When civiliztion began, media were simple and art was lucrative. Then Arianna Huffington came along.
Beautiful Devices, Awful Art
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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C’mon, Ted – “excquisite”?
HuffingtonPost has accomplished exactly one thing: Making Arianna Huffington rich.
Always had a real problem linking from Ted’s site on HP, it’s almost like the mods have a black list or something =)
@Euges,
What happens when you try to link, and what’s FP?
Derlehrer,
The “c” is for “Value.” (With apologies to “Malcolm in the Middle.”)
Artist were never the rich and powerful. Unless you count the priests who make up stuff about God as creative artists, then I suppose so. There are only three real ways to gain power in society. Claim to know God (s) Own a lot of something of value, have the biggest club/gun
Artists were rich. Quarry owners were poor.
Yeah baby, never let history, anthropology or economics get in the way of a joke!
C’mon Bucephalus…it is a pretty good joke
Ah, Ted, but in a parallel universe….
The question is, how do we get there….
Henri