Category Archives: Cartooning & comics

Online Piracy Is Not Destroying Cartoonists’ Incomes

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Ampersand

(This is a slightly modified thread I wrote on Twitter yesterday). Piracy. Here’s the thing: Piracy is not taking money out of our wallets. Getting rid of pirated comics won’t cause readers to spend more money buying comics. To illustrate … Continue reading →

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Fat-Shaming is Bad, But…

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Ryatt Farring

_____________________________________________________________ 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 Ryatt Farring

___________________________________________________________ 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 Ryatt Farring

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: Intellectual Excuses for Misgendering

Posted on October 22, 2019 by Ampersand

Important note: If you want to just say “nice job!” or talk about the drawing or Matt Walsh or “Agents of Shield” or “Unbelievable” or whatever, you can comment in this thread. But if you want to argue with the … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Top Ten Reasons We Won’t Abolish I.C.E.

Posted on October 9, 2019 by Ampersand

Please help me make more cartoons like this one, by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really matters to me. I truly believe that I.C.E. is an agency that’s rotten to its core. Hardly a week goes by … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Back Then, No One Knew Blackface Is Offensive

Posted on October 6, 2019 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please help me make more by supporting my Patreon! I make a living mostly off of a bunch of fans pledging just $1 or $2. The Frederick Douglass quote in this cartoon is a paraphrase; … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Equally Bad!

Posted on September 27, 2019 by Ampersand

Please help me make more cartoons by supporting my Patreon! I make a living primarily from lots of people pledging $1, and that’s kind of awesome. Back in August, a racist drove to El Paso, Texas and shot up a … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Portland Is A War Zone!

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Ampersand

Help me make more cartoons by supporting my Patreon! Believe it or not, this is how I earn a living; the bulk of my income comes from $1 pledges. This comic is a collaboration with Becky Hawkins; I wrote the … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: It’s Excessive Occupational Licensing, Charlie Brown!

Posted on September 10, 2019 by Ampersand

Help me make more cartoons by supporting my Patreon! I make a living through $1 pledges. This cartoon is a collaboration with Becky Hawkins.  Becky and I have done other political cartoons together, and we also collaborate on our webcomic SuperButch. … Continue reading →

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