Another letter from our good friend Carlos Bendicio:

"Dear Phillip,

Hello again from Carlos Bendicio. Here is the latest artwork from my son, Carlos Jr.:

I am really disappointed that he would portray a teacher this way. Teachers deserve our utmost respect for taking on the duty of educating our next generation. Do you think this is normal for an eleventh grader?"


Thanks for writing, Carlos! I don't think Carlos Jr. is doing anything exceptionally bad. In caricaturing another person and hurling random critcism, Carlos is merely imitating what professional cartoonists have been doing since the beginning of cartooning:

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