replies to it from Russians laughing specifically at that part, but the other stuff is obvious as well.
I was interpreting this as a commentary on how these countries are being treated by the US and Israel, not a commentary on how they should be treated. The Trump admin has been treating Ukraine like shit and treating European allies like dogs.
It's entirely possible that you're correct and this is supposed to somehow be an anti-Ukraine message, but other than "Ukraine = Shit" I'm not sure how it would tie in with everything else. I'm also not sure why Ukraine is here at all.
If I imagine a Russian trying to cram a Ukraine commentary in here... This seems like a natural spot to repeat the story Russia has been trying to sell that the Ukrainian government is secretly run by Nazis, but the artist chose not to do that.
And there's no Russian flag. That makes it harder to figure out if this is Russian propaganda or not. Which may be why they aren't included, or it could just be that the artists didn't think they were relevant because they're really trying to show how the US is controlling these other nations to prop up Israel.
Trying to look up J. Michael Springman, the only thing I can find is this guy. I'm not sure if this is the artist or not, and if it is I'm still not sure whether he would be pro-Ukraine or anti-Ukraine.
The whole inclusion of Ukraine is definitely weird. The cartoon would probably be better off without it. I'm just not sure I have enough info from the comic itself to fully conclude the artist's intention here.
"I was interpreting this as a commentary on how these countries are being treated by the US"
Considering China is one of the dogs, I think you're right.