Ever since the 1750s, when the writer, satirist, statesman and inventor Benjamin Franklin put political cartooning on the map by publishing the first cartoon of the genre in America, artists have combined their talent, wit and political beliefs to create cartoons that enrage, enlighten or simply engage the viewer.
A picture may paint a thousand words, but a cartoon provokes, protests and entertains all at once. It is this that makes cartoonists so valuable and influential in times of crisis. Today, that crisis is climate change, and clever imagery can give new impetus to our struggle to combat global warming. The organizers of Earthworks 2008, a global cartoon competition, believe that art and humor are simple ways to get the environmental message across.
"We set up the competition to give cartoonists around the world a platform on which to express themselves," says John Renard, one of the Earthworks organizers. "We hoped the competition would stimu
A. invented satirical cartoons
B. started cartooning on the map
C. initiated publishing cartoons
D. originated political cartoons
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writer’s style The medium usually does do something to the message after all,
even if Marshall McLuhan’s claim that the medium simply is the message has been
heard and largely forgotten now. The question matters. Ray Hammond, in his
excellent guide The Writer and the Word Processor (Coronet ￡2.95 pp224),
predicts that over half of the professional writers in Britain and the USA will
be using word processors by the end of 1995. The best-known recruit is Len
Deighton, from as long ago as 1968, though most users have only started since
the micro-computer boom began in 1980. Ironically word processing is in some ways psychologically more like writing in rough than typing, since it restores fluidity and provisionality to the text. The typist’s dread of having to get out the Tippex, the scissors and paste, or of redoin A. (A) is done with too little attention B. (B) produces a sloppy effect C. (C) is lacking in flow and spontaneity D. (D) does not encourage one to pick up mistakes 我来回答: 提交
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