tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post4854585492397698828..comments2024-02-28T20:08:29.312-08:00Comments on The Pictorial Arts: What, My Lai?Thomas Haller Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-46516225291406807162013-03-07T13:26:17.127-08:002013-03-07T13:26:17.127-08:00I'll point out that Kelly's run on MAD end...I'll point out that Kelly's run on MAD ended in 1962.<br /><br />He once said he tried to avoid overtly political art, and i reminded him of this one, and he said "Oh, that one was just too god to pass up."mike weber/fairportfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17549793296888386841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-68463062728524836402011-08-28T18:59:03.323-07:002011-08-28T18:59:03.323-07:00Daniel, as you well know, it was the National Lamp...Daniel, as you well know, it was the National Lampoon's mission to be offensive—in every direction, with no holds barred, no quarter given.<br /><br />Not only were they good at being offensive, they were brilliantly offensive.Thomas Haller Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09278003392092477845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-347683455597417526.post-77560144337695807642011-08-28T15:34:30.517-07:002011-08-28T15:34:30.517-07:00This cover was offensive, but not gratuitously so....This cover was <em>offensive</em>, but not gratuitously so. Sometimes offense is exactly what is <em>needed</em>.<br /><br />Some years ago, I listened to interviews of soldiers who'd been involved in the Allied intervention begun in Russian during the Great War, in an attempt to aid the anti-German White Russians. One of the stories sounded an awful lot like the indiscriminate killing of half-a-century later.<br /><br />Perhaps war is ever thus.Daniel [oeconomist.com]https://www.blogger.com/profile/06763094285750736837noreply@blogger.com