The Missing Monopoly Card

Frank Mariani shares his Buffalo Born Babble

There’s a loosely defined “International style” of editorial cartooning that features a heavy use of symbolism. You’ve seen the icons: doves, mushroom clouds, faceless dictators, shadowy sihouettes of monsters, etc. I was leaning in that direction when I thought to anthropomorphize SPEECH and put him behind bars.

Famous “FREE [NAME]” signs and slogans

• “FREE HUEY” – Signs and posters demanding the release of Huey Newton, co-founder of the Black Panther Party, after his 1967 arrest.
• “FREE MANDELA” – The anti-apartheid slogan seen globally from the 1960s through the 1980s, calling for the release of Nelson Mandela from prison.
• “FREE WILLY” – From the 1993 film campaign, later also used as an animal rights slogan to free captive orcas.

You knew the last one was going to make the cut, didn’t you?