Word of the Day satirist

Word of the Day: satirist


A satirist is a writer or artist who uses biting humor and exaggerated language to make fun of someone. Political satirists often target candidates with cartoons that highlight their flaws. A skilled satirist can use something that seems silly or ridiculous at first glance to make a serious point.

The word satirist has appeared in 23 articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on March 19 in “In These Graphic Novels, Something Is Horribly Amiss” by Sam Thielman:

“Even for a barbarian, that is barbaric!” observes one of the many horrified bystanders watching Groo eat a meal in Groo: In The Wild (Dark Horse, 120 pp., paperback, $22.99). This is the customary reaction when Sergio Aragon;s’s delightful doorknob-dim adventurer Groo dines in company, but — also as usual — his table manners are nowhere near as barbaric as the way the rich overlord of this story’s kingdom, helpfully named Putrio, has treated the local flora and fauna.

… This is a particularly good effort, its deceptively simple storytelling and deliberately stupid jokes masking a thorough examination of the economics of greed. But beyond Aragon;s’s work as a satirist, the 86-year-old artist still draws some of the most purely beautiful pages of anyone working in comics, his spreads of battles and disasters filled to overflowing with sight gags and elaborate costumes that make every story worth revisiting.

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