Monday sketchbook: The more they stay the same

News reports indicate that Kim Jong-il has named his youngest son as his successor, making him the third generation of the Kim family to govern the nation. Some say that the recent missile launches are part of the succession planning, with the intent of showing that the youngest Kim planned the launches to show North Korea's strength to the world.

In the meantime, those who aren't in power continue to starve. Hence the saying, "plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose" or, "the more things change, the more they stay the same."

That's what the sketch is supposed to portray: on one side we have the statues of the "great leaders" and their missiles with soldiers marching in front of them; on the other side we have the hungry, everyday people scraping up what they hope will be enough food to get them through the day. Think that'll change with the new regime?