I wonder if anyone notices.
Weird Al explicitly gets permission before doing a parody. Usually artists ask/beg him to do them. This comic is BS.
Kelly comics are intentional satire of the political comic style and topics.
Kelly is one of the best parody comic creators in the business. I believe he works for The Onion?
It’s more like the Colbert Report back in the day, an exaggerated right winger who is so obviously wrong it’s funny.
I remember an interview where Al was talking about his early career. Madonna asked him “When ya gonna do ‘Like a Surgeon’”? They talked about it, and she said “But only if I can be in the video.” Al, who was MUCH less popular than Madonna at the time, couldn’t say “Okay!” fast enough.
Coolio was pissed that Al parodied him. He regretted it later in life and realized Al was great.
A few weeks ago, I think I read (here on Lemmy!) that he regretted his beef. In fact, I think he said he thought his managers gave him bad information to cause the beef.
Before that I didn’t even know there was any, so please don’t think me any kind of expert on the topic.
I hope Al sees this, because I think he’d think it’s hilarious.
Hang on. This ain’t a real Kelly, there’s no crying Statue of Liberty.
From the art, this looks like a verrrry early one. Must not have added it to the repertoire yet.
Whew boy people ate the hell out of this onion.
I never really get the point they’re trying to make in these comic parodies (if there is any), which makes it less meaningful to me if people eat the onion.
They’re usually a parody of shitty Ben Garrison political cartoons, but artists are expected to crank out more and more content and this guy has found his niche. So you eventually start getting some that aren’t really a parody of anything; except maybe his own work. Although this one is specifically about parodies… I’m just gonna step away before this gets too meta.
Weird Al actually licenses the songs for parodying because free use is thin ice.
Most of Al’s music isn’t parody. Smells like Nirvana is one of very few that is, as the song Al writes is about the original work/artist
