The obvious lack of racism

2025-04

The obvious lack of racism, 2025 — cartoon by Ray Patrick

Cartoons, Mersh, B&W, ROTC

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Subject

A cartoon drawn off the show, built on a joke about a product name. A heavily built man in a cap asks whether a new brand is the one all the kids are going crazy for; another declares that he finds the obvious lack of racism personally offensive. Cartons stand on the floor between them and cats mew from both sides.

Composition

Two large figures face each other across the width with the product stacked at floor level between them, and the balloons fill the entire upper band. The cats are placed low at both edges so the sheet is bracketed by the thing nobody is talking about.

Palette

Black ink on white. No colour.

Handling

Open contour with hatching used only for musculature and shadow, and the cartons drawn with ruled edges so the product reads as a real object among caricatures.

Medium and support

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

Signature

Lettered ROTC TOONS in the lower left corner with the artist's name and a date in MMDDYY at the right.

From the artist:

Camel Jockey