This is our first foray into discussing satire, and how to make fun of politics. Whether cartooning, focusing a microscope on an individual trait or issue, or simply drawing attention to an injustice, satire has a place in writing and the arts.
Mentions from Episode 82:
- Adam Singer on Twitter @TiMEoFPoSTiNG
- The Satire of Gulliver’s Travels
- Oliver Willis’ The Deepest State: A Satirical Epic – Satire under 45
- Matt Gallagher’s Fire and Forget: Short Stories from the Long War
- Sporadic Verses – SCA-specific group satire
- David Abram’s Fobbit
- Walt Kelly’s Pogo
- Gary Trudeau’s Doonesbury
