Cartoons 3/31-4/7

"Crazy Kids"

• This title is used to make of Kim Jong Un by comparing his bomb threats to a reckless kid blasting music.
• Kim Jong Un is in the car, while his bomb threats are represented by the blasting music. The artist means that his threats are just "noise."
• Kim Jong Un is driving around blasting his threats for attention. 
• The message of this cartoon is to illustrate how Kim Jong Un is simply threatening to start a war with America for attention, rather than with the actual intentions of attacking us. There is no clear ideological perspective represented here.
• This cartoon relates to the recent bomb threats made by Kim Jong Un. We talked about this a little bit in class.
• This is satirical because Kim Jong Un is represented as "crazy kid" shouting for attention with his threats of starting a war. 

• There was no title given to this cartoon but the text that reads "Don't Push This Button" shows how Kim Jong Un is being characterized as somewhat childish, with all the toys and mess behind him and the the "big red button," representing the alleged bomb threats, taunting him in the corner. 
• Kim Jong Un's office is filled with toys, games and food, representing how he is viewed as immature, and the big red button symbolizes the decision for him to actually attack the U.S. or not.
• Kim Jong Un seems to be eyeing the red button carefully.
• This message shows the how Kim Jong Un is viewed as the cliche of a child being tortured by a button he's not allowed to push, or in this case, a bomb threat he won't follow through with.
• This cartoon relates to the threats of a bomb attack made by Kim Jon Un in North Korea.
• Kim Jong Un is being made fun of, by comparing him to an impulsive child.