Cartoon Time

I have always admired the wit and the inventiveness of many cartoonists, but what I admire the most is their capacity to draw. I guess that’s an inborn talent that I wasn’t provided with, and just have to face it. It has its positive side too, though: my students roar with laughter whenever I draw something on the board. That’s how terrible I am at drawing.

This tool I’ve recently learned to use rid me of the main obstacle between me and the cartoonists’ world. And I’ve discovered that, when making a cartoon, one can criticize in a softer way. We all may have some opinions that we choose not to share because we are afraid they might hurt others’ feelings. But through drawings, almost everything can be said. It seems to me that this is a face-saving world, isn’t it?



My cartoon is mainly about chauvinism. Lately, there has been a lot of discussion about gay marriage, and prejudices against homosexuality have abounded. But what I hate the most is that men’s sheer hypocrisy to protest against gay couples, while they are immensely turned-on by lesbians. How come that girl-and-girl couples are hot, and boy-and-boy couples are disgusting? What is with that sick and incoherent way of thinking men have? How does that work? Well, I guess we will never know because even they cannot explain it. What they can do is to do us, and themselves, a favour and zip it when it comes to discussions on homosexuality.

Anyway, I hope you like my cartoon as much as I enjoyed making it.
Thanks for reading!