What's Mallard raving about today?
The New Yorker Cartoons.
Nope, sorry. I don't understand this one at all.
Does The New Yorker pay it's cartoon characters exorbitant salaries of which I am not aware?
Or is Mallard bemoaning that cartoonists for The New Yorker make more than, say, hack syndicated cartoonists who pen bewildering comics on waterfowl-related topics.
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Perhaps the guy's not at the New Yorker because he's drawn so poorly.
Well I am completely baffled. He might as well draw the guy with a blank sign; it would make just as much sense.
I think it's referencing the fact that lots of New Yorker cartoons feature the cliche of the beggar with a tin cup. This guy didn't get a job as a character begging with a tin cup, so he winds up begging with a tin cup. I think it's moderately amusing, which is an utter shock in the middle of Brucie's usual rants about government, the poor, mercy, altruism and everything else he thinks is wrong with the world.
I agree with dave robidenza. It looks like an actual joke. I am astounded.
I don't know why you would possibly give Tinsley that much credit, given that the previous and subsequent strips feature the exact same set-ups with entirely unrelated "jokes." And as an avid New Yorker reader, I sorta disagree that the beggar trope is particularly common there, except inasmuch as it's common in cartoons in general.
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