Critical analysis of the Express cartoon thread

Andy McDandy · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2012 9:33 am

I think Des is a regular there. Either last year or the year before, there was a much-derided online diary posted by some meedja person, who seemed to spend most of the time shuffling between events of this nature. They bumped into Des and Mrs Des at the show.

I'm more bewildered by the ongoing fascination with Amanda Holden. Has she entered into some sort of devil's bargain with Northern & Shell? I mean, OK, she's connected to BGT, and she's blonde and pretty, and she's sort of OK in dramas where she's got a strong script and supporting cast, but she's hardly SEO gold.

ezinra · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2012 9:39 am

I think Holden is one of the celebs that has signed an 'exclusive' deal with OK magazine. Apparently Desmond likes to parade his famous friends through the N&S offices on the rare occasions he drops by.

sporran · **Joined:** Tue Nov 09, 2010 2:10 pm **Posts:** 1610

How many days has it been since the Great Flood of London cartoon??

shyamz · **Posted:** Tue May 22, 2012 12:43 pm

If the UK had the kind of climate where cactuses could grow in abundance we'd need a hosepipe ban.

Which leads me to think that surely if he wanted to make a joke about the hosepipe ban that appealed to the mail and mail readers, he should have drawn a Japanese water garden?

Well off the mark PT.

Messianic Trees · **Joined:** Fri Mar 18, 2011 10:50 pm **Posts:** 2844

The Red Arrow · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 7:55 am

Trying to type through tears of laughter. It's all o.k. isn't it? With all that's going on in the world, it's great that we've got an unelected leader who's doing fuck all about anything except lining the pockets of his own kind. Great! Let's all get on the newspeak/soundbite bandwagon and chillax. That's right! We should all be at it. Her-de-har-har! Fucking hilarious.

Althea · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 9:19 am

Why's there a bird watching them? Birds rarely get that close, and if they do it's generally because they're one of those grotesque, mutant pigeons in a city train station.

Andy McDandy · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 10:06 am

It's the new gay barber.

Fflaps · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 10:18 am

I've noticed he's been putting these birds (of various species) in most of his cartoons lately. Perhaps he's taken up birdwatching?

The Red Arrow · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 10:21 am

I rather think it's the talentless egomaniac equivalent of the Chippendale mouse.

Squeaker · **Joined:** Sat Mar 31, 2012 3:23 pm **Posts:** 728

The Red Arrow wrote:

I rather think it's the talentless egomaniac equivalent of the Chippendale mouse.

Not seeing any mice here

oboogie · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 10:46 am

Squeaker wrote:

The Red Arrow wrote:

I rather think it's the talentless egomaniac equivalent of the Chippendale mouse.

Not seeing any mice here

Not mice no. But there are definitely some smuggled budgies.

Carlos The Badger · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 12:17 pm

Fflaps wrote:

I've noticed he's been putting these birds (of various species) in most of his cartoons lately. Perhaps he's taken up birdwatching?

The Red Arrow wrote:

I rather think it's the talentless egomaniac equivalent of the Chippendale mouse.

Yeah, I think he must have read somewhere that other cartoonists always include something (normally hidden) in their work.
But being he, he's not thought it through properly and also because his style's so shit he won't be able to carry it off.

mojojojo · **Joined:** Fri Mar 19, 2010 1:33 pm **Posts:** 4311

His birds aren't any that you'd see in Britain.

The Red Arrow · **Posted:** Wed May 23, 2012 1:19 pm

Or, indeed, this planet.

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