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Quick Draw

Aired July 13, 2003 - 09:51   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: It's our quick draw segment, and we're delighted to be in the company of our Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist. Yes, can't hear it enough, can you? Yes, yes. Mike Luckovich, he's with the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution." He's an editorial cartoonist.
MIKE LUCKOVICH, EDITORIAL CARTOONIST, ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION: This has been a great week for cartoonists.

WHITFIELD: Yes.

LUCKOVICH: The whole controversy with Bush, it's got very serious implications, but for cartoonists, it's just a godsend.

So after I had learned about that, if we can show the first cartoon, this was my first reaction to it.

You see some aliens have landed on earth, and they're holding a newspaper that says, "Bush Iraq Claims." And one of them is telling an earthling, he's saying, "Take us to your misleader."

WHITFIELD: This stuff is just falling into your lap this week.

LUCKOVICH: It really is.

WHITFIELD: And then with -- if it's not that, then down to more central politics, with state politics.

LUCKOVICH: State politics.

WHITFIELD: In California.

LUCKOVICH: And Gray Davis.

JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: Speaking of aliens.

LUCKOVICH: I know. This guy is having a tough time. In the first panel, it's a two-panel cartoon. In the first panel, you see Gray Davis there, and he's saying, "Spot, here, Spot. Has anyone seen Spot?" Then the second panel, if we could go to that. You see Spot is signing a recall petition. Everyone's signing that darn recall petition.

VAUSE: His popularity is down 28 percent, the lowest ever for a California governor. So even the dog.

LUCKOVICH: Just a few of his relatives left.

VAUSE: Exactly.

WHITFIELD: And then, of course, the ongoing war, or conflict, in Iraq. Still produces some fodder for your material.

LUCKOVICH: And then, now, the president is talking about sending troops into Liberia. So I drew this cartoon, if we could show that. It's the famous Iwo Jima flag raising. And someone saying, in the background, "Do you think U.S. troops are being spread too thin?" You see one of the troops on his back says "Village People." It's the Village People. That's all we have left now.

WHITFIELD: Right, right, because they're all over. They're in Afghanistan, Iraq, et cetera. All right.

So, now, our most popular, I guess, story of the week has inspired you for your drawing today.

LUCKOVICH: Right. And if you remember earlier last week, President Bush was in Botswana, and he was visiting that game preserve, and they were viewing some elephants. Do you remember that?

WHITFIELD: Yes.

VAUSE: Yes.

LUCKOVICH: And the elephants started to do the wild thing. And so I kind of combined that with what's going on with the W.M.D. Got Bush and Laura, and they're witnessing this. You see I've censored it here. Then I have George Tenet in the middle, and he's thinking to himself, "I bet he makes me take the blame for this, too."

WHITFIELD: That's clever.

LUCKOVICH: Well, thank you.

VAUSE: When worlds collide.

LUCKOVICH: I love having different things that I can combine...

WHITFIELD: Yes.

LUCKOVICH: And that's a lot of drawing. And this is a first for me, because I've never, except in the privacy of my own home, I've never drawn two elephants mating before.

VAUSE: You often do that in the privacy of your own home?

LUCKOVICH: Yes, you know, just to relax.

VAUSE: We all need a hobby.

WHITFIELD: We're glad you could share that with us, Mike. Great to see you. That's fun to be able to look at some of these things and laugh a little. LUCKOVICH: Thank you.

WHITFIELD: Good to see you.

LUCKOVICH: Good to see you, too.

WHITFIELD: All right.

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Aired July 13, 2003 - 09:51   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: It's our quick draw segment, and we're delighted to be in the company of our Pulitzer-prize winning cartoonist. Yes, can't hear it enough, can you? Yes, yes. Mike Luckovich, he's with the "Atlanta Journal-Constitution." He's an editorial cartoonist.
MIKE LUCKOVICH, EDITORIAL CARTOONIST, ATLANTA JOURNAL- CONSTITUTION: This has been a great week for cartoonists.

WHITFIELD: Yes.

LUCKOVICH: The whole controversy with Bush, it's got very serious implications, but for cartoonists, it's just a godsend.

So after I had learned about that, if we can show the first cartoon, this was my first reaction to it.

You see some aliens have landed on earth, and they're holding a newspaper that says, "Bush Iraq Claims." And one of them is telling an earthling, he's saying, "Take us to your misleader."

WHITFIELD: This stuff is just falling into your lap this week.

LUCKOVICH: It really is.

WHITFIELD: And then with -- if it's not that, then down to more central politics, with state politics.

LUCKOVICH: State politics.

WHITFIELD: In California.

LUCKOVICH: And Gray Davis.

JOHN VAUSE, CNN ANCHOR: Speaking of aliens.

LUCKOVICH: I know. This guy is having a tough time. In the first panel, it's a two-panel cartoon. In the first panel, you see Gray Davis there, and he's saying, "Spot, here, Spot. Has anyone seen Spot?" Then the second panel, if we could go to that. You see Spot is signing a recall petition. Everyone's signing that darn recall petition.

VAUSE: His popularity is down 28 percent, the lowest ever for a California governor. So even the dog.

LUCKOVICH: Just a few of his relatives left.

VAUSE: Exactly.

WHITFIELD: And then, of course, the ongoing war, or conflict, in Iraq. Still produces some fodder for your material.

LUCKOVICH: And then, now, the president is talking about sending troops into Liberia. So I drew this cartoon, if we could show that. It's the famous Iwo Jima flag raising. And someone saying, in the background, "Do you think U.S. troops are being spread too thin?" You see one of the troops on his back says "Village People." It's the Village People. That's all we have left now.

WHITFIELD: Right, right, because they're all over. They're in Afghanistan, Iraq, et cetera. All right.

So, now, our most popular, I guess, story of the week has inspired you for your drawing today.

LUCKOVICH: Right. And if you remember earlier last week, President Bush was in Botswana, and he was visiting that game preserve, and they were viewing some elephants. Do you remember that?

WHITFIELD: Yes.

VAUSE: Yes.

LUCKOVICH: And the elephants started to do the wild thing. And so I kind of combined that with what's going on with the W.M.D. Got Bush and Laura, and they're witnessing this. You see I've censored it here. Then I have George Tenet in the middle, and he's thinking to himself, "I bet he makes me take the blame for this, too."

WHITFIELD: That's clever.

LUCKOVICH: Well, thank you.

VAUSE: When worlds collide.

LUCKOVICH: I love having different things that I can combine...

WHITFIELD: Yes.

LUCKOVICH: And that's a lot of drawing. And this is a first for me, because I've never, except in the privacy of my own home, I've never drawn two elephants mating before.

VAUSE: You often do that in the privacy of your own home?

LUCKOVICH: Yes, you know, just to relax.

VAUSE: We all need a hobby.

WHITFIELD: We're glad you could share that with us, Mike. Great to see you. That's fun to be able to look at some of these things and laugh a little. LUCKOVICH: Thank you.

WHITFIELD: Good to see you.

LUCKOVICH: Good to see you, too.

WHITFIELD: All right.

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