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More anthropomorphic animals! And another silly idea not related to dinosaurs! This will be a short one, since there is n’t much to say that isn’t already in the drawing itself. After my silly Iguana Jones piece , I thought of a way to graphically represent the popular “Eat The Rich” slogan that wasn’t the ubiquitous skull-and-crossed-cu t lery design (although I still wanted it to be there). So I thought that depicting anthropomorphic animals would be a good idea, as they are very commonly (and often successfully) used for political satire and social commentary (George Orwell’s Animal Farm novel la and Pink Floyd’s Animals album are two examples that immediately come to mind).   My take on the "skull-and-crossed-cutlery" logo for the Eat The Rich slogan. A lthough it’s often used as a markedly leftist/ socialist slogan, the phrase actually comes from Revolution-era France, and ha s a broader meaning of a warning against oppression and exploita...