Category Archives: Cartooning & comics

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

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 →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc, Institutionalized Racism | 43 Comments

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 →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Media criticism | 8 Comments

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 →

Posted in Cartooning & comics | 17 Comments