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Cartoon: Capitalism can Innovate Around Anything!
If you like these cartoons, please support them! Each $2 pledge really helps! Do it or I’ll buy a puppy from a puppy farm instead of going to a shelter! This cartoon was inspired by a Paul Krugman column that … Continue reading
Cartoon: Oil and Gas are So Cheap!
Help us make more cartoons by supporting my Patreon! This cartoon was inspired by one of AOC’s tweets. I read that and thought of the cartoon idea. And then pretty much immediately started work drawing it. The Union of Concerned … Continue reading
Cartoon: The Existence of Trains Debate
Help me keep drawing these cartoons by supporting my Patreon! Each $1 pledge helps. This one was a bit challenging to draw – I normally like having my characters move around a bit and “talk with their hands” and so … Continue reading
Cartoon: Climate Change and the Politics of Personal Purity
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Cartoon: How The Climate Change Hoax Works
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Cartoon: If Global Warming Is Real, Then Explain All This Snow!
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Cartoon: If Global Warming Were Real
If you enjoy these comics, and you can spare it, please support them on Patreon. Even $1 matters a lot to me. Transcript of cartoon Panel 1 A white man wearing a collared shirt and glasses, sitting at a desk. … Continue reading
Cartoon: Seeing Global Warming
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Cartoon: Hiring
If you enjoy these cartoons, please support them on Patreon. Transcript of cartoon: Panel 1 The panel shows two white men; one is wearing a turtleneck shirt, the other is wearing a necktie with a sweatervest. Both are balding, but … Continue reading
Global Warming Discussion Thread (moved from the “Six Kinds of Republican” thread
There is now a significant discussion of global warming and denialism going on in the “Six Kinds of Republican” thread. I’m creating this post to move those comments to.