Generally, I think there is a time-sensitive element. You know, sort of like the requirement to be contemporaneous, accurate and balanced to avoid getting sued. It's a simplification, I know, but there is so much that is clearly biography, and quite a bit of history around, but as far as I can see, there is very little of work such as Sacco and Rall's, and I wonder if there's a good reason ofr it. Ted Rall getting dropped by the NYT forms part of the argument, I think, where the space and quality pressures on editorial cartoons are forcing people to self-publish, which is linked to the self-publishing by Sim etc. to maintain editorial independence, even if it results in partisan reporting: which Sacco and Rall, despite being great, certainly are.
I had thought of Rowson, but couldn't bring any strips to mind which were clearly reporting rather than comment. Steve Bell's Maggie's Farm is a pretty good idea I had last night after posting, though. |
