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 by Gilganixon  Previous Threads: 2013, 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2007-2008 Welcome to the Political Cartoons Thread! This is where we post, discuss, and mock, political cartoons and the cartoonists that made them. Although we mostly mock them, and there are few better ways to take the piss out of a bad political cartoon than by sharing your edits. So edits are always welcome in this den of hacks. Weekends tend to be slower since most cartoonist take weekends off, making it a good opportunity to share any older cartoons you've dug up. Check out your local library for older archives and don't be afraid to share.  This is stuff that comes from our ever-suffering and hardworking thread babysitter, Xylo, so cut the mods some slack and pay attention to the following:
 The following is not necessarily against the rules, but maybe avoid doing it because it can be annoying.
 Q: This guy got paid for this? A: Maybe! Political Cartoonists are generally paid in two ways--as a staff position or on a per-cartoon basis by a syndicate. If a cartoonist is a staff cartoonist, they'll list their employer by their name. These cartoonists are paid a living wage and just about all of their cartoons are actually approved by an editor, printed, and seen by human beings. If a cartoonist is a member of a syndicate, they'll list their syndicate by their name, usually Cagle or U-Click. These syndicates act as a market for editors. We have no idea whether a particular cartoon posted by a syndicate is actually sold. Reportedly, they are sold for around $10 a cartoon, which is then split by the cartoonist and the syndicate. As you can imagine, this means a cartoonist can make very little or very much in syndication. There's also the rare exception, such as Bill Day, Chris Muir, and Lance Rengel, who are paid by donation. Q: How obscure is this guy? Is anyone ever actually going to see this? A: For most, there's no way to tell. Unless they're a staff cartoonist (check the Index), the cartoon may never be printed or seen by anyone. Unless you want to check with the 200,000 daily newspapers in the US, just assume everything posted here is seen by the public at large. Q: Is everyone posted here an evil, stupid, conservative rear end in a top hat? A: No, we post all kinds. Sometimes a cartoon will present an evil idea sarcastically, sometimes they're just evil. If you can't tell just by looking at it, check the Index for a better idea on a particular cartoonist. colonel_korn also made a helpful chart. Q: Is this just for American/Canadian cartoonists, or...? A: We allow cartoons of all stripes, and we adore stuff from foreign cartoonists as a break from the usual suspects. However, for you UK people, there is a thread for UK cartoonists, so you should post UK cartoons over there, but don't hesitate to share a particularly good/bad cartoon with us! Q: What about funny page cartoons? A: Some cartoons like Mallard Fillmore and Doonesbury, are not traditional political cartoons but rather stuff with a political theme that gets printed alongside Garfield. These are fair game for this thread, but the apolitical cartoons should go in the Comic Strip Megathread. Also, while you can certainly share Doonesbury in here, it has its own thread for further discussion. Q: Can I share this crazy email from my mom? How about this image macro I saw on Facebook? A: This thread is strictly for political cartoons. Check out this thread for sharing political emails from your family, and this thread for political pictures. If you wish to further go down the rabbit hole, check out the Right Wing Media and Freep threads.  The thread has developed a few inside jokes and terms: AGC: Shorthand for "A Good Cartoon." Basically, you intentionally interpret a comic with a fairly obvious bad message as having a good message. The original point of this was to poke fun at some of the really poor metaphors that some cartoonists were crafting, but the concept of AGC has been run into the ground. If you want to see some quality ones, Saint Sputnik has a blog dedicated to these. Benghazi: While I think everyone is familiar with the Benghazi attacks, newer users might be unaware that one of the victims was Sean "vilerat" Smith, who was a long-time member and moderator of D&D. Seeing cartoonists use the death of a sincerely missed member of the community as a desperate attempt to smear Obama has made Benghazi a rather sore issue for everyone in this thread. DASGC: Stands for "Dumb and so Goddamn Crazy." A cartoon that portrays the opposing side as spastic, ignorant children, and their own side as patient, knowledgeable adults. Based on a Shmorky cartoon. Don't Be Willfully Dense: A line from cartoonist Eric Allie when someone pointed out how stupid his cartoon was. Has become a thread motto of sorts to not be an idiot when interpreting the message of any given cartoon. Nonsense...This Is An Election Year: This phrase comes from a cartoon that was the subject of an Onion article mocking nonsensical political cartoons. Sometimes a person may post this phrase in response to a political cartoon, and that's basically a way of saying "this makes no loving sense." Pants Donkey: The nickname for a donkey from an old Mike Luckovich cartoon, and is essentially the mascot of the thread at this point. We have no idea why. PBF: The Perry Bible Fellowship was a webcomic that people frequently over-analyzed, so much to the point that to "PBF" something is to dig way deeper than you were supposed to for a cartoon's meaning. Zionism: Okay, not really unique to this thread, but enough of us have asked about it to merit being in here. Zionism, in a very simple definition, is just far-right nationalism for Israel. However, if you are hearing Zionism used in the same context as the Rothschilds or the Illuminati or basically any Dees cartoon, then you're just dealing with antisemitic conspiracy stuff.  Some cartoons and edits remain very popular, and the following is a collection of such. While it's perfectly fine to request an old cartoon or edit, check this list first! I'll try to keep it updated.  1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 (by change my name) 17 18 19 20 21 (for those that don't know: this is the judge that handled Tinsley's DUI) 22 23    (by Mister Beeg) The Roosevelts, an infamous Day by Day story arc.  WARNING: Link takes you to Muir's website Roosevelts Story, in a safer location, but requires archives.  A Good Cartoon: Saint Spudnik collects the best AGCs here. Day by Day Randomizer: Takes panels from random Day by Day cartoons and makes a new cartoon out of them. These are frequently difficult to tell apart from the real thing. Iran Will Have Nukes Any Day Now: I have collected cartoons that predict the imminent threat of a nuclear Iran. Some of these cartoons are over a decade old. Accepting submissions, and the older the better! If Global Warming Is Real, Then Why Is It Cold: A depressing collection of cartoons that display people's complete lack of climate education. Muircity: I replace the text of a Day by Day cartoon with the dialogue from a Jerkcity strip. The result is something at least better than the original Day by Day strip. Political PBF: Some unknown genius is taking old PBF strips and turning them into political cartoons. It's a lot better than it sounds. Pants Donkey fucked around with this message at 05:04 on Nov 7, 2014 |
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 The majority of this index was written by Xylo, and I’ve updated a few profiles and added a new cartoonist or two. It’s not meant to cover everything, but it’ll give you a good list of the usual suspects. Animal Nuz - Animal puns and Democratic talking points galore. After the 2012 election, it has become even more of an obnoxious cheerleader for Obama. Also, for some god-awful reason, each panel is posted individually in massive resolution. Ugh. DailyKos.com  Eric Allie - Amazing art and skill used to depict lovely right-wing drivel. Young compared to his peers, and talented with visual metaphors. Willfully dense.  Pat Bagley - Very liberal former-mormon who is merciless in his criticism of the Church of Latter Day Saints, the GOP, and conservatives in general. Local Hero. Salt Lake Tribune  Nate Beeler - Conservative, heavily influenced by Mike Ramirez. Every great once in a while has Correct Opinions, mostly on social issues. As of recent, he has been very critical of the GOP and its extremism. Columbus Dispatch  Clay Bennett - Probably the most well-respected, decorated, and acclaimed liberal political cartoonist currently publishing. He has won just about every award a political cartoonist can win. He has an amazing talent for simple, clear visual metaphors. Chattanooga Times Free Press  Lisa Benson - Bland conservative opinions. Largely uninteresting.  Paul Berge – Works for a syndicate focused on LGBT issues, and therefore his cartoons tend to have a narrow but pretty left-leaning focus. Sometimes Berge will not explain the joke fully, and a cartoon may look like it has a lovely message, but the reality is that Berge’s audience (along with himself) is gay and therefore he doesn’t feel compelled to meticulously spell out the joke for other people. Q Syndicate  Randy Bish - Bland conservative, unremarkable except for his incredibly racist Obama caricature. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review  Erin Bonsteel - Young, crazy, and conservative, her artwork indicates a seething hatred for the whole world.  Chip BoK - Conservative, ranging from moderate to extreme. Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal and the Tampa Bay Times.  Ruben Bolling - Well-respected liberal, publishes "Tom the Dancing Bug" and "Lucky Ducky."  Matt Bors - A protégé of Ted Rall who has come into his own in the last few years. Very liberal. Opinions of him vary in the thread, from "Bland Rall-wannabe" to "One of the Best." 2012 Herblock Prize winner.  AF Branco - Hateful, stupid conservative. Draws people with one-tooth/Hitler-mustaches. ConservativeDailyNews.com and LegalInsurrection.com  Clovis Brown - Bright, talented Jamaican cartoonist [brought to us by forums poster KillerJunglist]. His opinions closely follow those of Jamaica at large--generally liberal, with the exception of some stomach-churning homophobia. Jamaica Observer  Chris Britt - Hit-or-miss liberal. Illinois State Journal-Register (Laid off in 2012)  Daryl Cagle - Owner of one of the largest cartooning syndicates. Liberal, given to truth-in-the-middle bullshit, vulgar imagery, simple caricatures, and copy/pasting. MSNBC.com  Cam Cardow - Canadian, very moderate. Doesn’t seem to have done any work since Fall 2013 Ottawa Citizen  Ken Catalino - Conservative who hasn't actually drawn anything new in 10 years.  Patrick Chappatte - Internationally focused, vaguely liberal. International Herald Tribune, Le Temps, and Neue Zürcher Zeitung.  John Cole - Liberal, with the occasional outlier bad opinion. Talented, bold, and dirty, if his art is any indication. Scranton Times-Tribune  JD Crowe - Conservative Democrat with very little to say. Mobile Register  Jeff Danziger - Liberal, occasionally bold and to-the-point. Los Angeles Times  Dale - Extremely conservative, total nutbag. Paints over GIS'd images and accompanies each post with an insane rant full of puns. In spite of declaring a hiatus in late 2012, he continues to plague us with cartoons.  John Darkow - Liberal, only works in black-and-white. Columbia Daily Tribune  Bill Day – A liberal who lost his job in 2009, which has resulted in him recycling both his work and jokes ever since. He was hired in 2013 by Daryl Cagle after a successful Indiegogo campaign raised over $35,000 to pay Day’s salary. In spite of this, Day barely improved, continuing to copy-paste a lot of art and recycle a lot joke. Most galling was when Day actually plagiarized someone’s art right before the successful Indiegogo campaign finished. While he fixed the comic, his “apologize” was half-assed and defensive. Unsurprisingly, Cagle didn’t bother running another Indiegogo to fund Day in 2014. His Local Bike Shop  Day by Day (See: Chris Muir) David Dees - Certifiably paranoid and delusional Photoshop artist, he believes every conspiracy ever (except angels or that Al Qaeda conspired to take down WTC). He moved to Sweden after he became convinced Mossad was trying to steal his bicycle. Loves his cats; hates the Jews. Sesame Street and Disney. Formerly. For some reason, Sesame Street and Walt Disney decided to sever their relationship with him.  Derf (See: John Backderf) Toby Dials - Immature conservative who doesn't know how bongs work.  Dry Bones (See: Yaakov Kirschen) Tim Eagan - Liberal with a talent for fun visuals. Only does one cartoon a week.  Bob Englehart - Old, moderate liberal. Hartford Courant  Randal Enos - Stylish liberal, often works with woodcuts.  David Fitzsimmons - Smug-as-gently caress liberal with a scratchy, messy style. Occasionally has a bad or poorly thought-out opinion. Arizona Star  Glenn Foden (7Oden) - A stupid conservative, occasionally going above-and-beyond with his idiocy.  Galatianman (see: Lance Rengel) Ed Gamble - Conservative with perhaps the worst color palette ever.  Bob Gorrell - Conservative infamous for copy/pasting GIS results. Draws everyone droopy-eyed.  Ross Gosse - Undisputed champion of the huge unnecessary label. Obsessed with the minutia of small-town North Carolina politics, despite not being employed by a local paper.  Vaguely conservative when he actually bothers to comment on national politics. Dave Granlund - "A Thing Happened" dot cartoonist. Skin-deep, milquetoast liberal. If you're offended, you're probably reading way too much into it.  Steve Greenberg - California Democrat. Jewish, fiercely supports Israel.  Tommy Grooms - Conservative Brony, author of "Ralph and Chuck," and immature manchild. Started in high school, published for Indiana University and a number of other college papers. Output slowed significantly after graduating college, somehow getting married, and starting at his (low tier) law school. Indiana Daily Student  Tim Hartman - Milquetoast conservative, indulges in DASGDC. Apparently an actor as well.  Joe Heller - Moderate liberal. Green Bay Press-Gazette  Henri (see: Henrique Monteiro) Jerry Holbert - A pretty bland conservative that only has only really gained any attention on account of how easy it is to edit his donkeys into terrifying skull creatures. It's also worth noting that this is a very tired meme and you'll have to do more than just edit the donkey head if you want a positive response out of people. Boston Herald  David Horsey - Extremely talented and very left-wing, he nonetheless unrepentantly hates Arabs and Muslims and has a tendency to sexualize women (although he seems to be getting better about that last part). Los Angeles Times  Isaiah: - Draws the nonsensical "the world today just nuts" comics, which might look like something an eight-year-old exposed to excessive amounts of Freep would draw, but is actually from an adult human being. Overly relishes in calling Obama gay and having him in suggestive positions. A Pack of Crayolas and Fierce Desire to Never Grow Up  Taylor Jones - Primarily a caricature artist, he occasionally dips his toes in commentary, generally with a liberal bent. His caricatures often run alongside a story chosen by his paper, in place of photos, so commentary is not often required. Has a strange cicada fetish. El Nuevo Dia  Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) - Economically libertarian-leaning, liberal on most other topics. As the cartoonist for the Economist his opinions track closely with the British magazine's editorial stance. Economist  Mike Keefe - Milquetoast liberal, fairly unremarkable. Denver Post  Steve Kelley - Conservative, occasionally agreeable, but more often a jerk. Old-fashioned. He writes the conservative comic strip "Dustin" which is illustrated by liberal Jeff Parker. See the Comic Strip Megathread in BSS. Creators Syndicate  Stan Kelly (See: Ward Sutton) Yaakov Kirschen - Extremely old, extremely hateful American-born Israeli. He has been steadily employed for over 40 years, doing Dry Bones for the Jerusalem Post. His art has never progressed beyond the 1st-grade level. Incredibly incompetent xenophobe who honestly thinks Arabs/Muslims/Palestinians all deserve nothing but death. Never fills in the holes paint-bucket leaves in his letters, breaks his speech bubbles up unnaturally, and doesn't appear to understand how panels, layers, or computers work. Obsessed with freeing the spy Johnathan Pollard from American prison. Jerusalem Post  Carlos Latuff - Polarizing, extremely left-wing. His cartoons are short, to-the-point, and powerful. Sometimes this makes them hamhanded, tactless, or inelegant, but this also makes them perfect to print onto a poster at a protest. Beloved in third-world oppressed hellholes the world over, he despises America, Israel, and other imperialist nations. Drew a comic series glorifying an Iraqi sniper. Drew SSJ Goku assfucking Chilean president Sebastián Pińera.  Mike Lester - Racist, conservative, stupid, hateful old man. Was arrested several years ago for domestic abuse, although his wife now denies that he assaulted her, contrary to the police report. Drew the "Be Cool about Fire Safety" lightning bug from the 90's. Rome News-Tribune (Sort of fired in 2012 for the comic below. In truth, they still run him on a daily basis.)  Joe Liccar - Hideously bad art, moderately conservative. Father of Goombama. Examiner (Independence, Missouri)  Loujie - Official political cartoonist for China Daily, an English-language newspaper run by the Communist Party of China. Presents the official Chinese government's opinion on a range of issues. Very talented, for a state propagandist. China Daily  Yogi Love - A right-wing shill that draws for a conservative magazine. Nonetheless, he’s a competent artist that can draw some attractive cartoons even if their message is ugly. The American Spectator  Mike Luckovich - Liberal, responsible for the pants-on-the-ground donkey. Atlanta Journal-Constitution  RJ Matson - Prodigious liberal, with a tendency towards overlabeling. St. Louis Post-Dispatch (laid off in 2012) and Roll Call  Gary McCoy - Idiotic, no-talent knuckle-dragging conservative. Misogynistic, racist, homophobic liar, given to physically threatening his critics, fan of giant pickles and lottery tickets. He and his younger brother Glenn often work together on greeting cards, their syndicated comic strip "The Duplex," and miscellaneous other art projects. Glenn and Gary have both done character design and storyboards for major animated features such as "Despicable Me."  Glenn McCoy - Every bit as evil as his older brother Gary, except Glenn also possesses talent, tact, and a sense of humor and timing. Unlike his brother, he has numerous awards to his name. Much more private than Gary, he does not give out his address and invite people to go one-on-one with him. He and his older brother Gary often work together on greeting cards, their syndicated comic strip "The Duplex," and miscellaneous other art projects. Glenn and Gary have both done character design and storyboards for major animated features such as "Despicable Me."  JJ McCullough - Young, gay, conservative Canadian centrist. Often presents one idea in a comic, which is accompanied by a blog post that will immediately make the exact opposite argument. This makes every position of his a mealy mushmouthed mumble of smug condescension. On the plus side, his art can be downright adorable at times.  Rick McKee - Conservative with some talent. Previously fairly unremarkable, he has actually been growing more right-wing and offensive over the last year. Unlike just about every other cartoonist in this thread, I cannot think of one cartoon of his that was agreeable. Augusta Chronicle  Henrique Monteiro - Portuguese cartoonist. Lovingly translated, photoshopped into English, and explained by forums user KoldPT. Sapo.pt  Chris Muir - Formerly of the St. Petersburg Times, now publishes Day by Day, a serial comic of stupefying absurdities. His only source of income is $12,000 he receives yearly in donations. Vectorizes/traces/draws near pornographic characters living out his fantasy life. His characters are rich, bold, famous, witty sex stallions of every race and nationality. Muir is a Men's Rights Advocate, and uses his female characters (who he admits are based on himself) to reinforce his misogynistic beliefs. Muir is a racist, and uses his black character (who he admits is based on himself) to reinforce his racist beliefs. Muir is a war cheerleader, and made his main character (who literally is himself) into a battle-scarred world-famous sniper. See a pattern? Muir has an uncanny ability to write dialogue in English that is virtually incomprehensible. White, Sexually-Frustrated Men  Pat Oliphant – Veteran cartoonist whose work spans for half a century, and it shows with his strong artwork. Generally liberal, but in a very white old man sort of way, producing some incredibly racist and homophobic work during his career. Andrew McMeel Universal  Jack Ohman - The youngest cartoonist to be syndicated at the tender age of 19, and one of the older active cartoonists here with his career beginning in the early 80s. Has a variety of awards and seems like a generally nice guy that likes giving money to charity. A liberal dude with solid artwork that shows decades of experience. Somehow manages to make fairly expressive faces despite despite working with smaller heads than someone like Allie or Kreider who tend to draw people's heads larger. The Sacramento Bee & Tribune Media Services  Henry Payne - Talented, stylish conservative jerk. Possesses an unhealthy obsession with rear bumpers. Detroit News  Jeff Parker - Liberal. Illustrates Steve Kelley's conservative comic strip "Dustin." See the Comic Strip Megathread in BSS. Florida Today and Fort Myers News-Press  Mike Peters - Milquetoast liberal. Also draws the syndicated comic strip Mother Goose & Grimm. See the Comic Strip Megathread in BSS. Dayton Daily News  Pigman - Men's Rights Advocate, extremely misogynistic, liberal atheist. Bizarre and horrible webcomic, the Pigman beats people with a rubber chicken. He believes the Patriarchy is the best way to defeat the Plutocracy. Was so obnoxious that he actually got kicked off an MRA subreddit in 2013.  Bruce Plante - Goofy Democratic cheerleader. His elephants are pink, for some reason. Enjoys putting his opponents in tiny hats. Tulsa World  Milt Priggee - Far left and intentionally offensive. Very hit-or-miss, he is nonetheless unafraid of cutting straight to the heart of an issue. Takes pride in having cartoons rejected by editors.  Ted Rall - Far left shithead. Utterly incompetent artist and writer. Desperately needs to be the center of attention, he envisions himself as the leader of a socialist revolution. Ruthlessly and pointlessly criticizes every actual revolution since he's not involved. He draws everyone as Homer Simpson or Dr. Hibbert. Obama is purple and stubbly. He once threatened to sue an Australian artist for infringing on his intellectual property of Obama liking Hello Kitty. He has a seething hatred for Maus author Art Spiegelman. He is misogynistic, offensive, and insulting, while trying to be irreverent and witty. Has no idea how the internet works and has raged against his fans for being "too loving stupid to know what's important" (ie, funding his Kickstarter vacation). Sells dates with himself on eBay with the caveat that you pay for everything and he is under no obligation to make eye-contact with you. Wrote an autobiographical graphic novel that he had someone else illustrate, all about how he dropped out of college and might have had HIV and had sex with hundreds of rich, beautiful women in exchange for food and shelter. He depicts anyone and everyone, including himself, as Literally Hitler. Despite all that, his fling-poo poo-at-the-wall nature occasionally makes a good point, even if he does so incompetently. Got kicked off Daily KOS because his terrible Obama caricature was interpreted as racist. Sacramaneto Bee and the Los Angeles Times  Ralph and Chuck (See: Tommy Grooms) Michael Ramirez - Republican to the bone. Obsessed with drawing and endlessly crosshatching gigantic inanimate objects and labeling them "DEBT." Extremely successful, he is the quintessential political cartoonist. He is a two-time Pulizter Prize winner, to just about everyone's amazement. Draws Obama as a disgusting worm. Petty, trivial, and dumb, he will never respond with anything but GOP platitudes. Investor's Business Daily  Ratland (See: Terry Wise) Lance Rengel - Evangelical pastor and creator of Galatianman. It’s a political, religiously-charged comic with a plot that moves at a glacial pace (current arc started with the Giffords shooting). We are pretty much his entire audience, to the point where he even did a few touching comics about vilerat’s death. Regardless, his comic continues to be an ugly, little piece of work.  Rob Rogers - Pittsburgh-based liberal with a distinctive style. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  JRRose! - Lovable conservative, he spells out every pun two or three times per joke. He frequently comments on Virginia local women's basketball and draws puzzles and cartoons for children. He is also the creator of the syndicated comic strip Snuffy Smith. Byrd Newspapers of Virginia and Daily News-Record  Ben Sargent - Liberal, with the occasional outstanding comic. Austin American-Statesman  Rob Smith, Jr. - Cartoonist for GlennBeck.com and that really ought to tell you everything you need to know about him. GlennBeck.com  Snafu Cartoons - (See Bill Trantham) Scott Stantis - Conservative, although left-leaning on issues such as torture and spying (even during Bush). Creator of the syndicated comic strip Prickly City, he has contracted Eric Allie to draw it for him for the last several years. See the Comic Strip Megathread in BSS. Chicago Tribune  Mark Streeter - "WHIL= He HΔS a GooD STYLE and oPINIONS, STR==T=R's LETERiNG iS ΔNNoYiNG To a FE\/\/ oF the REGULΔRS HER=." Xylo has personally asked him to write neater and he has refused. Seriously, Streeter, an "A" is not a triangle. Jesus. He also does some of the most accurate caricatures of any political cartoonist. Savannah Morning News  Ward Sutton - Witty creator of the parody political cartoons of the Onion. His persona is a grumpy, petty old conservative political cartoonist named Stan Kelly. Onion  Bruce Tinsley - Conservative alcoholic author of Mallard Fillmore. He is alone among those featured here in that his political cartoon is syndicated on the funny pages in almost every newspaper in America, between Garfield and Wizard of Id. Because of this, he has to submit his cartoons two weeks in advance and is always very late to comment on an issue. Attacks and viciously libels his personal enemies with his comics, such as Jon Stewart and the judge who gave Tinsley a DUI.  Tom Toles - Talented and witty liberal that possesses an inhuman loathing for the DC Metro. Washington Post  Rob Tornoe - Bland artistically, he is the cartoonist for Media Matters and thus quite liberal. Initially defended Joe Paterno, but when evidence came to light, he admitted his error and corrected it. Admirable. MediaMatters.com  Bill Trantham - Draws Snafu Cartoons, which are just political cartoons drawn terribly. The gimmick is that Trantham allows people to pay him to draw a cartoon, so you get a lot of crazy right-wing talking points. People With Too Much Money  Marty Two Bulls - Native American cartoonist that, unsurprisingly, covers a lot of Native American issues. Universally praised in this thread, he has excellent artwork that's notable for properly using crosshatching to shade and add depth his cartoons rather than draw messy boats and trains. No other cartoonist in this thread really touches on the problems that natives face in the USA, and Two Bulls shoots unapologetic criticism at both parties (and the nation as a whole) for ignoring them. On other issues, he is pretty left-leaning. Indian Country Today Media Network  Arend Van Dam - Dutch cartoonist, his opinions are as childlike as his artistic skill.  Gary Varvel - Bland conservative. Indianapolis Star  Terry Wise - Very conservative. Very strange art style, very strange business model, very strange man. Author of Ratland. Every great once in a while has a not-poo poo opinion, but most of the time, you're probably safe calling him a shithead.  Monte Wolverton - Liberal and son of famous cartoonist Basil Wolverton. MAD Magazine  the world today just nuts - (See Isaiah) Matt Wuerker - 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner and liberal cartoonist for Politico.com. Politico.com  Adam Zyglis - Talented liberal cartoonist who has recently expanded into color. There's something refreshingly honest to his cartoons, in my opinion. Buffalo News  The Boneyard These are cartoonists have that either retired, died at the drawing board, or just vanished without a trace. They are kept here for posterity's sake. Chuck Asay - Evil old man who has a hard time adjusting to modern life. Known for a soft style that even makes his opponents look kind. Hated gays, trans people, and just about everyone that wasn't a white fundamentalist protestant. In 2013, he finally stopped political cartooning for good, much to the relief of everyone that doesn't think poor people are wild animals. Retired  John Backderf - Liberal and all-around nice guy. His comic, The City, generally focused on slice-of-life issues, with the occasional political foray. Grew up with Jeffrey Dahmer and wrote a neat book about it. Ended his comic because he "was sick of it and wanted to make books full time." Quit  Joel Barbee - A cartoonist whose work haunted the earliest iterations of this thread. From the looks of it, he was a racist right-wing rear end in a top hat who rode the birther movement pretty hard. Perhaps best known for his signature, which split his surname into two words for some reason. In 2010, he did the world a solid and died. Dead  Barry - A peculiar man to say the least, he drew a series of right-wing cartoons that would be fairly run-of-the-mill were it not for the bizarre artwork. At first blush the art might seem alright, but that feeling last for about a few seconds before descending into the madness that is a Barry cartoon. This is where the line of action goes to die, and everything has a butt. He did a few cartoons in 2013, but his main website has been down for a while, and the only evidence I have left of him is a 2013 entry from his blog that posted a cartoon from three years ago. Hopefully he's gone for good. Vanished  Sean Delonas - Conservative, infamous for drawing anyone he disagrees with as morbidly obese. He got a lot of flak in 2009 for drawing Obama as a chimp, but his employer, a Murdoch-owned tabloid, loved it. In spite of this, in 2013 said tabloid (New York Post) bought him out, which basically means he was paid to quit his job early. While he said he was going to continue drawing cartoons on his own, he abruptly stopped after only a few months on his own. As of this writing (August 2014) he has still not produced a single new cartoon. Disappeared  Brian Fairrington - Wildly unpredictable opinions. Probably deeply conservative and Mormon, but also a massive liar who hates everyone and everything, even other conservatives. Directly contradicts himself as a matter of course. Utterly erased from Cagle's syndicate in mid-2012, his work is now hard to find online. While he may still be out there, nobody posted anything from him in all of 2013. Vanished  Tim Kreider - One of the most respected cartoonists here, known for drawing absolutely fantastic facial expressions that displayed so much emotion and humor. Very liberal, to the point where he had to give up political cartooning due to how much the Bush years were depressing and angering him. One of his best known cartoons is a eulogy cartoon for Reagan, which was accompanied with a scathing write-up about how much of an evil old bastard Reagan was. A lot of his cartoons are still available in book collections. Quit R.P. Overmyer - Another cartoonist from threads past, and best known for the character Hollywood Dog. Liberal, but in the dirty old man misogynistic sort of way. Was neither a fan or Bush nor terrorists (and arguably Muslims in general). Artwork was kinda bleh, almost like a poor man's Gary Larson. Died in 2010, presumably to challenge Joel Barbee to a competition at who was the worst at fitting a whole word on one line. Kinda looked like the son of Duke Nukem and Colonel Sanders. Died  Zack Rawsthorne - The jackass behind Diversity Lane, a cartoon that stars a girl named Diversity in a family full of ridiculous liberal caricatures. Despite being like six or seven, Diversity somehow knows enough about politics to loudly piss and moan about her family's liberal leanings. I guess it's supposed to be a scathing commentary on how liberalism is so stupid that even a child can understand it, but the result is a storm of racism, misogyny, and hateful ignorance. The art is okay, but I have no idea how the scowling, unpleasant Diversity is supposed to be a likable character given that she acts more like a woman ten times her age than a little girl. In 2012, however, the free market determined that Diversity Lane was poo poo, and Rawsthorne couldn't justify the time spent working on it. I have no idea what he's doing now. Frankly, it's better that way. Quit 
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There's bound to be a lot of little inconsistencies in that post. I think Lester has a wholly new employer, but I dunno. The bottom line is that someone is still paying him to give people rainbow ties.
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I did not do the slam dunk Bush edit. As a rule of thumb, if it looks like the person knows how to use Photoshop instead of crudely clicking for hours, I didn't make it. But here are some of my 2013 edits since people are sharing.  1 2 3 4 "What happened to Xylo's old avatar" 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 14 16 17And last, but not least 
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Jan 2, 2014 02:13
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Don't forget the American Hustle Cast As Cicadas Accompaniment.
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Jan 2, 2014 22:55
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Modern journalism is poo poo, and MSNBC knows where poo poo belongs.
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Jan 3, 2014 00:10
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D.N. Nation posted:Reminds me of... In America anyways, because we are massive babies about gas prices.
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Jan 3, 2014 03:34
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Jan 3, 2014 04:38
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JJ is sad about Canada. There was a Canadian sent to the Space Station, but it's been drowned out by Rob Ford and the other scandals.
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Jan 3, 2014 04:51
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Searching through some older threads, and remembered this.
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Jan 3, 2014 04:55
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Asay retired in 2013, although that's not entirely accurate because he had already retired several years prior and was just doing four toons a week for some extra money. But last year he formally stopped cartooning regardless of when he actually retired. Although he told Bors he might do a "It Used To Be../Now It's..." cartoon starring Bors and himself, but that never happened. Delonas is the other big name to drop out. He didn't retire, but instead the New York Post just bought out his contract. While he said he was going to do three cartoons a week on his own, this stopped after a few months and he hasn't put out anything since August. Our only hope is that Chris Christie runs as a moderate; it's a target Delonas could not resist. Pants Donkey fucked around with this message at 06:39 on Jan 3, 2014 |
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Jan 3, 2014 06:37
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Despite republicans co-opting Martin Luther King Jr. as own of their own, I expect Tinsley to still ignore MLK Day and then do a comic the following day sarcastically explaining to a reader why he didn't celebrate international rat day or something similarly racist.
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Jan 3, 2014 08:20
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Man, I remember reading Photoshop Phridays like ten years ago wondering how people made those images. I never thought I'd be on the front page, but I'm very happy it's for making fun of racists and general assholes.
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Jan 3, 2014 23:53
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Discendo Vox posted:I haven't heard anything about McMillan in almost a year now. What happened to her? 
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Jan 4, 2014 01:33
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I see Catalino is a big Cow & Chicken fan.
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Jan 4, 2014 01:59
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NoEyedSquareGuy posted:The message is that Colorado has some bomb weed.
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Jan 4, 2014 02:23
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Muir didn't go all in last year. He had so many potential contenders for 2013's Roosevelts, but he always backed off at the last minute. I hope we get something truly entertaining this year, like Skye's baby being black or Mallard Fillmore. Months of tepid insults while drinking beer in the trailer is so boring.
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Jan 4, 2014 02:55
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The only sister I know is Skye, but you'd think it really weird because Waifu spends like 95% of her time with Skye just insulting her politics and laying wicked burns on Obama. It's really no surprise she went to live with her mom, even though I'm sure that's not the reason Muir had in mind.
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Jan 4, 2014 04:37
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Discendo Vox posted:Is Ben Sargent retired? he's still posting new stuff to ucomics.
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Jan 4, 2014 05:22
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I have never actually listened to Pants On the Ground, and I have no desire to ruin the mystique.
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Jan 4, 2014 05:35
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CFLs are like three for $20 at my local store, and those things last forever. Even if we totally ignore the environment, it's better than the old incandescent bulbs in every possible way. This is just making a stand against those drat hippies and their oppressive policies forcing us to use...superior bulbs? Also, any opportunity to repost this. 
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Jan 4, 2014 23:55
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steinrokkan posted:I wonder if in early 20th century there were paranoid wackos rambling about the government taking their carbon filament away.   
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Jan 5, 2014 00:40
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JRRose! and Daisy team up to create a cartoon of groan-worthy proportions known only as the Apuncolypse.
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Jan 5, 2014 14:34
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With Jan getting a haircut I can officially give up on trying to differentiate her from Skye whenever Skye has her Marxist Antichrist.
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Jan 6, 2014 09:13
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Internet Webguy posted:I just noticed goatee Obama is holding a bloody clothes hanger. I guess points for proper display of a head mirror.
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Jan 7, 2014 02:57
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Dr. Horsey and Mr. Hyde?
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Jan 7, 2014 03:30
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It isn't just random Ramirez being Ramirez, but rather some source the NYT got about Benghazi. I don't know the details because I'm not obsessed with Benghazi.
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Jan 7, 2014 04:30
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AATREK CURES KIDS posted:Ironically, the joke about "100% mammalian bipeds" isn't even accurate, if that article about someone signing up a dog for Obamacare was true. 
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Jan 7, 2014 05:54
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Bicyclops posted:That poor snowman is about to be devoured by a Metroid! 
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Jan 7, 2014 20:36
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Radish posted:I am curious if when it REALLY becomes a serious problem if the interests that heavily fought regulations will be remembered for the villains that they are or if it will just be "who could have known who was right?? Also they sincerely BELIEVED in their hearts it wasn't an issue so we can't judge" type bullshit. They have spent billions in a machine that exist to push their message, and we've seen that the masses have the memory of sponges (killing Osama will agitate terrorists! Axis of Evil? I have no idea what you're talking about.)
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Jan 7, 2014 23:36
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I just realized that Day put his signature on the bottom of the cartoon so you can read it from other side. The problem is he didn't the same with the "Global Warming Paradox." Getting closer Day...
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Jan 8, 2014 01:51
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I think that's the best Snafu ever. It's merely JRRose! quality without the charmingly dopey art.
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Jan 8, 2014 03:09
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Because both have utterly no passion compared to Latuff and Kirschen, who are both enthusiastic about Middle Eastern politics.
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Jan 8, 2014 03:17
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Maybe passion is the wrong word for it. I don't want to say "obsessed," but Kirschen/Latuff cannot go a month without mentioning Israel/Palestine, whereas I cannot remember the last time Day did a cartoon on child abuse, and his Sandy Hook cartoons were lazy poo poo (reaching a nadir with the infamous plagiarism cartoon) so I'm not sold that Day cares all that much about violence against children as we tend to think. Ratman's cartoons about disciplining your children are really creepy in the weird casual way he presents his opinions on the subject. It's not like "MY KID'S A SLACKER CUZ I CAN'T WHIP HIS rear end." but rather "Kid acting up? Well, have you considered keeping a switch handy  "
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Jan 8, 2014 03:29
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I love how lazy Muir is that he recycles that loving Dr. Evil pose over and over. It doesn't even make sense in that context. He's asking a question to set up the making GBS threads punchline.
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Jan 8, 2014 03:50
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OldTennisCourt posted:Easy to draw?
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She has no mandible, and therefore must eat our freedoms through a straw.
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