A Manhattan tech blogger by the name of Jason Kottke made up a list with screen shots of electoral maps yesterday, depicting mostly the expected candidates, CNN, New York Times, Fox News and so on — all in an array of red and blue and grey. When First Dog recovers from his hangover later, he will be delighted to see that Crikey made Jason’s list with our nice animal themed map. Jason’s blog got picked up by The Guardian‘s, Jack Schofield, who said:
In an election, almost every media outlet has the same story to tell, and if it’s the US Presidential Election, then it will probably include using a map of the US to show how the race is going/ended up. How many ways are there to do this? Jason Kottke has made a collection of election maps, of which just one is strikingly different from the rest…
That one different one is us!
Wait until they find out about the least boring election badges in the world…
dear crikey
can you please put all the maps that first dog did for the election up your site?
would hate if I missed one yesterday
allison
I bet Firstdog is all paws in the air with everyone scratching his tummy!! Your animated map is sensational Mr Moon but please don’t consider any offers from the White House or anywhere near it. We need our icons to stay home after Aeroplane Jelly took off after Vegemite, Saos and Sorbent.
PS
Will you be visiting First Dog in Washington when he arrives from the pound? The Obamas might end up having a ‘Son of Firstdog’?
First Dog is a living marvel. His cartoon can always be relied on to brighten my day. The election coverage was excellent, I enjoyed seeing the whole things ‘first dogified’.
I’d like to second Allison’s suggestion.
Those quickies on the liveblog were gems.
Come to think of it FD.
Perhaps you should steal Guy Rundle’s thunder and
publish a book of cartoons. If you’re really quick,
You could get out there and on sale before he sobers up.