Bobble Rep 111th Congress iPhone App

- The Bobble Rep iPhone App was designed by Ray Griggs and Steve Brock http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2009/11/...
- The caricatures were created by Mad Magazine's Tom Richmond http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2009/11/...
- The concept was to create a database of all the members of Congress including contact information, official websites and party affiliation http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2009/11/...
- The caricatures of the heads were set on 'bobblehead' bodies, by shaking the iPhone, the character's heads would wobble http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2009/11/...

Mad Magazine illustrator Tom Richmond created 'bobble head' caricatures of all the Senators and Representatives in the 111th Congress for a "Bobble Rep" iPhone app. The informational-database app was designed by movie director Ray Griggs and programmed by Stevo Brock.
On November 8, 2009, Richmond's "Bobble Rep" iPhone app was rejected by Apple because it "ridicules public figures." In a blog post, Richmond said the rejection was "truly ridiculous" and said the caricatures are "fun cartoon likenesses of the politicians and the purpose of the app is a informational database."http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/2009/11/09/apple-rejects-my-caricature-app/

Rejected: Bobble Rep iPhone App Pictures

1st Picture: Nancy Pelosi 'bobble head' caricature from Tom Richmond's Bobble Rep iPhone App
2nd Picture: John McCain 'bobble head caricature from the Bobble Rep iPhone App

Photos from Tom's Mad Blog

Comments (1)

joyannj added a comment November 10, 2009 07:58 PM
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What am i missing? How could these possibly 'ridicule public figures'? Why is a jiggling boobs iPhone app okay, but something like this is rejected?

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