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diversity
News Corp. Not Racist Any More
To make up for employing Sean Delonas, News Corp. is forming a "diversity community council" to rubber-stamp bland statements affirming the company's commitment to non-white individuals, or whatever. Which frees up Sean Delonas to expose NObama as an Arabian terrorist! More »
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Comment by Richard Lawson: OMG, what are they going to do to the teddy bear??? 9 Responses | Other threads
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sonia sotomayor
New York Falling Behind in Racist Cartoon Race
The Oklahoman, a newspaper in, we think, Wyoming, published this bizarre racist cartoon about Sonia Sotomayor. We can't believe they beat Sean Delonas! More »
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By PareeneComment by VanessaAkon: Christ you people are IDIOTS. This is not racist. Here is how you numbskulls read the cartoon: Cartoonist shows Hispanic... 13 Responses | Other threads
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sean delonas
David Paterson's Like Mr. Magoo Cause They're Both Blind, Ha Ha
You know, it's been more than a month since hateful NY Post cartoonist Sean Delonas drew an offensive (and uncreative!) cartoon. Maybe he's not so bad...wait, did he just mock a blind man, for blindness? More »
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Comment by BookishLookish: I quit smoking and Jesus, that dog is really making me want to light up. Get thee behind me, American... 11 Responses | Other threads
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new york post
Today's Page Six 100% Less Racist-Cartoony Than Usual
Sean Delonas, America's Favorite Editorial Cartoonist, isn't on the New York Post's Page Six today! WE WON! Or, you know,maybe he picked a weird time for a vacation, he's normally off on Mondays. More »
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By PareeneComment by AngusChiron: You find him offensive so he's unfunny. Meanwhile, Gawker can be as tasteless as it likes and cal it humor.... 10 Responses | Other threads
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Media Crack
College Papers Stage Sympathy Die-In
In your philosophical Friday media column: arm-twisting at the San Francisco Chronicle, intellectual thuggery at the NAACP, body-slamming of college papers, and death and rebirth of reporters: More »
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Comment by beppolina1: It would take some bananas starry-eyed chutzpah to work on a college newspaper these days. What are you being trained... 1 Responses | Other threads
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media wars
News Corp's Revenge on Michael Wolff
Bad: Rupert Murdoch biographer Michael Wolff is rumored to be having an affair with his younger employee. Far worse, for Wolff: this gives News Corp (and others) a chance to get back at him. More »
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Comment by Dickdogfood: For all his specious twattery, Michael Wolff is at least one-half the poundage of Delonas himself. Does the dude have... 2 Responses | Other threads
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new york post
Sharpton Demands More Than a Nod From Rupert Murdoch
Yesterday Rupert Murdoch himself, the big guy, took the time to sign off on an uncommonly civil apology for the New York Post's racist cartoon. But Al Sharpton is still demanding actual actions. Whoa now! More »
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Comment by AvenueOfTheStrongest: Not that I want to defend the Post or Murdoch, but it does seem like the cartoon was misinterpreted. It's... 6 Responses | Other threads
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apologies
Rupert Murdoch: I'm Sorry My Paper Is So Racist
Sean Delonas' New York Post cartoon said, essentially, "Screw you, monkeys." The Post itself said, "Screw you if you didn't like it." But Rupert Murdoch—their boss—is suddenly being polite! Did Rev. Al win? More »
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Comment by Nick Denton: Yeah, yeah, the cartoon was crude and thoughtless. But that never bothered Murdoch in the past. Nor is the famously no-nonsense... 4 Responses | Other threads
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race
Could Rev. Al's New York Post Protest Actually Work?
Black people (so demanding!) weren't satisfied with one protest of the New York Post and the paper's shitty non-apology for Sean Delonas' racist chimp cartoon. What's behind this? Lots of history!
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Comment by JustGiveMeThePinkOne: I resent the first line of this article, "Black people(so demanding!)...". You do have some Black readers, Gawker, and right... 7 Responses | Other threads
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controversy
Spike Lee Does Not Accept the Post's Apology
The New York Post's 'apology' for the Sean Delonas cartoon has not satisfied Spike Lee, who calls it "pathetic" and "lethargic." As well as racist! Why won't this black man trust the New York Post? More »
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Comment by joefry: The Post apology was like a white man's dialogue in a Spike Lee Movie. 8 Responses | Other threads
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how-to
The Art of the Non-Apology
The New York Post issued an angry non-apology for Sean Delonas' monkey cartoon. The New York Times issued a mealy-mouthed non-apology for its winking John McCain(*cough*SEX*cough*)-lobbyist story. Please; it's very important to non-apologize correctly: More »
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Comment by Ohcaptainmycaptain: Yeah. Among women, the art of the non-apology is a deadly martial art. 13 Responses | Other threads
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Your Kids
Hopefully This Huge Controversy Won't Hurt Sean Delonas' Children's Book
Lost in all this controversy over NY Post cartoonist Sean Delonas' ham-handed monkey bigot hackery is this: will this national uproar hurt the sales of Delonas' kiddie book? That would be the real tragedy. More »
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Comment by bringmemyTofu: Wait, are they going to put that giant condom on the Washington Monument? And then, you know, do stuff to... 15 Responses | Other threads
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race-baiting
New York Post 'Apologizes' For Monkey Cartoon
The New York Post has "apologized" for its infamous shot-monkey cartoon about as defiantly as you might expect. The tabloid is basically sorry you all took its innocent drawing wrong. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by unfriended: Good Lord, some of these overly sensitive ninnies make me want to go on a wild simian nose-eating rampage. Yes, the... 9 Responses | Other threads
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the view
Barbara Walters Wonders When NY Post Will Be Racist Toward White Monkeys
Whatever intern is tasked with explaining current events to Barbara Walters failed miserably today, as she misunderstood the growing controversy about a perceived-to-be-racist Post cartoon in the most hilarious way possible. More » -
protests
Reverend Al Assails Post with Outrage
Rev. Al Sharpton, having no other plans for the day, just held a protest outside the New York Post's headquarters to protest Sean Delonas' monkey cartoon. It's more outrageous than Don Imus, sez the Rev! More »
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Comment by eatsshootsleaves: Okay, look, even though the cartoon was stupid, was there really any racial connotation? It was an obvious play on... 39 Responses | Other threads
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sean delonas
NY Post Is All Over that Monkey Controversy! No, the Other One.
Remember yesterday there was a big to-do over NY Post cartoonist Sean Delonas' (pictured!) racist dead chimp cartoon? I could swear I heard something about it. But the Post, uh, doesn't recall that one! More »
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Comment by bringmemyTofu: You guys, the cartoon ISN'T racist. The stimulus bill, which was written by monkeys (i.e. congress, except for the black... 6 Responses | Other threads
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cartoons
Lefty Magazine Writer: Monkey Cartoon Not Racist
"It's not that funny; it's just not racist either." [Mother Jones]
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By Ryan TateComment by oneinsixbillion: 1. You cannot be racist against white people because racism involves oppression. 2. Do people realize how much they sound like... 7 Responses | Other threads
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new york post
Racist Cartoon Makes for Rough Day at Page Six
The New York Post has been getting angry phone calls all day because of Sean Delonas' dead monkey cartoon. Especially the people of Page Six, where the cartoon ran. It's not their fault, angry people! More »
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Comment by Stream Of Consciousness: I will concede that the cartoon may have been in poor taste but I don't really get the whole racist... 35 Responses | Other threads
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loathsome
Ten Cartoons from Sean Delonas
The outcry over New York Post cartoonist Sean Delonas' dead monkey cartoon today is growing louder. But he has such a rich history! We assembled ten of his all-time classics of hate: More »
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Comment by bourgeois: "Incorrect. Homophobia isn't discourse. It'll be OK to joke about once when we can get married everywhere and adopt children... 23 Responses | Other threads
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updates
Threats to New York Post Have Begun
Regarding this morning's Sean Delonas monkey cartoon, a tipster tells us that New York Post is already getting lots of calls about it—some threatening to burn their building down! [Previously]
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Comment by David Milam: I can point the finger at the ramblings of the internet on this one, and mainly the gawker network (of... 35 Responses | Other threads
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black history month
Post Cartoon Shoots a Monkey for Writing the Stimulus Bill
Ladies and gentlemen, the New York Post's Sean Delonas cartoon today. In other news: on this day in 1688, the first formal protest against slavery by an organized white body in English America was made.
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cartoon violence
The Joke So Ill-Advised, Sean Delonas Made It Multiple Times
New York Post editorial cartoonist Sean Delonas is known for his distinctive visual style, his keen grasp of current events, and his virulent, hateful homophobia. Seriously, at least once a week he commits a hate crime to paper. So his take on Thomas Beatie, the pregnant transgendered man, is predictably nuanced and clever. See, it's some bearded guy who looks a bit like Mahmoud Ahmadinejad going into labor while a bunch of doctors ask for "suggestions" on how to deliver the baby. Because he's a man! Men don't have babies! Get it? We enjoyed this cartoon even more today than we did when Delonas made the exact same one two months ago: More » -
evil corporations in action
BREAKING: Monster Murdoch Moves WSJ 'Pepper... And Salt' Cartoon!
The Wall Street Journal has a cartoon called "Pepper... And Salt" which — and I did not know this after 12 years of reading the Journal — has been "edited since 1950 by Charles Preston... [and] is culled from hundreds of submissions each week." Anyway, the 'toon was once in the paper's Arts & Leisure section, and it must have been too controversial (ahem) because it was moved to the editorial page in April 2007. But now Rupert Murdoch is pretty much personally editing the whole Journal, and "Pepper... And Salt" is moving back to Arts & Leisure. Why? Possibly so the right-leaning media mogul can unleash a horrifying "Murdochian brand of editorial cartoon!" Reports the Times : More » -
meetings of the minds
Limey Perv Loves Bigot Cartoonist
John Derbyshire, the eccentric conservative English opinion writer who loves adolescent girls and hates the troops, invites you to check out the brilliant work of New York Post cartoonist Sean Delonas. "I think my all-time favorite — which annoyingly I can't find on the web — is the one of Bill and Hill as hogs heading for the swill trough as a farmer calls 'Sooo-eeee!'" Get it? They're... pigs. Who enjoy eating swill. "This man is a national treasure." Indeed. [NRO]
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By PareeneComment by Lysergic Asset: @Furious_George: I'm not arguing personal preferences, as long as they don't involve actual pedophilia (which, to clarify, is having sex... more » | Other threads
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Yeah, Sean, she's not the only one. Delonas [NYP]
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jann wenner
Say Hello To Jann Wenner's New Friend
Page Six steps up to the plate this morning with some hard—and, no doubt, extensively vetted—gossip. Seems that Jann Wennerhas been stepping out on his long-term life partner and co-father of his young son, Matt Nye. The publisher of Rolling Stone, Us Weekly and Men's Journal - who dumped his wife, Jane, of 28 years for pretty-boy fashion designer Nye in 1995 - has been spotted around town with Neal Boulton, the editor-in-chief of Men's Fitness magazine. Boulton is married, to a woman, with kids.
So much to work with here! First, how much do we love that "married" now needs to be followed up by a specification of spousal gender? Next, it's great that the Post gets a moment in the sun where they sound gay-friendly (which probably explains the lack of a Sean Delonas cartoon today). More » -
rosie o'donnell
Rosie O'Donnell, Art Appreciator
This photo is from Rosie O'Donnell's flickr page. It's of a painting by Sean Delonas, who Rosie has identified, in her teenager-poetry way, only as "an artist/I have never met." We didn't know that Sean and Rosie had never been introduced, and we'd like to acquaint them better. Rosie, meet Sean. We'd like to familiarize you with some of his other work: More »
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By Emily GouldComment by Smirk: Do I spy with my little eye a big black dildo on the left dresser? Oh Sean, you never... more » | Other threads
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sean delonas
Sean Delonas Finally Recognized, Awarded For Special Talents
We're a little late on this one, but we do like to mention friends of the site whenever they've done something of note. So we want to congratulate our good pal Sean Delonas, who was named one of GLAAD's "2006 Anti-Gay Defamation Offenders." Delonas shares the honor with virulent homophobe James Dobson and columnist Ann Coulter, 46. Congratulations, Sean! Let's keep reaching for that rainbow in 2007! More »
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By abalk2Comment by josh speed: Delonas richly deserves this "honour"--and I think it was Gawker that first called attention to his appallingly homophobic cartoons, wasn't... more » | Other threads
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new york sun
'Sun' Takes Brave Stand In Favor Of Obscenity
While many have chosen to disparage the massive bonuses "earned" by Wall Street figures this year, the stout souls at the New York Sun, whose failure to produce a financially viable business model has surely engendered their respect for any sort of fiscal acumen, take a stand for the billionaires. In an editorial yesterday, the paper declared that,News of a good year, performance-wise, at Goldman Sachs and of compensation to match for the firm's employees and executives has set some of our competitors — and no doubt, plenty of other New Yorkers — into singing carols of socialism. The New York Post's Sean Delonas, one of the great humorists in town, drew a cartoon, published in the paper, depicting the Goldman bankers as common criminals, complete with bandit masks. It's something to imagine Rupert Murdoch reading that over his cornflakes in the apartment on Fifth —
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Please Stop E-Mailing Us About Sean Delonas And Frog Legs
Thanks to the scores of readers who wrote in to explain that the frog in the Sean Delonas cartoon was, in fact, wheelchair-dependent because the French like to eat frog legs and not, as we supposed, some kind of commentary on the struggle in Iraq that has left so many of our soldiers limbless. We had no clue! A couple of correspondents did note the similarity between Delonas' amphibian amputee and the image from this classic National Lampoon album. There's been a suggestion that this is some kind of rip off, but, given Sean's history, we're just going to call it an homage. Which is, we believe, a French word. More » -
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Sean Delonas Considers The Difficult Issues Posed By The Iraq Study Group Report
Rather than go through the usual task of identifying the litany of homophobic elements in today's Sean Delonas cartoon, we're just gonna put the question to you directly: Why is the frog in a wheelchair? Our guess is because he got his limbs blown off in a quagmire of a conflict that his grossly incompetent political leaders mislead his country into supporting, but we're open to alternate suggestions. More » -
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Sean Delonas Gets Death Threats, Some Of Which May Not Even Come From Art Lovers
Jim Romenesko directs us to a profile of "homophobic and unfunny Post caricaturist" Sean Delonas in the NJ Daily Record. Sean has written a children's book with his son Ryan called Scuttle's Big Wish. "It's about a mouse who wishes everything he touches would turn to cheese," says Ryan, and the paper notes how unexpected the work is, coming as it does from a man "whose hard-hitting editorial cartoons provoke laughter and outrage." (We know.) Delonas seems confused by the controversy his work generates: "I'm really not personally that political. I try to draw cartoons that I think are funny." (We know.) When asked whether young Ryan will follow in his father's footsteps, Delonas demurs: "Ryan 'likes to draw the Titanic sinking.'" More » -
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Sean Delonas Mixing Up His Semitic Stereotypes
Okay, we'll ignore the canard that the Democratic wins in Tuesday's election somehow buoy the spirits of terrorists and just focus on the actual, um, "art" in today's Sean Delonas cartoon: the phallic weaponry isn't actually bad (although, as a recurring obsession of Sean's, you'd think he'd be able to draw penises better) but the noses? C'mon, is this Bigoted Cartooning 101? Everyone knows that schnozzes like that go on Jews. More » -
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We're Not Saying That Sean Delonas Ripped Off A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Cartoon, But...
Here's today's Sean Delonas cartoon from the Post. It depicts a beleaguered President Bush (the character with the "W" button on) in the moments before voter anger (the character in the "voting booth") over Iraq (note the "Iraq" map and tank the president is playing with) causes the final domino (the crescent of dominoes) to fall on his presidency. Gripping, incisive stuff. More »
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By abalk2Comment by Cheap Shot: I have nothing to add except that Gawker has tripled my hatred for Sean 'Still Busting on Jacko' Delonas. more » | Other threads
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sean delonas
'Post' Doodler Here, Sincere
Yesterday, in re homophobic and unfunny Post caricaturist Sean Delonas, we asked if anyone had ever seen a pro-gay cartoon scribbled by the alleged friend of friends of Dorothy. As is their wont, Gawker readers responded en masse, providing us with a variety of images that proved Delonas' favorable coverage of homosexualists. We'd have to say that our particular favorite is the image above, since it proves that Sean actually has a firm sense of community and recognizes that attempts by outsiders to interlope would only subject that community to ridicule. Sean, we forgive you: You are truly a beacon of tolerance and understanding.
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By abalk2Comment by raincoaster: Lupe is okay. Secretions aren't the same as excretions. more » | Other threads
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sean delonas
'Post' Hack To "Get With My Gays, Learn About Sensitivity"
After reading this morning's analysis of the latest Sean Delonas crime against art an irate reader sent an e-mail to Delonas expressing his displeasure with the cartoon, its depiction of homosexuality, its conflation of homosexuality with pedophilia, and Delonas' talents in general. The reader also suggested that he planned to bring the cartoon the attention of national gay rights groups. We share Delonas' response after the jump. More » -
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'Post' Draftsman The Picasso Of Prejudice
Post "cartoonist" Sean Delonas raises his game today with the masterpiece you see here. We're not sure which hand-drawn gay stereotype is our favorite: there are so many to choose from! Village People reference? Check! Umbrella drink? Check! Limp wrists? Check! AIDS ribbon? Check! Light loafers? You'd better believe it! He even gets a hamster in there (note the cage behind McGreevey)! Still, even with this cornucopia of homophobia, we're going to have to give the nod to what's going on in the bedroom, where a teddy bear holds what appears to be a big black dildo. You've got to hand it to Sean; he knows it's an accumulation of small details that really brings the bigotry to life. More » -
sean delonas
Now This Is The Kind Of Cartoon We Could See Attacking An Embassy Over
We can't recall the source of this anecdote but it concerns and old college roommate, a regular reader of the comic strip Nancy. When asked why he persisted in that habit the roommate replied, "Because one day it's going to be funny, and I want to be there." In any event, Sean Delonas of the Post: Is there possibly a less-talented cartoonist working today? We had to laugh when we saw this "specially commissioned" work of art in Page Six: the Magazine (making it the first time we've laughed at anything related to Delonas): Who "commissioned" it, the same person Delonas has the incriminating photos of? Honestly, does anyone out there find him amusing at all? E-mail us or respond in the comments; we're genuinely curious.
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