B2S Shopping Cartoon

Topic: Back to school shopping

Story: A scary camp fire scene talking about back to school shopping

Audience: Featured in present day America, this cartoon has a literal meaning to the "ideal" male about back to school shopping. This cartoon was found in the Green Bay Press-Gazette.


Author: Joe Heller
He is from Oshkosh, Wisconsin and is writing for the Green Bay Press-Gazette. He is a prestigious editorial cartoonist. He has won many awards such as eight best of Gannette Awards, six Milwaukee Press Club Awards, and three John Fischette Editorial Cartoon Awards. He has a collection of his work in a book called Give 'em Heller. He has done many things other than editorial cartoons such as illustrate children books, drawn for museum exhibits, and drawn in various comic books. He holds a BA in Fine Arts.

Argument: The argument is that back to school shopping is outrageous. It shows this by the settings and the text that goes along with it. I think there is some irony in the fact that I believe that he would be much  more afraid of an axe-murder compared to back to school shopping.

Composition: This is a simple single-frame cartoon

Word & Image: It uses both text and pictures to get across the idea of back to school shopping is scary.

Imagery: It is a scene of people around a campfire telling scary stories. The funny thing is that back to school shopping is not "scary story" scary.

Tone: The tone is "seriously funny." It is serious in a most dad's eyes and funny in the fact that they really shouldn't be afraid of back to school shopping.

Character & Setting: The scene is a campfire of a couple middle class families.

Cultural Resonance: It is something that really happens, but the fictional thing about it is the swamp monster and people really getting scared over back to school shopping.