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Christ, what a decade. There was a lot, and you could count on there always being political cartoons commenting on it. But political cartooning is a decaying business, composed of mostly legacy positions filled by hacks who are long past their heyday but continue to pump out crap because their editors are likely going to close the position when they die or retire. The internet has given way to some hope for a new breed of independent cartoonists, and there is legitimately good work out there, but then you have loving alt-right Nazis pumping out content and Sturgeon's Law has never rung so true. The voting is simple: the nominees are what you the people voted as the worst cartoon every year. To provide something positive in here, there is also a list of the best Edit or Parody for each year. There is one hitch: the annual awards began in 2012, leaving gaps in the nominations. So here's how it will work: nominations for those missing years will go on until next Sunday. Then another week to vote for the worst/best of those years. Then we'll have the final list and vote. Need help with nominations? Check out the old threads: 2012 Thread (Edit/Parody Only) 2011 Thread 2010 Thread And now, here are the current nominees: 2019 Worst Cartoon  The fact that Gorrell actually decided it was worth putting effort into this cartoon using a horrific violation of human rights as a metaphor for the most banal of political opinions, really helped it win the aware for worst of 2019. Best Edit/Parody  Pilchenstein knew that you never bet against Johnny Five Aces, leading to a win for this lovely Garrison edit. 2018 Worst Cartoon  Delonas and grotesque take on the Kavanaugh confirmation allowed him to take the 2018 award with ease. Best Edit/Parody  This uncredited edit of Garrison's cult-like devotion to Trump won the hearts of goons that same year. 2017 Worst Cartoon  Glenn McCoy may no longer do political cartoons, but he left his mark with this tone-deaf take on the Rockwell classic. Conseratives have a weird fixation with The Problem We All Live With. Best Edit/Parody  My send-up of the numerous terrible 2016 Worst Cartoon  A toxic slurry of misogyny, racism, and transphobia led this Garrison to take the win over his other cartoon which was also runner-up. Best Edit/Parody  World Famous W showed us that sometimes simple is best with this beautiful Branco edit. 2015 Worst Cartoon  Lang's grotesque cartoon felt like a throwback to the new racist era spawned in the wake 9/11 as opposed to something from 2015. Best Edit/Parody  My Net Neutrality edits actually generated some very mild attention outside the thread. Well, at least my fifteen minutes of fame went towards a good cause. 2014 Worst Cartoon  Police violence was finally breaking into mainstream news, and the thread reminded Ramirez that ACAB. Best Edit/Parody   Saint Sputnik's Ye Fowl Herald is a long-running treat for the thread, and in 2014 he got the nod for this fantastic series. 2013 Worst Cartoon  Ramirez's ghoulish cartoon trying to spin Benghazi into 9/11, complete with weird internal logic, easily took it in 2013. Best Edit/Parody  A Hungry Mouth opened the bud gates to give us this amazing piece of work. 2012 Worst Cartoon  Gary McCoy managed to prove his inferiority by getting the award before his brother in this misogyny-ridden piece of filth. Edit/Parody Award TBD! 2011 Worst Cartoon TBD! Edit/Parody Award TBD! 2010 Worst Cartoon TBD! Edit/Parody Award TBD!
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I don’t have a copy, but will someone please post “just making sure there are no survivors?” Unless that was from before 2010, in which case never mind.
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Jan 19, 2020 22:45
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The thing about years before 2012 is that Asay hadn't retired yet. How can people with mere mortal hatred compete? Nomination for worst cartoon of 2011:  Chuck Asay responds with sensitivity and tact to far-right terrorist Anders Breivik killing 77 people in Norway. That said his 2010 comics were a little more muted so there's room for competitors. He had a lot of bad takes on the proposed repeal of DADT, but I'm not sure any of them were quite awful enough to deserve nomination. A few lowlights if anyone wants to champion one:    
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Jan 19, 2020 23:22
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Pants Donkey posted:. This continues to be the worst cartoon I've ever seen, it should win in a landslide
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Jan 19, 2020 23:25
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That Delonas cartoon was particularly hilariously timed because right before it was posted the thread was talking about how Delonas is actually kind of okay sometimes and then that dropped 
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Jan 19, 2020 23:28
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Was it the 2012 or 2013 runner-up edit that had the 18th century political cartoon caricature of obama that ended with "and I hate thee"? That one was really good.
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Jan 20, 2020 01:54
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NRVNQSR posted:Nomination for worst cartoon of 2011: Seconding this nomination. Goddamn this evil old gently caress. Nomination for Best Edit of 2011: A HUNGRY MOUTH's edit of this terrible picture.
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Jan 20, 2020 03:49
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What year was the 'toon of two cops that shot a monkey that was supposed to be Obama?
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Jan 20, 2020 11:41
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BetterToRuleInHell posted:What year was the 'toon of two cops that shot a monkey that was supposed to be Obama? 2009 so just outside of the decade.
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Jan 20, 2020 12:50
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Am I not mistaken or was Mike Lester at one point fired for a horrible cartoon, or was that related to his DV arrest?
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Delurking in spite of common sense just for the occasion and because I wanted to ensure some old thread favourites were at least acknowledged here. Specifically Diversity Lane, which surprisingly is still up at https://www.diversitylane.wordpress.com. From the poison pen of Zack Rawsthorne I would like to submit this nomination for worst cartoon of 2010:  Feel free to fumble through the cesspool for an alternative.
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Jan 20, 2020 20:32
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Delany's 2018 submission is the most viscerally revolting, but Ramirez in 2014 is pretty loving vile as well. Reading this thread is going to be an uphill struggle.
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Jan 22, 2020 08:03
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Jurgan posted:I don’t have a copy, but will someone please post “just making sure there are no survivors?” Unless that was from before 2010, in which case never mind.
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DACK FAYDEN posted:That and Obama zipping up his fly while walking away from a sperm bank on the Mexican border while brown ladies line up to enter it are the two that sprung instantly to mind. Any wizards want to dig those up? Turns out mine was from 2008, so never mind. I'm sure the one you mentioned won a Gaybie, though, or at least was nominated.
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Jan 22, 2020 18:27
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They're both pretty easy to google for, but "no survivors" was from 2008 and the sperm bank one was from 2014 so they're not helpful for 2010 or 2011. 2010 feels like it was a bit of a milquetoast year; glancing through Cagle's archives hasn't brought anything on the level of the decade's other years. Still, I think these two both deserve dishonorable mentions:  
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I click on the 2010 thread and go to a random page and get goatse'd. 2010 had this great Asay but it looks like a much older one from the early nineties.  2010 is when Bar Bee croaked. So maybe some of his poo poo might make an entry! 2010 Edit/Parody Award  https://imgur.com/wFAhE.jpg
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quote:Thanks very much for your thoughtful email. Yes, I can understand how many people (and I've heard back from some folks) who are offended by the cartoon. I suppose, in some way, I am blaming the victim a bit by drawing the contrast between the Vikings of old with the people of Norway today. I cannot understand why the security guard on the island was unarmed. It surprises me that there doesn't seem to be much outrage about the incident coming from the people of Norway. All I've seen in the American press are people crying (which is very reasonable) and lots of flowers and candles being placed on the ground. The story that set my mind to work on the cartoon was a statement by your leaders showing conviction about not losing the welcoming and peaceful image of the nation. I think Mr. Breivik should be tried as a war criminal like we tried Nazi murders after WWll. We have many people in the U.S. who still will not recognize civilized people are at war with terrorists...Muslim and secular. The only people our liberals can call a terrorists here are people who are in the conservative Tea Party movement. The attached cartoon is directed at our own Attorney General, Eric Holder who insists we need to give Muslim Jihadists, we are holding here, a very public trial (a stage to the world that your Mr. Breivik would like) with all the rights that citizens have in this country. I'm against that. I think our judicial systems are soft and fuzzy which places more innocent people at risk. I recognize we may have different world views but my hope is that people of all nations stiffen their spines and stand up against those who target innocent people to win power. Thanks again for your email. You write very well. Best wishes. Chuck
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drat shame Asay retired. I'd looooove to see his version of neocon boomer-brain reasoning for defending Trump.
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Whoolighams posted:drat shame Asay retired. I'd looooove to see his version of neocon boomer-brain reasoning for defending Trump. One of Asay's tricks was that he rarely depicted actual political figures, and focused more on the down-to-earth, Joe Everyman perspective to news. So, he'd probably do what a lot of other conservative cartoonists do - he'd focus on the oh-so-crazy Liberal Loonies that are angry, therefore wrong. No need to defend Trump directly, just attack his attackers. But yes, I'm also disappointed he retired relatively early into the decade. There were a ton of his cartoons that came to mind when I saw the thread title, but were released in the 00's. Dude was a monster.
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Whoolighams posted:drat shame Asay retired. I'd looooove to see his version of neocon boomer-brain reasoning for defending Trump. Left panel/it used to be: Democrats rallying behind Bush or Reagan, acknowledging the will of the people. Right panel/now it's: Democrats colluding with Satanic islamo-communists to impeach Trump. One of them says something about defeating democracy while a horrified WASP-stand-in looks on.
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Pants Donkey posted:
Slight misattribution here. I'm the one who made this edit, not Pilchenstein! (Also holy poo poo i got edit of the year, nice?? Thanks everyone!)
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Jan 26, 2020 02:56
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That gang rape one is so utterly appalling I'm surprised I've never seen it mentioned even in passing in normal, non-comic threads
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Pants Donkey posted:2017 This is not the original, where is the one before he edited out his fuckup with the armbands lmao one of them was "True Racism" that stupid gently caress didn't even know what was going on Edit: I take it back I'm confusing it with this one  Regardless these morons are cut from the same cloth Lemming fucked around with this message at 09:46 on Jan 27, 2020 |
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McCoy's DeVos bullshit is my go-to example for The Worst Piece of Art Ever Made. This is not a hyperbole. It is utterly devoid of merit on every level and the fact some idiots think it's actually a decent take proves there is no such thing as objective standards in art. I hate it so much I could write paragraphs about why it's just a complete failure from every perspective. But I won't, I'll just leave it at this.
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SSNeoman posted:McCoy's DeVos bullshit is my go-to example for The Worst Piece of Art Ever Made. This is not a hyperbole. It is utterly devoid of merit on every level and the fact some idiots think it's actually a decent take proves there is no such thing as objective standards in art. I hate it so much I could write paragraphs about why it's just a complete failure from every perspective. But I won't, I'll just leave it at this. It even got its own wikipedia page for being so bad and causing so much outrage. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trying_to_Trash_Betsy_DeVos
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Someone on here made an edit of Obama running up with a bat and hitting a pregnant woman with it and then running off. Said Obama was lifted from a comic or him standing in a dumpster full of aborted fetuses smashing them for whatever. Does anyone else remember this one? Or by any chance have it?
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Feb 2, 2020 11:58
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GoutPatrol posted:It even got its own wikipedia page for being so bad and causing so much outrage. I still don't understand what it's trying to say.
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CHEF!!! posted:Someone on here made an edit of Obama running up with a bat and hitting a pregnant woman with it and then running off. Said Obama was lifted from a comic or him standing in a dumpster full of aborted fetuses smashing them for whatever. It was a Lester- the caption was "just making sure there aren't any survivors".
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Apologies if I missed an announcement, but when does actual voting start?
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Discendo Vox posted:It was a Lester- the caption was "just making sure there aren't any survivors". That one was loving metal so I don't know what it has to do with this thread. We also got to see Lester I mean McCoy empathizing with a dumpster, which was fun. Ragnar34 fucked around with this message at 05:07 on Feb 3, 2020 |
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Discendo Vox posted:It was a Lester- the caption was "just making sure there aren't any survivors". Nope, Glenn McCoy. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/08/dear-lord-glenn-mccoy-one-nasty-cartoon/
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Presto posted:Nope, Glenn McCoy. my apologies, I got my scrawlers mixed up.
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Pants Donkey posted:2018 Holy poo poo I can't believe I missed this and all the pants-on-the-ground edits it must have inspired.
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Feb 3, 2020 07:07
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What year was Ebola Gay, the best political cartoon of all time?
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Mae posted:What year was Ebola Gay, the best political cartoon of all time? 2014. Incidentally, in searching "Michael Ramirez Ebola Gay" I came across this trio of letters to the editor from the 2004 LA Times. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-mar-30-le-brook30-story.html
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