Political Cartoons 2014: A bunch of 35-year-old feminist virgin loser weenies

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JT Jag: Aug 30, 2009; #1 Jaguars Sunk Cost Fallacy-Haver

Somfin posted:

Can we stop with this joke unless it's actually about an invention / the peace prize / hypocrisy? Like, at least one of those things?

100s of millions dead thanks to bunnyofdoom's invention: overuse of references to older political comics

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# ? Jun 9, 2024 23:04

Fulchrum: Apr 16, 2013; by R. Guyovich

Nenonen posted:

A Cartoon

I thought HnC was a purely partisan political cartoon, is this a first time that it comments on a non-political matter? There isn't even any "evil Iranians with stolen passports" angle to it. This is even lazier than the usual "Obama bad" dreck.

No, when his dog died, he did do a couple (actually somewhat good and non-hateful) ones about how he missed her, and was feeling sad about it. Didn't even talk about Obama eating her or anything.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 22:47

Kurtofan: Feb 16, 2011; hon hon hon

Swan Oat posted:

According to this website:

So I guess the jeans make him a Fake rear end.

Fake rear end? This cartoonist's first language isn't English, right? Fake rear end means hypocrite in French.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 22:48

rodbeard: Jul 21, 2005

MisterBadIdea posted:

I feel like Clinton, or at least his administration, does bear at least a little of the responsibility for Waco, though.

The initial raid was being planned before Clinton took office. The only really culpable person within the administration was Janet Reno who pushed to escalate the situation based on faulty evidence of child abuse. In the end there ended up being actual child abuse going on anyways.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 22:48

corn in the bible: Jun 5, 2004; Oh no oh god it's all true!

By the way, here's the first ever World Today Just Nuts.

May 2, 2005

# ? Mar 12, 2014 22:52

axolotl farmer: May 17, 2007; Now I'm going to sing the Perry Mason theme

Ammat The Ankh posted:

4

Pretty good for a Rall.

This is pretty much word for word from Dan Savages rant at the opening of a recent Savage Love podcast.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 22:56

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Monkey Fracas posted:

Oh my god Allie shut the gently caress up.

That is a pretty far leap to make just to pull the "Dems are the real racists" card. But see he isn't really doing it, just making an oblique reference to it and kinda hoping his dumbass readers will automatically fill in the blanks. "Ohhhh I didn't say that the Democrats of today were racist, just that what they're doing reminds me of something a racist Dem back in the day did! Look I drew a white kid in there what do you want?!??" So if someone were to question him about it he could probably still deny that's what he was saying.

I would have to complement the clever trolling if he wasn't such an absolute fucker. It's brilliant, actually.

If it makes you feel any better, Allie didn't come up with that. He took that line from Bobby "Stupid Party" Jindal's CPAC Speech.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 23:02

MisterBadIdea: Oct 9, 2012; Anything?

Aha! I've finally figured out what these "Fake rear end Jeans" cartoons are about!!

"Oh the smell of it" is from the famous ads for Calvin Klein's Obsession from 1987! Thank God! It was driving me crazy trying to figure out what the gently caress that was supposed to be a reference to.

Have no idea about the rest of it though.

# ? Mar 12, 2014 23:04

Monkey Fracas: Sep 11, 2010; ...but then you get to the end and a gorilla starts throwing barrels at you!; Grimey Drawer

corn in the bible posted:

By the way, here's the first ever World Today Just Nuts.

May 2, 2005

Dear lord he's been doing these for a decade.

Maybe the crayon art that looks like a 7-year-old drew it is just his chosen style?

# ? Mar 12, 2014 23:06

Slate Action: Feb 13, 2012; by exmarx

Monkey Fracas posted:

Dear lord he's been doing these for a decade.

Maybe the crayon art that looks like a 7-year-old drew it is just his chosen style?

Maybe it's a reverse Axe Cop situation where he writes them and his 7-year old nephew or cousin draws them.

Slate Action fucked around with this message at 23:18 on Mar 12, 2014

# ? Mar 12, 2014 23:15

Prokhor Zakharov: Dec 31, 2008; This is me as I make another great post

Good luck with your depression!

corn in the bible posted:

By the way, here's the first ever World Today Just Nuts.

May 2, 2005

That is goddamn astonishing

# ? Mar 12, 2014 23:16

Gen. Ripper: Jan 12, 2013

Ammat The Ankh posted:

3

You've got to be loving kidding me.

Allie please go die in a fire.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 00:25

Discendo Vox: Mar 21, 2013; This does not make sense when, again, aggregate indicia also indicate improvements. The belief that things are worse is false. It remains false.

I personally love the idea of a teacher's union that has fought for years to get teachers the right to wear helmets to work. Solidarity!

# ? Mar 13, 2014 00:30

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Discendo Vox posted:

I personally love the idea of a teacher's union that has fought for years to get teachers the right to wear helmets to work. Solidarity!

Oh jeez I didn't notice that at first. Teacher's union? How should I portray that? Well, it's a union so it must be big hard-hatted middle aged dudes in work clothes.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 00:33

Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

Monkey Fracas posted:

Maybe the crayon art that looks like a 7-year-old drew it is just his chosen style?

I assume the point is to make it look a child's drawing only you have the weird juxtaposition of political opinions in a child's drawing, which is where the humor would presumably come from. This might work if the guy actually managed to emulate a child's drawing. Instead it looks like he is actually giving it his all, so we get the scrawling of a manchild. Also, the jokes don't really work as "Oh a political take on child's art." This Asay is sorta what the Nuts guy is TRYING to do (or at least I loving hope he's trying to do):

He just absolutely fails at it because the dude is filled with hate and would rather call Obama a big gaymo than actually write a decent joke.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 00:36

cheetah7071: Oct 20, 2010; honk honk; College Slice

Rorus Raz posted:

That child is extremely good at drawing government buildings.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 00:58

PassTheRemote: Mar 15, 2007; Number 6 holds The Village record in Duck Hunt.

The first one to kill wins.

Rorus Raz posted:

I had almost forgotten how full of hate and bile Asay was. Thank you for reminding me.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:00

Captain_Maclaine: Sep 30, 2001; Every moment that I'm alive, I pray for death!

PassTheRemote posted:

I had almost forgotten how full of hate and bile Asay was. Thank you for reminding me.

Oh, like I can resist rising to that bait.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:08

VitalSigns: Sep 3, 2011

Let's not forget

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:18

NoEyedSquareGuy: Mar 16, 2009; Just because Liquor's dead, doesn't mean you can just roll this bitch all over town with "The Freedoms."

Captain_Maclaine posted:

Oh, like I can resist rising to that bait.

Gay people: literally human garbage.

Thanks, Asay. Don't come out of retirement too soon.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:21

Typical Pubbie: May 10, 2011

Captain_Maclaine posted:

How is this cartoon supposed to invoke anything other than sympathy for the harassed gay couple? Look at them!

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:48

KOTEX GOD OF BLOOD: Jul 7, 2012

corn in the bible posted:

By the way, here's the first ever World Today Just Nuts.

May 2, 2005

I've been surprised at the paucity of written material out there on the subject of the second Bush Administration's fuckups in Latin America. There was a huge opportunity for a friendly and mutually beneficial relationship, which Bush promptly squandered with childish diplomatic snubs and aggravatingly stupid moves that destroyed popular opinion of the U.S., eliminating any hope of FTAA passing and helping to turn the region pinker than J. Edgar Hoover caught wearing a wedding dress. Hopefully I'll have a point in my career where I can write a decent-length book on the subject before someone else does.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:51

PhancyPants: Nov 15, 2003; Hotdog Suit Up!

Captain_Maclaine posted:

Oh, like I can resist rising to that bait.

That poor gay couple ran a small business near the port, and the woman is clearly concerned about the effects on their quality of life as well as all other local residents.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:59

Stevoblunt: Mar 12, 2008

Slate Action posted:

Maybe it's a reverse Axe Cop situation where he writes them and his 7-year old nephew or cousin draws them.

This is amazing, I can't believe I've never heard of this before! Finally, something good to come out of the Political Cartoons Thread.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 02:04

Mister Beeg: Sep 7, 2012; A Certified Jerk

Stevoblunt posted:

This is amazing, I can't believe I've never heard of this before! Finally, something good to come out of the Political Cartoons Thread.

It's now a show on Fox (the first time a webcomic became a TV series?). It's pretty good.

I saw this sketch on Facebook. by Steve Breen of San Diego.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 02:06

VitalSigns: Sep 3, 2011

Typical Pubbie posted:

How is this cartoon supposed to invoke anything other than sympathy for the harassed gay couple? Look at them!

That's the stark horror of Asay comics. He's not a troll like Gary McCoy who draws the people he hates as hideous and disgusting as he possibly can. Asay draws everyone in the same sympathetic, cartoony style and expects the audience to become enraged or sickened at their very existence.

Consider:

Nothing about the second image implies or even hints that the children are any worse off. You're just supposed to see two men taking care of children and recoil at the unnatural abomination before your eyes.

VitalSigns fucked around with this message at 02:56 on Mar 13, 2014

# ? Mar 13, 2014 02:10

euphronius: Feb 18, 2009

Label the man Obama, the car the USA, add abyss labeled DEBT.

Fin.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 02:10

colonel_korn: May 16, 2003

Stultus Maximus posted:

Oh jeez I didn't notice that at first. Teacher's union? How should I portray that? Well, it's a union so it must be big hard-hatted middle aged dudes in work clothes.

It's based on a historical photograph. I guess it says something that Allie is at least able to correctly identify the bad guys in the photo (take note, Mike Lester).

# ? Mar 13, 2014 02:16

Discendo Vox: Mar 21, 2013; This does not make sense when, again, aggregate indicia also indicate improvements. The belief that things are worse is false. It remains false.

Jeez, why are those guys wearing construction helmets? Aren't they national guard? Don't they have a budget for this sort of thing?

# ? Mar 13, 2014 02:23

sexpig by night: Sep 8, 2011; by Azathoth

I'm kinda legit sad Asay is gone because with the swell of gay rights I imagine he would just be losing his poo poo all the time.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 02:45

LaughMyselfTo: Nov 15, 2012; by XyloJW

corn in the bible posted:

A Twilight Zone Cartoon.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 02:49

Fojar38: Sep 2, 2011; Sorry I meant to say I hope that the police use maximum force and kill or maim a bunch of innocent people, thus paving a way for a proletarian uprising and socialist utopia

also here's a stupid take
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So being a political cartoonist is pretty much the single easiest job in the world huh?

# ? Mar 13, 2014 02:57

Captain_Maclaine: Sep 30, 2001; Every moment that I'm alive, I pray for death!

Fojar38 posted:

So being a political cartoonist is pretty much the single easiest job in the world huh?

What, have you forgotten about the grueling :tinsley:

80 hours of research per week!? :tinsley:

# ? Mar 13, 2014 02:59

hell astro course: Dec 10, 2009; pizza sucks

I think it's especially easy for 'conservative cartoonists'. Since most papers feel the need to 'balance' both sides, in this weird political dichotomy. I think it'd be really easy to just crap out some 'conservative cartoons'. I've often wondered how easy it'd be to invent a nom de plume, churn out these hateful talking points, and donate all the money made by them to charity. The art bar seems lower than most good webcomics.

(Basically I'm saying being a Glenn McCoy/Allie but for charity...)

hell astro course fucked around with this message at 03:18 on Mar 13, 2014

# ? Mar 13, 2014 03:16

Thomas13206: Jun 18, 2013

corn in the bible posted:

By the way, here's the first ever World Today Just Nuts.

May 2, 2005

I do not recommend looking at the World Today Just Nuts archives. :stare:

# ? Mar 13, 2014 03:22

L. Ron DeSantis: Nov 10, 2009

D.N. Nation posted:

When de Blasio ran for mayor, he said he would slow the growth of charters and would charge them rent, based on their ability to pay. In the closing months of the Bloomberg administration, the city's Department of Education approved 45 new co-locations. A co-location is a new school inserted into an existing public school, meaning that different schools must share the cafeteria, library, playground, and give up its art room, music room, and every other space that is not an active classroom. Public school parents hate co-locations, because it means overcrowding, jostling for space, and reduction of facilities.

The new mayor, having inherited 45 co-locations, decided to approve 36 of them. This disappointed many public school parents. The mayor turned down only nine co-locations.

The de Blasio administration rejected the nine based on these criteria:

It would not approve putting an elementary school into a high school.
It would not open any school with less than 250 students because the school would be too small to meet the needs of students.
It would not approve any co-locations that required heavy construction.
It would not approve any co-location that dislocated students with disabilities. The neediest kids would not be shoved aside to make room for other students.
The nine schools that were turned down did not meet these criteria.

Of 17 charter schools that applied, 14 were approved.

Got a source for this, or any legit site to check out about de Blasio related controversies? My dad absolutely despises him and if you heard one of his rants on the subject you'd mistake him for a Freeper. I'd love sources that aren't the NYT (only covers big stuff, surprisingly few minor local stories) or the Post (the less said about that the better.)

# ? Mar 13, 2014 03:39

Fuckt Tupp: Apr 19, 2007; Science

pd187 posted:

I do not recommend looking at the World Today Just Nuts archives.

On the contrary, I'd suggest people read his every news post and try to get a firm grasp on his political view. It's a huge puzzle and highly entertaining/confounding.

Basically he's super left wing and was a Hilary supporter(why he hates Obama and anyone associated with him) and thinks Palin was only maligned in the media because she's a woman.(slightly accurate, but there are still plenty of other reasons to hate Palin.)

# ? Mar 13, 2014 03:39

RickoniX: Dec 4, 2005; A human or elf?

NO NOT A BADGER YOU GOON

pd187 posted:

I do not recommend looking at the World Today Just Nuts archives.

What the gently caress is a Sarah Palin birther

# ? Mar 13, 2014 03:43

Redeye Flight: Mar 26, 2010; God, I'm so tired. What the hell did I post last night?

The Haitian posted:

Got a source for this, or any legit site to check out about de Blasio related controversies? My dad absolutely despises him and if you heard one of his rants on the subject you'd mistake him for a Freeper. I'd love sources that aren't the NYT (only covers big stuff, surprisingly few minor local stories) or the Post (the less said about that the better.)

I'm hoping so badly that de Blasio turns out to be a good dude. I'm so sick of being disappointed.

# ? Mar 13, 2014 03:43

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Huge Liability: Mar 2, 2010

RickoniX posted:

What the gently caress is a Sarah Palin birther

Here's a summary by Salon.

"Long pursued by the blogger Andrew Sullivan and a significant segment of the Palin-hating left, Trig Trutherism holds that Trig�s real mother is either Bristol Palin or some third party, and that Sarah Palin herself faked the pregnancy to avoid embarrassment for her daughter or for political gain or some combination of reasons."

# ? Mar 13, 2014 03:51

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