Category Archives: Elections and politics

I Can’t Believe They Deported Carol!

This cartoon is by me and new guest artist Mike Lawrence. Mike Lawrence is a cartoonist in Milwaukie, OR who mostly makes middle grade graphic novels. He’s the creator of the Star Scouts series for First Second and his next … Continue reading

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Reasons To Support Trump

I’m generally against “bothsidesism,” but one thing I believe conservatives and liberals have in common in the U.S.: We both find the other side’s choices completely, utterly incomprehensible. And nothing is harder to comprehend, in the lefty (a.k.a. my) mindset, … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Trump Voter

Check out the timelapse drawing video for this cartoon! This cartoon combines two things I don’t do often: A one-panel strip, and caricatures of real famous people. Doing a one-panel strip just feels lazy to me, although rationally I know … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Why Democrats Lost

It’s another timelapse drawing video! See me change my mind about the final figure’s pose! See me make a last minute decision to add in a kicker panel! See me go through dozens of possible colors which felt to me like … Continue reading

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Well this sucks

“Instructions on Living in a Broken World lean into community seek out love applaud the good you see keep paying attention talk to your neighbors dance to the music and embrace art look for love and small joys take breaks … Continue reading

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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

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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

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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

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Cartoon: Swing Voters

This is another cartoon with a timelapse drawing video! I thought of this cartoon after listening to a news report interviewing swing voters. The swing voters they interviewed weren’t stupid, and they all seemed likable. But they were very, very … Continue reading

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Cartoon: Appealing to Trump Voters by Getting Tough on Immigration!

It’s extremely common for centrist Democrats to say that we must change this or that policy to attract more right-wing voters into the Democratic camp. We have to toughen up on immigration; we have to stop advocating for trans rights; … Continue reading

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