Category Archives: In the news

Cartoon: The Post Office Is Dying!

Posted on October 27, 2020 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please help me make more by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps (plus, just as a matter of philosophy, I love the idea of earning a living through small donations from … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., In the news | 4 Comments

Cartoon: Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Posted on September 21, 2020 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, help make them happen by supporting my patreon! I don’t think there’s anything I can say about Justice Ginsburg that her many admirers haven’t said this week. She was an amazing woman, and the world … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, In the news, Supreme Court Issues | 9 Comments

Cartoon: Looters!

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Ampersand

Help me make more cartoons by supporting my Patreon! A $1 or $2 pledge really helps. I usually post my cartoons on Patreon a week or two (or more!) before I post them in public (like on “Alas”). It’s a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, In the news, Media criticism | 1 Comment

Cartoon: Top Ten Reasons We Take Kids From Their Parents At The Border

Posted on June 19, 2018 by Ampersand

I couldn’t make these cartoons without the support people give me on Patreon! If you can spare it, a $1 pledge really matters to me. Here’s a list of organizations that are mobilizing to help separated immigrant children | The … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc, In the news, Race, racism and related issues | 1 Comment

Cartoon: Our (Shit)Whole Immigration Policy

Posted on January 14, 2018 by Ampersand

A new cartoon on Spliter today! If you enjoy these cartoons, and you can spare it, please support my Patreon! A $1 pledge means a lot. This is definitely a strange month for me! Normally four out of four cartoons … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc, In the news, Race, racism and related issues | 9 Comments

Cartoon: Ten Reasons We Want To Kick Out The Dreamers

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please support them at Patreon! A $1 pledge really matters to me. I do a fair number of cartoons about immigration, because it’s an issue that drives me up the wall; the anti-immigration position seems … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc, In the news | 75 Comments

Cartoon: Run Them Down

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Ampersand

This cartoon appears today at The Nib. If you like these cartoons, please support them at Patreon. Even a $1 pledge means a lot to me. Transcript of Cartoon Panel 1 shows a white man wearing a collared shirt and … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, In the news | 52 Comments

It’s Gross to Use Otto Warmbier’s Tragedy to talk about White Male Privilege

Posted on June 22, 2017 by Ampersand

Otto Warmbier was a 22-year-old American who, early in 2016 was convicted by a North Korean court of stealing a poster. He was put in a North Korean prison, until he was returned to the US in a coma on … Continue reading →

Posted in In the news, Korea, White Privilege | 53 Comments

Cartoon: Muslim Ban

Posted on March 7, 2017 by Ampersand

IF you like these cartoons, please support them at my Patreon. This is another one inspired by current events (as I’m sure you’ve already figured out). The point being made – that folks favoring the Muslim ban because of terrorist … Continue reading →

Posted in Bigotry & Prejudice, Cartooning & comics, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc, In the news | 102 Comments

Goodbye to SEK

Posted on November 21, 2016 by Ampersand

Scott Erik Kaufman, a writer at Salon and other outlets, and a blogger at Acephalous and Lawyers Guns and Money, has passed away. I was never lucky enough to meet SEK, as I thought of him. But he was an … Continue reading →

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