Fri Sep 19, 2008 — by Mike Gold

Ted Rall Gets Animated

Mad Editorial Cartoonist Pricks Obama Fantasy

It's been a good week for cartoonist / columnist / bon vivant Ted Rall.

The Mad Magazine regular and incendiary editorial cartoonist was named president of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists. GIven how some newspapers are dropping their local editorial cartoonists in an organized effort to trim down their page count while chasing away their readership base, the position is perfect for an advocate/rabble-rouser like Rall (and, of course, I say that with the utmost respect).

Now he's got himself his first animated editorial cartoon.

Ted wrote and drew a four-minute cartoon revealing what President Barack Obama's first day in office might be like. In typical Rallian fashion, what you see might not please Obama's supporters. Or McCain's, for that matter.

Animation was provided by David Essman, a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (ahem; my alma mater) and it's available at YouTube... and, of course, by clicking right here.

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