My favorite painting of cupcakes.
It’s Friday, and I think that that means Baking Day.
Oooh, one of my favorite Slate cartoons ever! Who doesn’t like a cupcake cartoon, huh?
A baker’s dozen, for you know-nothings, means 13. Bakeries used to be generous, and also smelled even better, and used real butter, and made everything themselves. I mean, really what does dough cost, a few pennies? So what is one more cookie or cupcake, or chocolate croissant, or…okay, chocolate cheesecake?
However, this is a recession. Well, not now – but back in September things were looking pretty iffy. Now everyone is still unemployed, but they don’t sound quite as depressed. But Wall Street and advisers are careful not to use recession or depression, or Bad Words like that. So, not 13 cupcakes anymore.
I hope I explained that one into the ground.
This is an excellent example of why we need more women cartoonists. I love how melty and feminine and delicate the tinted colors came out.
Cartoon caption for Google: Baker’s Dozen (in a “possible” recession.)
More cartoons:
Money Matters | Donna Barstow | March 19, 2010. Almost spring: I could smell flowers coming in my window!
