Author Archives: Barry Deutsch

Fat-Shaming is Bad, But…

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Barry Deutsch

_____________________________________________________________ Help me make more cartoons like this one by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps. ____________________________________________________________ “Fat-shaming is bad, but…” is the fat-acceptance equivalent of “some of my best friends are Jewish.” Or of “I … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Fat, fat and more fat | 64 Comments

Comedy Is Dead

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Barry Deutsch

___________________________________________________________ Help me make more cartoons like this one by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps. ____________________________________________________________ Happy Halloween! I totally swiped the “comedy is sacred” gag from Alexandra Erin. (With her kind permission). The inspiration … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Media, Media criticism | 6 Comments

Interviewing the Heartland

Posted on November 7, 2019 by Barry Deutsch

Help me make more cartoons like this one by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps. In the wake of Trump’s upset (and upsetting) win in the 2016 election, the “heartland interview” – in which a newspaper … Continue reading →

Posted in anti-racism, antiracism, Cartooning & comics, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Elections and politics, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc, Jews and Judaism, People of Color, poc, Society & Culture, white people, White Privilege | 14 Comments

Cartoon: Defending Free Speech

Posted on October 30, 2019 by Barry Deutsch

__________________________________________________________ Help me make more cartoons like this one by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps. ____________________________________________________________ I have three complaints about the way mainstream pundits treat the “campus speech” issue. First of all, they vastly … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Media criticism | 37 Comments