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Can Our Times Even Be Satirized? (w/ Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson)

Current Affairs

Current Affairs

Comedy, Government, News, Culture, Politics

4.4645 Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2023

⏱️ 43 minutes

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0:00.0

Welcome to Current Affairs. My name is Nathan Robinson. I'm the editor-in-chief of Current Affairs Magazine.

0:25.1

I am joined today by two of the greatest cartoonists of our time and illustrators, Matt Boers, Ben Clarkson.

0:35.8

They are the authors.

0:37.1

They are the illustrators of the new comic book, Justice Warriors.

0:44.7

Ben Clarkson, Matt Boers, thank you so much for joining us.

0:48.1

Pleasure to be here.

0:49.4

Thanks for having us.

0:50.8

All right, you're going to have to introduce the world of justice warriors to our listeners and readers.

1:01.6

I was going to, but I would describe this as indescribable.

1:07.7

In fact, there is a blur on the front of Justice Warriors.

1:12.2

Justice Warriors is no doubt some kind of elaborate hoax,

1:16.7

and requires only that you succumb to its power to confound, outrage, and delight.

1:24.9

I think that would make anyone open it and have a look at it, but perhaps one of you,

1:31.1

perhaps you have your succinct explanation of what I have here in my hands.

1:36.6

We're very proud of that quote as well, because it's by the incredible Peter K. Chung,

1:41.6

the creator of Eon Flux, which is an unbelievable example of

1:46.9

experimental and popular animation, which everyone should go check out. Yeah, Justice Warriors is a

1:53.6

police procedural set in the future's most unequal city. It tells the story of Swamp Cop and his new partner, rookie partner, Shit,

2:06.0

who is a walking anthropomorphic pile of shit.

2:09.7

But that's spelled S-C-H-I-T-T.

2:12.8

Yeah, it's his wife's last name.

2:14.9

She's German.

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