Someone reaches for a phone while another person is speaking. It is a small gesture, but a cartoon can turn it into the whole story: the listener’s gaze moves away while the conversation appears to hang in the air. This collection uses that kind of exaggeration to explore attention and company.
A phone can connect people who are far apart and distract people sitting together. The tension depends on the situation, including whether the screen is part of the conversation or competing with it.
These illustrations express frustration with interruptions; they cannot establish how often conversations are interrupted across society. Their force comes from making a recognizable moment unusually clear.
There is also a difference between briefly checking a necessary message and leaving someone repeatedly unsure whether they are being heard. That distinction gives the satire a more useful focus than a blanket judgment about technology.
jeffreyhill.typepad.com
Unknown
Unknown
Unknown
Renn
Scoop.It
Explosm.Net
Angel Boligan
Liam Walsh
Bizarro Comics
Bizarro Comics
Naf
jhallcomics.com
Bizarro Comics
GoComics.com
Liam Walsh
Mann Cornet
Lee
Maria Scrivan
Unknown
TheDogHouseDiaries.com
Cote
Creators Syndicate
Grant Snider
StephenByMe
GreenShowComic
Jon Carter
Lodwell
Toothpaste for Dinner
Unknown
forlackofabettercomic.com
SpeedBump
Jim Benton
D. Fletcher
TheOatmeal.com
Unknown
Jim Benton
What are your thoughts on these comics? Share in the comments section below!
Source: BoredPanda via TrueActivist
Related:
- 10 Things You Could Do With the Time You Spend on Facebook Every Day
- Prince Ea’s Spoken-Word Video About Phones and Connection
- Why Steve Jobs Didn’t Let His Kids Use iPads (And Why You Shouldn’t Either)
- Toby Morris' On a Plate Comic Explores Privilege
- Twenty-Nine Social Satire Illustrations by Paweł Kuczyński
- Disturbing (But Amazing) Pictures Expose The Absurdities Of Modern Culture *Warning: Graphic Images*
- Human–Animal Role Reversals in Ethical Cartoons
- A Short Comic About Love and Everyday Care
- John Lennon’s Imagine in Comic Form
- A Reflection on Choices, Consequences and Comparison
- The Pen Is Mightier Than The Sword: 28 Cartoonists Pay Tribute To The Victims Of The Charlie Hebdo Shooting
- Arab Newspapers React To ‘Charlie Hebdo’ Attacks With Cartoons Of Their Own
- Puuung's Illustrations of Love in Everyday Moments
- Na Young Wu Reimagines Familiar Fairy Tales
- Lauren Wade's Retouched Paintings Question Beauty Standards
- Thirty Pencil Drawings That Create an Illusion of Depth
The interruption becomes the subject
A cartoon can place people physically close while directing their gazes elsewhere. The contrast between proximity and attention supplies the argument without requiring a long caption.
That is a selected situation, not proof that conversation has disappeared or that every use of a phone isolates someone. A device may also be part of a shared task or connection with an absent person. Ask what the particular drawing includes and what it deliberately leaves out. The collection becomes a discussion of attention and expectations rather than a demand to choose between technology and meaningful company in every circumstance.
Explore a related story: 25 Photos and Cartoons About Phones and Everyday Attention.
What a glance at a screen can mean
In an actual conversation, the intention behind a glance at a screen may be invisible to the other person. A brief explanation can change the meaning of the same action: checking directions for the group is different from silently withdrawing. The cartoons strip away that context to sharpen their point. Recognizing what they leave out helps preserve the joke without turning every pictured phone into evidence of indifference.
I totally agree with the comics. Next they'll invent a smartphone that mediums use to speak with the dead.
ReplyDeleteA fascinating dialog is value remark. I feel that it is best to compose more on this matter, it may not be an unthinkable theme however generally people are insufficient to chat on such subjects. To the following. Salud. Parental control software
ReplyDeleteAs we as a whole know, there are two general parts of a Personal Computer (PC), the Hardware and the Software. First we will talk about the hardware side. document fill out
ReplyDelete