The last person to hug me like this

2024-12

The last person to hug me like this, 2024 — cartoon by Ray Patrick

Cartoons, B&W, ROTC

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Subject

A cartoon drawn off the show. A young woman at a microphone is caught mid-embrace by a tall figure behind her, and remarks with delight that the last person to hug her like this was someone she then names. Stars are scattered across the dark ground behind them.

Composition

The two figures interlock at the right of the sheet and the lettering takes the entire left half, so the words arrive first and the picture explains them. The microphone stand runs up through the middle and separates the two heads.

Palette

Black ink on white. No colour.

Handling

Long flowing strokes build the hair, which is the largest passage on the sheet, against solid brushed black in the background. The stars are left as reserved white shapes.

Medium and support

Ink on paper, drawn as a cartoon for the show.

Signature

Lettered ROTC TOONS at the right with the artist's name beneath it.

From the artist:

An Ariana Grande joke, credited on the show.