Category Archives: Elections and politics

Cartoon: We can’t do THAT! It’s MEAN!

Posted on October 26, 2020 by Ampersand

Please support these cartoons on my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps. I actually wrote this cartoon months ago, during the Democratic primary, out of frustration that so many Democratic Senators refuse to consider steps like ending the … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Waving The Magic Congress Wand

Posted on October 25, 2020 by Ampersand

If you enjoy these cartoons, please support them on Patreon. A $1 or $2 pledge really helps! This was originally drawn in February, but I never posted this cartoon outside of Patreon until today. Back in February, Covid took over, … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: The Great GOP Anti-Voting Cycle

Posted on October 24, 2020 by Ampersand

If you like this cartoon, help me make more by supporting my Patreon. A $1 or $2 pledge really helps! I worry a lot about how Republican court-packing makes it easier for them to win elections, making it easier for … Continue reading →

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How Amp Voted, 2020

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Ampersand

I got my ballot in the mail yesterday. And that means – time to vote! Time to go through the whole ballot and figure out who I want to be Circuit Court judge (4th district position 12), who should be … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Meet My Liberal Beliefs

Posted on October 12, 2020 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please help me make more by supporting my Patreon! There are a number of self-identified liberal or centrist democratic pundits who spend virtually all their time attacking the left – attacking Black Lives Matter, attacking … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Why Would Anyone Think The GOP Wants To Suppress The Vote?

Posted on September 18, 2020 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please support them on my patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps me out. So this cartoon was written fairly recently,1 while the Trump administration’s Postmaster General, Louis DeJoy, was seemingly ordering cutbacks, leading … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: How Politicians “Lead”

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Ampersand

Help me make more of these cartoons by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really matters. So yesterday someone was telling me that “the Democrats have had to be dragged kicking and screaming to the left on this” … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Cartoon: A Woman In The Primary

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Ampersand

Help me make more cartoons by supporting my Patreon! A $1 pledge means a lot. While I was working on this strip, my friend Rachel suggested I read the blogger Echidne’s post “The Hillarization of Female Politicians,” and I can … Continue reading →

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Fosta-Sesta and The Art Of Not Listening

Posted on January 8, 2019 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please help me make more by supporting my Patreon! A $1 pledge really matters. This is sort of a “guilty obligation” comic.  :-p By which I mean, it makes me furious that our pundit class … Continue reading →

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