Twisted Image

View Articles in Other Categories
| By
Arts and Culture, Cartoons
A six panel cartoon. First panel: A guy with a skull on his shirt says: "it's a free country!! I can do whatever I want!!" Second panel: Another man enters the frame wearing a suit. He says, "Oh yea?!! You're two minutes late! You're fired!!" Third panel: another man replaces the guy in the suit, wearing a fedora hat. He says "Oh yea?!! You're ten days behind on your rent! You're evicted!!" Fourth panel: The first guy has changed from his skull shirt. He is wearing a beanie, has scruffy facial hair, and is wearing a big jacket and a backpack. A police officer enters the frame and says "Oh yea?!! You're loitering on private property! You're under arrest!!" Fifth panel: The first guy is now in jail, in a striped jumpsuit, behind bars. A warden says "Oh yea?!! You're breathing our air! Stop breathing!!" Sixth panel: A new man is in the frame. He's the only person pictured. He says "Actually, the last time I looked, the air we breathe is still free!! Proving yet again that this is indeed a free country! ... so long as you have the money to buy your freedom!"

Ace Backwords is a homeless writer and artist who lives in Berkeley, California. You can find more writing on his blogs.