Media-Man to the Rescue!
May 24th, 2023 Barry Posted in Labor rights & Unions, Media criticism | No Comments »
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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has five panels, plus an extra tiny “kicker” panel below the bottom of the strip.
PANEL 1
A superhero – in a classic blue-and-red outfit, a bit like Superman’s – is flying over a city, his arms extended in front of him. But instead of a head, he has a big flatscreen TV on top of his neck. The TV screen is showing a head-and-shoulders shot of a news anchorman type, wearing a brown suit and tie.
This character is Media-Man.
MEDIA-MAN (here and also in all the other panels, Media-Man speaks from the TV screen): Bored bored bored… If only there were some crime I could report!
PANEL 2
Media-Man looks downward, excited and glad, as a voice calls out from below.
VOICE: Media-Man! Help! I’m being robbed!
MEDIA-MAN: Yay!
PANEL 3
Media-Man is coming down for a landing on a sidewalk. Two women are on the sidewalk looking up at him. One of them is wearing a red tank top, a skirt, and sneakers. The other, who looks annoyed, is dressed more expensively, in a suit and heels.
TANK TOP: Media-Man! Thank god you’re here! My boss is refusing to pay me for all the hours I worked!
PANEL 4
Media-Man, an annoyed expression on his TV screen, holds up a palm in a “don’t bother me with this” gesture. The woman in the tank top is bewildered by Media-Man’s indifference, while the woman in the suit looks pleased.
MEDIA-MAN: Wage theft? Boring! I’m not gonna report on that!
TANK TOP: But– Wage theft costs $15 billion a year?
PANEL 5
Media-Man is once again flying high above a city. He looks bored, and is yawning, with one hand held over the mouth area on his TV screen. The voices of unseen people are coming up from below, but Media-Man pays them no attention.
VOICES (there are four voices, and they all say the same thing): Help! Wage theft!
TINY KICKER PANEL BELOW THE BOTTOM OF THE COMIC STRIP
Media-Man, still looking annoyed, is talking to Barry (the cartoonist).
MEDIA-MAN: I only report important crimes! Like shoplifting!
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