{"id":25706,"date":"2020-07-09T11:51:47","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T18:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=25706"},"modified":"2020-07-09T11:51:47","modified_gmt":"2020-07-09T18:51:47","slug":"cartoon-capitalismsocialism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=25706","title":{"rendered":"Cartoon: Capitalism\/Socialism"},"content":{"rendered":"

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If you like these cartoons, help me make more at my Patreon!<\/a> Lots of $1 or $2 pledges means I can make a living.<\/p>\n

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Today’s comic is written by me and drawn by Jake Richmond, creator of Modest Medusa<\/a>. Jake is a longtime friend and collaborator of mine – he colored my “Hereville<\/a>” graphic novels – but this is the first time he’s drawn a comic of mine.<\/p>\n

Jake’s a terrific cartoonist. The major reason I asked him to draw this strip rather than another is because I’ve always liked how Jake draws water.<\/p>\n

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This strip was obviously inspired by our current situation. The amount that Congress has allotted to stimulus is frankly not nearly enough to address the size of the economic crisis – but it’s still much larger than what most American politicians would ever support, and even the Republicans voted for it. (For round one, at least. I suspect they’ll give in and vote for round two, but who knows?) When things get dire, it turns out a safety net isn’t<\/em> optional.<\/p>\n

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To my patrons: As always, thank you for supporting these cartoons.<\/p>\n

As this crisis goes on, I keep being blown away by how lucky I am. I live in a nice house with eight housemates, so I have plenty of company, and none of us are ill. I have a job I love that I can keep doing through the crisis. We have food and even toilet paper.<\/p>\n

And I have the pleasure of knowing that my work means enough to folks that they’re willing to support it. I am awed to be so lucky.<\/p>\n

Extra thanks, this time, to Claire Nolan (who is also thanked in the sidebar of the cartoon). I hope you like this one, Claire! If you’d like to be emailed a print-quality high-res copy of this cartoon, signed to you by me and by Jake, please get in touch.<\/p>\n

(Would any other folks like to be thanked in the sidebar too? Upgrade your pledge to $10 or more and it will happen!)<\/p>\n

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON<\/strong><\/p>\n

This cartoon has four panels. All four panels show a man in a one-person rowboat. He’s rowing \u00a0The man is wearing an “Uncle Sam” style red-white-and-blue top hat.<\/p>\n

PANEL 1<\/strong><\/p>\n

The man – let’s call him Uncle Sam – is rowing and talking cheerfully. He’s rowing facing backwards (as people often do in rowboats), so he can’t see that his boat is heading straight towards a large rock jutting above the water.<\/p>\n

SAM: Capitalism capitalism capitalism capitalism…<\/p>\n

PANEL 2<\/strong><\/p>\n

The boat hits the rock, and Sam is thrown over the side of the boat. His hat flies up a little off his head, and we can see that he’s bald.<\/p>\n

SAM: Capitali- AHH!<\/p>\n

PANEL 3<\/strong><\/p>\n

The man, looking panicked, scrambles to get back into the boat, yelling as he struggles, the water splashing around him. His hat floats on the water nearby.<\/p>\n

SAM: SOCIALISM! SOCIALISM! SOCIALISM!<\/em><\/p>\n

PANEL 4<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sam is now back in the rowboat, looking happy and relieved. All is calm. He has put the hat, dripping with water, back on his head.<\/p>\n

SAM: Where was I…? Oh yes… Capitalism capitalism…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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