Political Cartoons 2018: A Penny For Your Blots

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Pope (1):

Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton: Victorians are scared to go to restaurants because of African street gangs.

Pope (2):

Leak:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Jagged Jim posted:

I've been wondering about this for a while but why does Pope always draw Turnbull with that tin can Top hat?

Everyone draws Turnbull with a top hat because he's incredibly rich. Pope's tin can top hat is because Turnbull used to be Communications Minister where his main act was to take the previous government's National Broadband Network scheme and turn it into complete shite.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

DACK FAYDEN posted:

Why would any politician let themselves be photographed in this lightning? It makes literally anyone look evil!

If you want context, Dutton was about to give a press conference where he blamed the continuing suicides on Nauru through self-immolation on refugee advocates.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Internet Kraken posted:

What did I miss that made the entire world thinks Oprah is going to run for President

The idea of President Winfrey is a whole lot more credible post 2016.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Dyson:

Golding:

Le Lievre:

Pope:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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The cartoonist put in the conviction, pardon and racial profiling and then didn't know how to stop.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

King Possum III posted:

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The Kuper map isn't brilliant but sure shines when it's put up against Rall.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

David Rowe is back from the break and making cartoons for the Australian Financial Review.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Leak:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Australia Day is around the corner and there is growing debate about whether we should change the date (as currently it is on the day of the arrival of the colonists on the First Fleet), also a treaty with indigenous Australians.

Kudelka:

The Uluru Statement was the result of a public consultation process with indigenous peoples about having a voice in parliament which the government promptly discarded.
Also of interest with Kudelka is his cartoon takes the same spot as Leak's in the Australian, right above the letters to the editor about how Trump tells it how it is.

Pope:

Wilcox:

edit: Also, Rowe:

Trapezium Dave fucked around with this message at 03:31 on Jan 16, 2018

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Dr. VooDoo posted:

Remember when Zyklon Ben used to try to convince everyone he wasn't racist?

Isn't part of the cartoon still "how dare you call this racist", even though he's dropped both the dogwhistle and megaphone and now broadcasting like a Disaster Area concert?

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

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It's bad enough that Ramirez "drew" the same cartoon Gorrell did three days ago, but somehow Ramirez's version is worse.

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I hope we get the whole set of Rings With One Replaced cartoons these Olympics. Just blue, yellow and black to go!

edit: Rowe:

Trapezium Dave fucked around with this message at 09:32 on Jan 16, 2018

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

The best bit is McCoy's example of a person obsessed about discussion Trump appears to be a member of the White House press corps, like he's miffed they aren't spending more time discussing the interior design.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Rowe:

Wilcox:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

gowb posted:

Cmon man it's pretty clearly "America's face now matches its ugly actions" which is entirely true.

Only for Americans. You still need to change your flag to the Jolly Roger for us ignorant foreigners.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Starving Wolf posted:

The newspaper article headline would technically be a better cartoon than this.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

DJ Turbo Punch posted:

Is this the first time Turnbull has actually used his telephone can/hat thing?

It was used that way for a particular phone call last year:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Rowe:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Leak, on Australia Day:

"No Hottest 100 on 26/1": A radio station moved the day of its annual countdown show from Australia Day and some conservatives are still mad.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

ryonguy posted:

How the gently caress is that something people care about in the year of our lord 2018?

Zanetti:

Warren:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Flip Yr Wig posted:

So are newspapers just reprinting the last couple months of his life or something?

They genuinely did do that, but they also did this:
https://twitter.com/australian/status/893049512469581824

OldMemes posted:

At least he drew the aboriginie bloke as a normal middle aged bloke just chilling with his friend, rather than as a degenerate drunk or something, unless there's some dogwhistling I'm missing.

The argument is that there are literally no indigenous Australians who care about the date of Australia Day.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Internet Kraken posted:

I've seen people rag on conservatives for enjoying the suffering of their opponents but I think we're lying if the other side doesn't do the same thing. Plenty of people were talking about drinking "republican tears" when Romney lost.

It's weird seeing it in cartoons though. I'm used to cartoons where their favoured politician is doing a specific good thing, economy soars, support are troops etc. while the opponents are off to the side looking sad. It's odd seeing a whole series of cartoons where it's the president giving his opponents a wedgie as the main piece of insightful commentary.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

First Dog on the Moon:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Ague Proof posted:

The burning torch is a universal symbol for bad.

And brown envelopes stuffed with money is a symbol for good government.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Rowe:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Ularg posted:

Was the goat necessary?

The tyranny of the nanny state.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

: Day Before Straya Day

Rowe:

First Dog:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Zesty posted:

AnswersInGenesis Guy attempting to understand the modern world with his newspaper written in hieroglyphics.

edit: Look at that lead story picture, that is clearly Ramesses II opening a transgender bathroom.

Trapezium Dave fucked around with this message at 05:36 on Jan 28, 2018

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

JOHANNES LEAK, SON OF BILL LEAK:

I don't think there is more to this than a dig at ABC iView for existing.

As that was dull here are a couple of older, less phoned in LEAK SON OF LEAK cartoons about the ABC:
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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

It's a time capsule into the ancient political past of two weeks ago.

It's going to be cute when they talk about Shutdown #1 at the same time as Shutdown #2.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

First Dog on the Moon:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

For a bunch of gung-ho drill-happy lizardwomen they sure care about head safety.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

First Dog on the Moon:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

The Cabinet Files (abc.net.au): Hundreds of top-secret and highly classified cabinet documents have been obtained by the ABC following an extraordinary breach of national security.

ABC posted:

The documents were in two locked filing cabinets sold at an ex-government sale in Canberra. They were sold off cheaply because they were heavy and no-one could find the keys. A nifty person drilled the locks and uncovered the trove of documents inside.

Kudelka:

Pope:

Wilcox:

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Pope:

Batman's Shameful Secret is that he was a dual citizen so we need to elect a new Batman.

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Trapezium Dave: Oct 22, 2012

Jurgan posted:

I am irrationally angry that this comic says Batman fights �Green Goblins� and not Spider-Man.

It's because Batman the electorate is in inner Melbourne which has a high number of Greens voters. The electorate of Melbourne itself went Green, Batman had a Green vote of 45%, and the area it is in went Green in the state election. The Liberals aren't going to bother fielding a candidate, it's going to be a Labor vs. Green contest.

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