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OP ↓ Previous Threads: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 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 make them. It's the first year of Joe Biden's presidency, and we await the fresh hell that approaches us. So more than ever, edits and parodies are welcome in this den of hacks, shills, and has-beens, with weekends being 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. So familiarize yourself with the thread rules, and dive into what's been called "D&D's worst thread" by critics! Hey, we have a new president, meaning it's a great time for newcomers to join in, as conservative cartoonists start pretending to care about the national debt again, while liberal cartoonists act like everything is back normal! It's going to be a lot of fun! I'm dying inside! This is the stuff that can get you probated or banned, so listen up.
THESE ARE NOT HARD RULES This is just a list of recommendations to make the thread go more smoothly. Don't yell at people or report them for violating poo poo here unless it actually violates a forum rule!
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. As the internet has ingrained itself in our daily lives over the past 20 years, some cartoonists have found success with crowdfunding such as Patreon or Kickstarter. This is still fairly rare, but as newspaper continue to whittle down their staff to appease their shareholders, it may be the norm. 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, the cartoon may never be printed or seen by anyone. Most of the cartoonists here are published to a fairly large audience but, as the internet offers easier ways to get your work out there, this thread has seen an increasing amount of obscure or fringe cartoonists. Just assume they're read by a non-trivial amount of people unless there's proof otherwise. 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, just look them up in the index for a very general idea. Q: Did this cartoonist get a Pulitzer for one cartoon or what? A: Apparently Pulitzers many decades ago were given out for a particular cartoon or two, but as time goes on it seems to have shifted to the artist's work for the year. So while we make mock someone like Ramirez for obvious "Pulitzer Bait", technically all of his cartoons are judged for the award. Yeah...we don't hold the Pulitzer in high regard. 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. There is a thread for UK cartoons, but we've felt that there haven't been enough UK cartoons posted in this thread and would encourage people to start posting them in here again. However it would be nice, if you have the time, to explain some of the stuff that harder to decipher. Q: What about funny page cartoons? Webcomics? A: A cartoon with regular political content, such as Doonesbury or Prickly City, can be posted here no problem. Your Garfield and Family Circus stuff should go to the Comic Strip Megathread in BSS, although feel free to share the rare individual strips that are political in nature. Webcomics follow the same procedure: it's fair game if there's overt contemporary political themes, otherwise take it elsewhere. Remember that Day by Day, a political webcomic, is banned from this thread. Take it to the Bad Webcomic Thread or whatever place allows such garbage. 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. There are usually dedicated threads for crazy emails, social media posts, or Freep-watching. Memes are not political cartoons, so keep that Minion image macro your great aunt posted to yourself...unless Glenn McCoy drew it. Q: Can I see more from X? A: We'd really like to see more people consistently posting the same cartoonist(s) so they don't get missed. If you want to step up to the plate for a particular person, then by all means. You can post them as they come, or do weekly dumps if that's easier on you. Q: What happened to the cartoonist index? A: The index was an artifact from when old poster XyloJW made the thread, and I kept it updated for the sake of new people. However, the list took a decent chunk of time to update each year, and very few people used it so it didn't solve the problem of people asking the same questions about cartoonists. Xander77 made a few profiles about the more infamous cartoonists posted here, in case you need a primer: Payne: http://imgur.com/gallery/C2ysj Garrison: http://imgur.com/gallery/ZdFwM Tinsley: http://imgur.com/gallery/hFGWV Gorrell: http://imgur.com/gallery/rnrPT Ramirez: http://imgur.com/gallery/QrEjj Rall: http://imgur.com/gallery/xDjKV Q: Hey, this cartoon isn't political! A: While "the personal is political" is an overused catchphrase to defend seemingly apolitical cartoons, what is and isn't political can get a bit fuzzy. This can be exacerbated if Death of the Author is considered, and whether or not the creator even intended to make a political statement. Just remember that issues such as LGBT rights, racial justice, and especially topics of class struggle are political even if they don't mention a politician or current event. If got a real bee in your bonnet about it then report the offending post to a mod. Q: This thread sucks and I want a better one! A: CSPAM has a thread, for those who are in the mood for a (better?) class of posters. Or you crave punishment for the sins of your past, and want another thread about political cartoons to post in. This is self-harm, and you need help. The thread has developed a few inside jokes and terms. Some of these are woefully out of date, but preserved just in case: 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. Can't Handle: The thread is known for getting into spats over ridiculous subjects. However, this phrase was used waaaaay too much, and you're not being witty by yelling "Can't Handle!" when people arguing over actual political stuff as opposed to goofy poo poo like weathervanes. Yes, we have actually argued over weathervanes. DASGC: Stands for "Dumb and so Goddamn Crazy." A cartoon that portrays the opposing side as screaming, 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. Gerald: A name given to a stock character used in many conservative cartoons. Typically a standard middle-aged white guy with glasses and little hair. Exists only to wryly point out how bad and dumb the strawman of the day is. It's a Powerful Symbol: Phrase made popular during the short-lived Kelly commentaries. When describing the crying Statue of Liberty, Kelly said "it's a powerful symbol...you don't want to overuse it" when of course the joke is that Liberty is in nearly every Kelly cartoon. Used sarcastically for overused symbolism, especially Liberty but can be anything such as bald eagles or uncle sam. 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. Skull Donkey: Several cartoonists, including Lisa Benson and Jerry Holbert, draw donkeys in such a way that it's easy to edit their snouts into cartoonish skulls. The golden age of skull edits is long over, but it's still a fun game. An example: becomes Please put some thought into skull donkey edits! Wormbama: It was common for Michael Ramirez to draw former President Obama with a weird squished face that resembled a worm. The thread game up with this nickname for the phenomenon. You Gotta Give Me the Fangs: Another joke from the brief Kelly video series, it references Kelly begging his editor to keep fangs on a Chinese person. Used to describe when a cartoonist is being especially racist with their caricature. Zionism: Okay, not really unique to this thread, but enough people 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. $CUM PASS: A cartoonist drew a sign intended to read SCUM PASS, but they decided to use a differently colored $ symbol for the S. The end result was something that read CUM PASS and made the thread lose its collective mind. Some edits, parodies, and cartoons become quite memorable and frequently requested. Please check out the Politoon Archive first before asking for stuff in the thread. I'll try to remember to use the OP to collect memorable stuff from this year, and then archive it at the end of the year. Sometimes stuff that starts here gets collected on its own site. Note that several of these sites have stopped updating, but the archives are always fun for a spin. A Good Cartoon: Saint Sputnik collects the best AGCs here. Ye Fowl Herald: You know that old medieval tapestry maker thing that was popular on the internet several years ago? Well, Saint Sputnik is using it to recreate Mallard Fillmore strips. Iran Will Have Nukes Any Day Now: Pants Donkey has collected cartoons that predict the imminent threat of a nuclear Iran. Some of these cartoons are over a decade old. If Global Warming Is Real, Then Why Is It Cold: A depressing collection of cartoons that display people's complete lack of climate education. Political PBF: Some unknown genius took old PBF strips and turning them into political cartoons. It's a lot better than it sounds. The Gay Abortions are our annual awards for the worst cartoons of the year (and the best edits or parodies), named after a hilarious parody cartoon. If you see a cartoon you want to nominate, quote it and include "Gaybies nomination:" and the category you want to nominate it for, so the organizers of the contest have an easy way to track nominations. The current categories are:
I've marked new categories in bold. Please note that "Worst Cartoon about Terrorism" includes mass shootings. To make the life of the compiler easier, Wiki Sours now has a nominations page as well. Please consider cross-posting your nominations to that page as well! Around the end of the year, the Gaybies thread will be created, where we'll collect the various nominations and also take nominations for Worst Overall Political Cartoon 20210. I'd like more information about the political cartoons I'm reading! Check out Wiki Sours, the companion wiki to the Politoons thread! Pants Donkey fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Jan 1, 2022 |
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# ¿ Apr 29, 2024 11:55 |
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# ¿ Jan 3, 2021 00:44 |
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Let's ring in the new year with Ben calling for imprisonment of political enemies!Ben Garrison posted:SAVE THE DATE!
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# ¿ Jan 3, 2021 00:52 |
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There should be a thread for nominations at some point? It’s not my thing.
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# ¿ Jan 3, 2021 16:49 |
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Ishida took all of the jokes about 2020 never ending as fact.
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# ¿ Jan 3, 2021 21:25 |
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Or Janet Jackson’s nipple, which harkens back to the repressed Bush era and has a depressing story about the incident.
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# ¿ Jan 4, 2021 19:43 |
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Speaking of GarrisonBen Garrison posted:Ted Cruz, Super Senator and The Justice League
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# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 02:07 |
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Mr. Squishy posted:https://twitter.com/GrrrGraphics/status/1346292119174975488 And this is an older comic (McCain is still alive), so it predates the Biden boot.
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# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 15:54 |
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The whole party runs on cognitive dissonance. You have the president telling people the vote in November was rigged while simultaneously telling them to go out and vote today. Part of it is pride. The deeper you get into this poo poo, the more of a gullible rube you appear when you admit you got suckered. So you make excuses for why things didn’t work out THIS time, pulling you deeper into the rabbit hole, and putting more of your ego on the line. It’s a feedback loop that ends in Satanic Pedophiles running a pizza store.
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# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 16:17 |
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Ben has said he win’t draw a commission if it runs counter to his chud worldview, so you won’t be able to get scintillating art of Hillary stepping on Trump or whatever. Although, I WILL say that Garrison may draw Biden giving Trump the big steppy if Ben decides to turn on Daddy after his loss is made official.
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# ¿ Jan 5, 2021 18:05 |
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Dems taking the Senate plus Trump eating poo poo tomorrow is going to create a perfect meltdown for Garrison.
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# ¿ Jan 6, 2021 06:08 |
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Dr. VooDoo posted:Who gives a gently caress about Rall I want a Zyklon Ben cartoon about Georgia Ben Garrison posted:Results are Not Official Yet- Look Familiar?
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# ¿ Jan 6, 2021 18:26 |
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Jesus I didn’t notice the buck teeth on the Chinese Donkey holy poo poo
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# ¿ Jan 6, 2021 18:28 |
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Viewtiful Jew posted:https://twitter.com/GrrrGraphics/status/1347384905047494663
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# ¿ Jan 8, 2021 16:02 |
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Everyone: wow that whole deal was hosed up Branco, twelve loving hours ago:
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# ¿ Jan 8, 2021 18:27 |
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Nenonen posted:That's from 2019, PD
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# ¿ Jan 8, 2021 18:55 |
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In chud land, Wednesday was Test #506 of who is loyal to Trump and who is not. Literally every time he fails to get his way it’s spun into a super secret test of loyalty to the Cause. I really do wonder what is going to happen on the 20th when he’s no longer president and they can’t just write it off as Part of the Plan anymore.
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# ¿ Jan 8, 2021 20:47 |
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F_Shit_Fitzgerald posted:Ramirez is a chameleon: able to blend into whatever the GOP needs at the moment. Decrying the coup but not mentioning Turp allows him to hedge his bets: it appears as though Turp's fat rear end is out the door very soon, but just in case the chud base is still useful in the future, he doesn't call out Turp directly. That makes him a lot smarter than the Lesters and McCoys and Brancos of the world, who will gladly ride the Titanic to the bottom of the sea if it means "owning the libs". It doesn’t help that the democrats greatly want to just go back to quietly being rich while occasionally tossing the poor a few crumbs.
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# ¿ Jan 10, 2021 02:56 |
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What a wasted week. They could have had 2020 die a week ago ON TIME and it’d have changed nothing.
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# ¿ Jan 10, 2021 10:43 |
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Yup. His last like five cartoons were an object labelled 35 Years Of Madigan Rule
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# ¿ Jan 11, 2021 20:26 |
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Ben Garrison posted:SHUT UP! THEY SHOUTED
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# ¿ Jan 12, 2021 02:13 |
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Ben Garrison posted:NEVER DONATE TO THE GOP AGAIN
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# ¿ Jan 13, 2021 18:11 |
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the_steve posted:https://twitter.com/happyroadkill/status/1349502474198114309?s=19
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# ¿ Jan 14, 2021 04:41 |
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Hope truly is the first step on the road to disappointment.
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# ¿ Jan 14, 2021 19:58 |
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I regret to inform you it’s that time of year again
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# ¿ Jan 15, 2021 19:28 |
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Ben MADBen Garrison posted:JOKE YAPPER FAKE NEWS HACK
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# ¿ Jan 15, 2021 21:25 |
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It would also be inaccurate, as Pence is only interested in mares.
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# ¿ Jan 16, 2021 07:01 |
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Ben Garrison posted:“C’MON MAN! SHUT UP, WEAR YOUR MASK AND GET YOUR VACCINATION” Also he’s made a new account on Twitter lol.
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# ¿ Jan 16, 2021 17:58 |
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RoboRodent posted:I've seen anti-vaxxers claim that the term is a slur meant to shut them down, except I'm pretty sure they came up with the term themselves, because it's a neutral description.
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# ¿ Jan 16, 2021 18:36 |
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Nihilarian posted:So why is Winslow waiting for a pardon? Did he take part in the insurrection? He’s more likely referring to the many Very Bad pardons Trump did during the holidays.
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# ¿ Jan 17, 2021 23:58 |
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Rall will probably be right, and Trump will in fact be alive twenty years from now kept alive purely by hatred. Still ranting in his 90s about how he won.
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# ¿ Jan 18, 2021 15:35 |
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Despite how nervous Biden looks, Garrison seems to have fallen into despair.Ben’s Take posted:In the waning hours of Trump’s presidency we are hearing a lot about scenarios in which patriots are still in charge. Supposedly the military has been shown proof of foreign interference in the presidential election. They will arrest the conspirators and allow Trump to rightfully continue his presidency into a second term. Naturally I have my doubts. I consider it all so much hopium. It looks like nobody is coming to save us. We must save ourselves. We must deal with reality and it will harsh. Tina’a Take posted:Trump’s biggest accomplishment? Waking us up to the corruption of the Deep State Swamp, pulling the mask off the spineless Republicans and exposing the Democrat’s America Last policies. The American people are awake, in fact, the people of the world are awake. Awaken, we have realized we have been used, duped and turned into citizen cattle. I feel that we won’t stand for it any longer.
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# ¿ Jan 18, 2021 19:15 |
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OPEN THE Oh.
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# ¿ Jan 20, 2021 21:15 |
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Here’s the real Ben you’ve all been waiting for:Ben Garrison posted:THE FRAUD IN CHIEF But wait! That’s not all: Tina Garrison posted:REMEMBER BIDEN AND THE REST OF THE TRAITORS LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE AT A FUNERAL YESTERDAY.
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# ¿ Jan 21, 2021 16:00 |
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Fister Roboto posted:Who's Coal Jobs?
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# ¿ Jan 23, 2021 06:16 |
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Ben Garrison posted:WELL THAT DIDN’T TAKE LONG! 2. As I’m sure two seconds of thought has already told you, the troops are there for security, not to look pretty. So yeah, most of them are looking outward for potential threats. This may be a surprise to Garrison, who has likely gotten used to Trump treating the troops as props for four years. Look at the rope keeping the troops away from Trump lol.
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# ¿ Jan 23, 2021 17:19 |
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Just realized Garrison’s cartoon sucks even more, because he made a cartoon about troops being stuck in a garage during the Inauguration of Joe Biden and couldn’t even make an easy Zappa reference.
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2021 01:18 |
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And the big “scandal” of last week wouldn’t have even happened if conservatives hadn’t tried to overthrow the government two weeks prior.
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2021 03:05 |
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Should it be Kellies? The Thorsberg Bronze Quill Award is a more subtle reference.
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# ¿ Jan 24, 2021 22:55 |
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Ben Garrison posted:WELCOME TO THE DARK WINTER OF DEMOCRAT RULE
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