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Friday, August 11, 2017

Cartoons: branding

Wells Fargo wants us to identify them as rugged, wholesome examples of the American West. So much for branding. With recent revelations about the way the company does business, sneaky two-timing bandits come to mind. Steve Sack captures it well.
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image: cartoon by Steve Sack
Steve Sack, The Week
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When I was trying to get an idea of what North Korea's Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un is like, he was described as having the same traits as Hitler and Saddam Hussein in the Scientific American article, "The Psychology of Dictatorship," 2011. Cartoonist David Fitzsimmons calls him and Trump megalomaniacs.
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image: cartoon by David Fitzsimmons
David Fitzsimmons, The Week
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I can really identify with branding nuclear war as the unthinkable.
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image: cartoon by Steve Kelley
Steve Kelley, The Week
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-- Marge


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