The only one in the room

Ink · 2024-11

The only one in the room, 2024 — ink cartoon by Ray Patrick

Cartoons, Trump, Ink, B&W, ROTC

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Subject

A cartoon drawn off the show. Two men sit in armchairs on a stage set, a bust on a plinth behind them, in the format of a televised interview. One leans back and remarks that he supposes he is the only person in the room who has not done something the other has.

Composition

A two-shot with the chairs angled toward each other and the bust set between and behind them on the midline, so a third head watches the exchange. The balloon fills the gap at the centre and its last word is lettered in bold.

Palette

Black ink on white. No colour.

Handling

Dense crosshatching models both faces and the suits, with the studio behind left almost bare so the two figures carry the whole sheet. The bust is hatched darker than either of them.

Medium and support

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

Signature

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

From the artist:

Canadian Black Face