Hey, today I’ve got some cartoon and memes for you. I know that Dakinikat went over several points of the weekend “assassin attempt” in her post yesterday. So some of the things below will be sort of a repeat.
Cartoons via Cagle:
Stay safe out there.
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The Sky Dancing banner headline uses a snippet from a work by artist Tashi Mannox called 'Rainbow Study'. The work is described as a" study of typical Tibetan rainbow clouds, that feature in Thanka painting, temple decoration and silk brocades". dakinikat was immediately drawn to the image when trying to find stylized Tibetan Clouds to represent Sky Dancing. It is probably because Tashi's practice is similar to her own. His updated take on the clouds that fill the collection of traditional thankas is quite special.
You can find his work at his website by clicking on his logo below. He is also a calligraphy artist that uses important vajrayana syllables. We encourage you to visit his on line studio.
Sky Dancing 
Wow! Those are lit today! I love the remake of Nancy! They’re all just spot on!
The cartoonists are the ones who speak the truth these days.
Boston boomer shared this with me:
https://rickperlstein.substack.com/p/an-ignorant-population-is-easier?r=174rx&utm_medium=ios&utm_id=97757_v0_s00_e223_tv2_tp1_a1dennhba29x4g&fbclid=IwY2xjawReK-5leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEedDFypQz74bEQR9L_y-Iit58p5y2-hzUSi1gqwwDxJL1Q1ShXHSzc9pmYxjY_aem_qFiUUTfCAKX5xR3dZPJQqg&triedRedirect=true
“An Ignorant Population Is Easier to Control”The cascading consequences of the terror campaign against children’s literature
Samira Ahmed became an author of children’s and young adult literature at age 40 after a career as a high school English teacher and worker in education nonprofits like one that sued Governor George Pataki of New York to fight school inequality. She is the author of nine books. Her first, Love, Hate, and Other Filters (2018), is about a young Indian-American girl whom a domestic terrorism incident based on the Oklahoma City bombing impacts her in ways she couldn’t have expected. Her next, Internment, made the New York Times bestseller list. She also wrote a comic book starring Ms. Marvel, the first South Asian Muslim superhero. So why does she have to check into hotels under an assumed name?
At dinner during our shared residency last month at the artist’s colony Ragdale, she told me things about what’s happening in her industry so shocking I’m surprised I didn’t drop my plate in the buffet line. Yesterday, she shared the story more fully. Here is an edited transcript of our jaw-dropping conversation.
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A little birdie recently told me, “Children’s publishing is a shit show right now.”
There are many things happening in children’s publishing right now. Number one, the market is contracting for both young adult and middle grades—which is not necessarily something you can control.
But the part that really scared me is the role of book bans. You said it could kill children’s publishing.