The 24 Types of Progressive
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In the spirit (and using the artwork) of Barry Deutsch’s “24 Types of Libertarian”, I present this mashup: the 24 Types of Progressive.
(It’s cool that I used his art. He even lettered it for me. It’s a joint project. That being the case, I can’t resist hassling Barry a little bit and apologizing for the mostly-male, mostly-white cast. Barry’s just sexist and racist that way, saying “I could revise the artwork to more accurately reflect the gender and racial balance of the progressive movement. But I would rather sit here playing Civ4 and guzzling bourbon.” Shocking, but what can you do.)
I have to say this “cartooning” thing seems pretty easy. I wrote up a few ideas, sent them off to Barry, went to bed and poof, in the morning a cartoon magically appeared. What’s all the complaining about, artist-type people? Just get yourself a Barry!
Click the image to see the full-size version.
July 16th, 2010 at 7:44 am
[...] version is called “The 24 Types of Progressive.” I helped Rob with the lettering, partly because he’s an old college chum, and partly [...]
July 16th, 2010 at 11:30 am
I think you mean the blood of the bourgeoisie, no?
July 16th, 2010 at 12:09 pm
‘Completely Nuts’, ‘Creepy’, ‘That Angry Guy’, ‘Trust Fund Hole’, ‘Mr. Omniscient’, and ‘Angry About Centuries-old Injustices’ could all just as easily be on the right as on the left.
July 16th, 2010 at 3:54 pm
You realize that everyone on that list will see themselves as the “Reasonable Lefty.” (ANd yes, I count myself as one.)
July 19th, 2010 at 1:15 pm
23 of the 24 progressive types don’t exist
July 20th, 2010 at 5:23 am
A one-page funny (I hope) panel cartoon is not an attempt at an exhaustive typography and thus arguments over the existence or nonexistence of these types in our perceived reality is pointless. But out of curiosity, which type is it that you think progressives all fall into?
July 20th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
Which one is “just wants half of what is spent on war to be spent on local schools, hospitals, and roads instead”?
It should be “Reasonable Lefty”, but somehow that never gets acknowledged as reasonable.
July 22nd, 2010 at 2:48 pm
I love “creepy”. This comic is genuinely funny.