{"id":697,"date":"2009-11-04T12:28:20","date_gmt":"2009-11-04T10:28:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/docpops-pictureless-comic-contest-hindsight-2009-11-04-joost-and-amor\/"},"modified":"2009-11-04T12:28:20","modified_gmt":"2009-11-04T10:28:20","slug":"docpops-pictureless-comic-contest-hindsight-2009-11-04-joost-and-amor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/royblumenthal.com\/wordpress\/docpops-pictureless-comic-contest-hindsight-2009-11-04-joost-and-amor\/","title":{"rendered":"@docpop’s ‘Pictureless Comic Contest’: Hindsight — 2009-11-04 — Joost and Amor"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n@docpop’s ‘Pictureless Comic Contest’: Hindsight — 2009-11-04 — Joost and Amor<\/a>, originally uploaded by royblumenthal<\/a>.<\/span>\n<\/div>\n

\n@Scottstead<\/a>, a Twitter buddy of mine, and fellow visual thinker, alerted me to an interesting challenge…<\/p>\n

@DocPop<\/a> threw the gauntlet down, asking artists, illustrators, cartoonists, humans, to create a 4 to 40 panel comic strip with NO PICTURES<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Of course, the only medium in which this can be successfully carried out would be radio. Cos all other media use visuals. And visuals are pictures. Even a written or typed word is a picture.<\/p>\n

But what the heck? Maybe he just meant, ‘Traditional pictures’?<\/p>\n

My answer to the challenge deals with the scandalous numbskullery of an ex-Springbok Rugby Playing Hero, Joost vd Westhuizen.<\/p>\n

Some time ago, the tabloids broke a story in which Joost was seen in a home video snorting cocaine off an extra-marital ladyfriend’s stomach<\/a>. He was also giving her some of his special Springbok Rugby Love. (You know the type I mean… tonsil massage in the locker room.) All while wearing underpants riddled with holes.<\/p>\n

He denied that it was him in the tape. His spiritual leader, Pastor Ray McCauley, of the money-making Rhema Church, apparently denied it was Joost. (I’ve just searched the web for the articles I recall coming out at the time, and I’m struggling to find anything about McCauley’s role that isn’t hearsay.)<\/p>\n

Nevertheless… Everybody denied it was Joost.<\/p>\n

And his wife Amor stood by his side.<\/p>\n

But now he’s gone and let the cat out of the bag. It WAS him. He admits it<\/a> in his new book. And at the same time, he trash-talks Amor in the most ungentlemanly ways possible. (In fact, I hope his Springbok Rugby Pals round on him in a dark alley and give him some scrummaging lessons as payment for the ugly stuff he’s revealed about his former love.)<\/p>\n

The hidden layers in this cartoon make it a bit convoluted for anyone who isn’t fully up to speed with the twists and turns of the saga. But it’s clear enough what’s happening in the surface story regardless.<\/p>\n

I thought a bit of history would be in order.<\/p>\n

I made this pic in ArtRage 2.5 on my Rectron-sponsored Asus R1E tablet pc. I wore a pair of my own hole-ridden underpants on my head for inspiration.<\/i><\/p>\n

This pic is released under a Creative Commons ‘Attribution, Share-Alike’ license. This means you are free to use it as you see fit, without asking for my permission. AS LONG AS… you attribute it to me, and you release it under a similar license. I would also appreciate a note letting me know you’re using it. My email address is roy@royblumenthal.com<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

@docpop’s ‘Pictureless Comic Contest’: Hindsight — 2009-11-04 — Joost and Amor, originally uploaded by royblumenthal. @Scottstead, a Twitter buddy of mine, and fellow visual thinker, alerted me to an interesting challenge… @DocPop threw the gauntlet down, asking artists, illustrators, cartoonists, …<\/p>\n

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