Nice, Liza. Accidental, technology-enabled engagement of the generally apathetic. I've been thinking about that, too.

What MTN said.

Nicely put. Sometimes I dont always know what I'm saying in my cartoons until I hear it from readers.

nailed it Liza! (but I think the drink on the right should have been a Cosmo.)

You always capture the pulse Liza...and with such a crisp, concise "tweet".

Rated

You always capture the pulse Liza...and with such a crisp, concise "tweet".

Rated

Hah! Too funny. Even w/out the Twitter thing, just that picture and the word ‘revolution’ alone makes me laugh.

Thanks, all!

I like the color, which make this more three dimensional. Good headline too.

nice, but it veers into an almost editorial cartoon.
one word: "Neda"

It IS an editorial cartoon! I try to do-sometimes-editorial within New Yorker style. Not original concept to me, as there have been many editorial cartoons in The New Yorker since 1925!

But it all seems somehow hollow. Through the 'internets', that series of tubes, we see more and get more but at such a more shallow level. Information overload or emotional underload.

I also feel like the internets sap our outrage. Look at the 2000 and 2004 elections. Instead of getting pissed off and taking to the streets most people (myself included) took to the keyboards and from our armchairs and desk chairs, we didn't accomplish much, sadly. In the 60's and 70's there would be riots and massive civil disobedience. Now it's emails and blogging and instead of a HUGE opposition, critical opinions are ignored by the political establishment. I think trying to change the course of political will is harder from a keyboard... Does that make sense?

its strange though, the new yorker seems like it eschews political cartoons most of the time. I watch their cartoon channel a lot, look at hundreds of cartoons, and apparently they've excluded all political cartoons from it.

Good update on how the personal becomes political these days.