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Cybertoonz
Cyberpolicy commentary in cartoon form
I'm always looking for ways to talk about cyberpolicy without being a bore about it. Twenty-page think tank papers have their place, and I once wrote a book with over a thousand footnotes, but I started podcasting to make cyberpolicy a little more accessible.
Now I'm trying something that I hope will be even more fun – occasional cartoons. I was a big comic book fan in my youth, and in college I drew and published a few underground comix, so sooner or later it was inevitable that I'd return to the form as a way to talk about law and policy. I couldn't draw in college and I still can't, but the Federalist Society's Regulatory Transparency Project (which takes no positions on particular legal and public policy matters) has kindly agreed to an experiment in turning my ideas into comic form. The experiment will last as long as the Project's patience and my enthusiasm do. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy them.
Here's the first, a commentary on Europe's data protection policy and just how neatly the European and Chinese penchants for discretionary punishments coincide.
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I think it's a great idea. It makes law/policy more accessible to the general public. And it's a great intellectual exercise for you as well...you have to really distill the essence of your arguments (or policies) to fit into a comic strip format. When done well, it can be really effective.
Stewart, I'm a fan of the podcast but I think it's worthy to note that the thing with cartoons is that they are supposed to be funny.
What can I say? It's funny to me. And what about editorial cartoons? Or should I keep my day job?
Keep going...do more cartoons. I liked it. It was succinct.
It wasn't laugh out loud funny, but it made it's point with enough humor to want to read the next effort.
It's hard to make EU efforts at Bureaucratic Tech Hegemony humourous.
I thought it was funny!
I think you should keep on with it!
I like it. If the Project loses patience, perhaps consider collaborating with the guy who writes Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal. The sample above suggests a fit.
Respectfully, I think your problem is your ideas, not the format you present them in. (Your example cartoon being a case in point.)
This is the most entertaining thing Stewart has ever posted on this blog.
I lol'd
Now if we could only upload our comments in cartoon form.