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There is nothing new under the sun. From Charles Dickens's Hard Times, 1854: Surely there never was such fragile china-ware…
From the title, I was expecting a comic about how bankruptcy laws favor the rich, getting them into a special…
I think a lot of Trump voters - not all, but a bunch - are convinced that Democrats want to…
The odd thing, given that Trump voters often appear to be pure ego, is that I can't imagine what they…
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Category Archives: Cartooning & comics
Cartoon: Electoral College Confessions
Let’s begin October with a little bit of meta! I made a timelapse drawing video for this cartoon. In 2019, Donald Trump tweeted about the idea of abolishing the electoral college: ….just the large States – the Cities would end up … Continue reading
Cartoon: Why We Say “As A Jew”
This comic was drawn by Becky Hawkins, who writes: I wanted to draw this cartoon. I feel like whether and how much I’m seen as Jewish fluctuates depending on where I am and who I’m with, so the conversation about … Continue reading
Cartoon: Objective Journalism is Coming! Objective Journalism is Coming!
This cartoon was drawn by frequent collaborator Nadine Scholtes, who unlike most cartoonists (and by “most cartoonists” I mean “me”) is not afraid of drawing horses. This week, I read a newspaper report about sex workers at massage parlors. The article … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Media criticism
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Cartoon: The Birth Rate is Always a Crisis
“Teen mothers are increasing!” has been a common “everything is getting worse!” my whole life – until recent years, when “fertility is down!” has replaced it. Like this CBS News headline: “Experts sound the alarm on declining birth rates among younger generations: … Continue reading
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Comic: Election Year, Squishy Progressive Style
This cartoon is less self-portrait than it is self-parody. ((Testing the footnotes plugin.)) It was conceived shortly after Joe Biden announced that he won’t be running for re-election, around when Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz, and like practically everyone else … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Elections and politics
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Cartoon: A Concise History of Keeping The Immigrants Out
[This post is written by Becky Hawkins.] This cartoon was born over gChat over a span of about 12 hours: Becky: It’s wild how every “neat old photo” from an aggregate account on social media will have some egregiously racist … Continue reading
Cartoon: The Objective New York Times
On August 8th, after about three weeks of the mainstream press, led by the New York Times, complaining repeatedly that Kamala Harris hasn’t been taking questions from reporters, Harris stopped on her walk to Air Force Two to take some questions … Continue reading
Cartoon: Announcing My New A.I. Comics Initiative!
After I finished this cartoon, someone on Reddit asked me if one of my previous cartoons was drawn by A.I.. So just in case, I’ll clarify: This comic is not really drawn by A.I.. The news that inspired this comic: Colin … Continue reading
Posted in Cartooning & comics, Economics and the like
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...raise taxes on all red states to pay for free healthcare for undocumented immigrants. I don't know, that last one…