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Filed under: Tabloid Comics, Tabloid Tactics

 If tabloids changed their glossy full-color format into black and white cartoons complete with hand-drawn line art and conversation bubbles, they’d make entertaining comic books. No need to make up strange stories or create bizarre characters - it’s all right there in glorious full color.  This particular comic comes straight from the cover of a recent tabloid staple: the twice yearly Best and Worst Celebrity Bodies feature. You’ve seen them in grocery stores - images of the rich and infamous splashed across the cover, cottage cheese thighs peaking from under skirts, flabby bits dangling from skimpy bikinis, plastic surgery nightmares exposed…and then one or two photos of a perfectly taut and tanned body (usually a 21 year old starlet).  This is first of a series of reality comics based on tabloid “reporting” and you’ll see many more coming soon.  Medium: Scrawls scanned out of sketchbook, digital color. View a select panel in more detail after the jump.  

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Filed under: Tabloid Comics, Tabloid Tactics

(click to enlarge)The public feud between Reese Witherspoon and Star is exemplary in exposing the fragile dynamic of tabloid/celebrity interdependence. They rely on each other for publicity and profit, but sometimes the game turns nasty. About a month ago, Star ran photos of Reese while pointing out her slightly protruding belly. If you’re a woman living in Hollywood and your abs show the slightest bit of “pouch”, then speculative fervor ignites over your pregnancy status. The feud started when Reese layed eyes upon herself …

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