This guy is not Matt Diffee. (He is also not a gay girl in Damascus.)
If you’ve been watching the news lately, you might be aware of a few scandals, and perhaps may be tracking one in particular (no, not Weinergate) that involves a blog called “Gay Girl in Damascus.” Well, imagine that you’re a successful New Yorker cartoonist (and editor of the forthcoming book of rejected cartoons, The Best of the Rejection Collection), just scanning the Lede blog on the New York Times, when you notice that the fraudulent blogger (right) is wearing one of your cartoons!
Here’s the story, in Matt’s own words:
“Here’s a cartoon I did a few years ago. People seemed to like it. They even sold a few t-shirts with this toon printed on the front. Apparently one of those shirts went to a guy from Georgia studying in Scotland and posing on the internet as a Syrian/American Lesbian.”
Wow. I guess fans come in all shapes, sizes, and with all moral codes. For more cartoons and (potentially) crazy news (Does Anthony Weiner have a Matt Diffee t-shirt? What about you, Sarah Palin?), check out Matt’s fan page on Facebook.
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