I love this cartoon from Wednesday’s Grand Rapids Herald-Review, submitted to the paper by Jeanne Newstrom.
I don’t exactly get it, but I love it anyway. Here what I know. The issue is the sale of land from Itasca County to Essar Steel for its up-and-coming Minnesota mining and steel mill operations near Nashwauk. A faction in the county believe the land was sold too cheap and without proper public discussion. OK, fine. But why does the beaver have an apron? Who is the beaver? What office does the porcupine hold? So many questions!
This reminds me of some of the great old early 1900s political cartoons featuring 60 or 70 caricatures of obscure businessman dancing around an inanimate object, like a stove or jug, representing a Supreme Court justice. Something about cartoons like this rev up the blood, even — perhaps especially — when they are too abstract to fully understand.
I mean, wouldn’t the porcupine be on the same side as the beaver? Right?
I, for one, want to see more of this in our local papers. It’s got me thinking about taking out my pencil set.
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