My old college friend Arasan Aruliah has been radicalized by the financial crisis. If he were an American, perhaps he would be a member of the Tea Party? But radicalism in the U.K. is different than in the U.S. Arasah has decided to vent his frustrations in cartoon form in a series Ripped-Off Britons in the Guardian and in a theraputic blog. Here is a recent cartoon:
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January 20, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Alan
Along the same vein is this exchange in a recent issue (#584) of Fantastic Four written by Jonathan Hickman and illustrated by Steve Epting:
http://twitpic.com/3rwims
http://twitpic.com/3rwiyb
January 21, 2011 at 1:32 pm
Arasan
I used to read Marvel comic all the time. Not sure my editor would let my characters get away with punching a banker, though.