A few last notes: I added cross-hatching to the images (those tiny lines around the edges of faces) to suggest their origin in newspapers.
I had a shamefully good time sewing this. I really enjoyed seeing just how far over the top I could take it. But I'm not at all sure that I should have created this. I've stopped watching Stephen Colbert - I used to love his Colbert Report, but now, when I hear him making fun of the whole political situation, I recoil. Our social order is collapsing, and making fun of it won't make it better.
I would like to know your thoughts on this....but can't figure out how to make the damn 'comments' thingy work. I've been adding this little how-to-comment tag here at the bottom: