Jim Borgman has been the Enquirer's editorial cartoonist since 1976. Borgman has won every major award in his field, including the 1991 Pulitzer Prize, the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year in 1993, and most recently, the Adamson Award in 2005 as International Cartoonist of the Year. His award-winning daily comic strip Zits, co-created with Jerry Scott, chronicles the life of 15-year-old Jeremy Duncan, his family and friends through the glories and challenges of the teenage years. Since debuting in July 1997, Zits has regularly finished #1 in reader comics polls across America and is syndicated in more than 1300 newspapers around the world.
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5 Comments:
at 3/30/06, 8:52 AM 
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at 3/30/06, 10:00 PM 
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at 3/31/06, 8:24 AM 
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at 3/31/06, 7:05 PM 
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at 4/4/06, 7:12 AM 
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Post a Comment*Yeah, one bullet (fron the thugs) away from a riot, but the city will be empty by then. I can see it now, rioters, storming the empty downtown shops. "What if you threw a riot and nobody came?" People are sick of the results of the riots, weak council and the police are demonized and not backed. No profiling either, when I hear of a shooting 9 times out of 10 I can list the areas (about 5 or 6) and be right. I moved out of Cinti about 2-1/2 years ago for this reason.
Jim, I'd just like to suggest an image that's been bouncing around my head as food for a future cartoon.
I imagine Mallory standing with a burping towel over his shoulder over a City-Hall-shaped playpen marked "City Council". And inside the playpen you see a bunch of babies with the heads of city council-people crying and fighting over pacifiers (maybe marked The Banks?).
All the while, outside the playpen you've got kids with guns and people lying dead in the street. A la the chaos in the streets cartoon from a couple weeks ago.
As to the riots, all these people "fleeing the city" really have no concept of reality in the city. I'm white, I lived downtown during the riots, and I live in Price Hill now. And not once have I ever felt in fear for my safety, day or night.
And to those who've fled to the suburbs, you're just proving the hype true and adding to the problem by running away rather than taking part in finding a solution for the problems.
Jon S. wrote:
"All the while, outside the playpen you've got kids with guns and people lying dead in the street. A la the chaos in the streets cartoon from a couple weeks ago."
"I live in Price Hill now. And not once have I ever felt in fear for my safety, day or night."
Well Jon, is it safe or is it chaos? I bet the old couple last holloween felt safe to before their house was stormed and being shot at. I bet the Elder student from a few years ago felt safe too. We are setting records in Cinti for murders, and council is worried about the Banks, and other non-crime issues. I have a family and can't hope they get it right. Not a gamble I want to risk. Good luck.
There is chaos in certain areas, but 95% of the time its between people engaged in illegal activities. Compared to cities like Kansas City, Detroit, and Houston, our murder rate is quite low.
And the fact that you're not willing to take the risk proves my point. There are no guarantees in life, and you're more apt to get killed by a drunk driver on your way to work than a stray bullet in your neighborhood, or teenagers breaking in.
The fact that you'd rather RUN than stand for what's right and try and help make an effort to help turn one Cincinnati neighborhood around only makes things worse. When those who can make a difference but don't want to run away it only leaves the criminals and the apathetic.
So I don't blame only the politicians, teenagers, and criminals for the way Cincinnati's neighborhoods are. I also blame those who moved away rather than try and give a damn.
Well, it's OK for our murder rate to climb...as long as we're lower than other cities? It's not just safty that goes into this equation, property values, education and the like are part of the mix as well. I can't gamble with investing in a house if the problem isn't fixed, you can do whatever you want with your money. If the city showed any signs after years of declining, I would hang in there, but there is not even a flicker of light at the end of this tunnel.
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