![]() ![]() There might be multiple reasons why the fiscal cliff occurs, but once it's here it will affect us all.Įrlend Peder Kvam (1994) is an artist and illustrator based in Oslo. In the publication Fiscal Cliff, the topographic metaphor is used as a starting point for a visual game with symbols and characters that somehow has to deal with the fiscal fall. The metaphor is strengthened by the cliff’s many cultural appearances, and it has become a cultural icon itself due to films as Thelma & Louise, Looney Tunes and the Youtube fossil Tha Cliff from 2006. ![]() The fiscal cliff illustrates an abrupt and uncontrolled economic collapse, and the imagery of state leaders falling down cliffs is one of satire drawings’ best known archetypes. The economy could face tsunamis and earthquakes, it could end up in deep valleys and reach high peaks, and it could be standing in front of the fiscal cliff. Natural phenomenons are a well used tool to illustrate and explain financial circumstances. Like in Grave of the Fireflies, they are using the techniques of cel shading to show form through shape, but with the contrast pushed up to maximum. The bomb drops, and the mushroom cloud rises silently as an expanding circle then we see a series of shots abruptly switch into harsh black and white shadow shapes. Then, we see the bombing through the scope of the plane the pilots are drawn in a heavily hatched style with realistic proportions reminiscent of an American comic. The planes are drawn in exacting detail, and we’re shown supernatural omens like ants crawling inside. The moments leading up to the bombing are excruciating anticipation: the characters dismiss the ‘spy plane’ and talk about the weather, and then we cut to radio chatter in English between the observation planes and the Enola Gay discussing the weather in a horribly different light. When it comes to the Hiroshima bombing Barefoot Gen does not at all hold back on detail it is not exactly realism but it clearly draws heavily on nuclear bomb test footage. ![]()
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