Chicago Tribune creates papercraft tribute to lying politico

Indiebass sez, "For the very narrow niche of people who are interested in both papercraft and politics, the Chicago Tribune has created this Sen. Roland Burris (D-IL) 'Pinocchio' pdf with real Nose Grows with Lies action! Personally, I'm more interested in the papercraft side of it, and I'm more impressed the Chicago Tribune thought 'you know what would get a point across? Papercraft!'"

PDF Link (Thanks, Indiebass!)

I write books. My latest is a YA science fiction novel called Homeland (it's the sequel to Little Brother). More books: Rapture of the Nerds (a novel, with Charlie Stross); With a Little Help (short stories); and The Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow (novella and nonfic). I speak all over the place and I tweet and tumble, too.

MORE: Funny • Happy Mutants • maker • politics

More at Boing Boing

Eurovision 2013: An American in London

The technology that links taxonomy and Star Trek

davisak

The artist that created this is Joe Fournier.

http://www.joefournierstudios.com/

I think BoingBoing might have featured his Jar Jar Binks getting fired animated short some years ago…

He did Blago also…

http://www.chicagotribune.com/paperpol
BubbleDragon

I love this. I think there should be regular paper models and popups in newspapers and magazines. Then I might buy them.
Halloween Jack

That may be, quite literally, the best thing that the Trib has ever done.
Charlie Lesoine

I could see a whole series of these.
ill lich

Damn librul media!
Anonymous

A model for the future of the newspaper industry. Switch to heavier paper and papercraft of all the days top stories.
Boba Fett Diop

I want a whole Illinois Governors series in old-timey jailbird costumes.

That, or some kind of Richard M. Daley/parking meter mashup.