Political Cartoons 2015: It was. I think. I don't know. Fuck that dumb comic

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WarpedNaba: Feb 8, 2012; Being social makes me swell!

That's Apposition Johnny!

# ? Jan 6, 2015 07:53

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Mx.: Dec 16, 2006; I'm a great fan! When I watch TV I'm always saying "That's political correctness gone mad!"
Why thankyew!

Cloud Potato posted:

And now, main Politoon thread, introducing the Brit thread's favourite, Paul Thomas.

Express:

Now our cookers will feel the heat from Brussels

I love Paul Thomas, terrible opinions with such bright colours! Found the fox... does he still hide birds in his comics? I can't find one.

Exclamation Marx posted:

Jacques-Louis David, 1794

haha awesome.

Here's today's David Pope:

Prime Minister Tony A butt went on a surprise trip to Iraq to support the troops or thank them or hey photo shoot time!

...yyyeah. Being such an ardent supporter of Australian Defence Force personnel, Tones's government kicked them a nice below-inflation pay rise with cuts to benefits recently.

_{also please don't make me explain the speedos}

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:00

Kegluneq: Feb 18, 2011; Mr President, the physical reality of Prime Minister Corbyn is beyond your range of apprehension. If you'll just put on these PINKOVISION glasses...

Dr. Killjoy posted:

Speaking of which, is there any other writer for whom actual writers can basically sell fanfiction of their works?

Fulchrum posted:

Stephanie Meyer.

Also George Lucas.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:13

Taciturn Tactician: Jan 27, 2011; The secret to good health is a balanced diet and unstable healing radiation; Lipstick Apathy

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

Was that whole Rolling Stones thing really only two weeks ago? I could have sworn it was longer.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:14

voltroon: Apr 29, 2009

Occultatio posted:

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(I literally shouted "holy poo poo!" out loud when I saw this)

It's a shame he's stopped; I feel like he would be one of the thread favorites, up there with Bennett, were he still active.

Holy goddamn Jesus. My jaw dropped open when I scrolled down to this.

Welp, in contrast to all that talent, let's look at some banal crap. McClatchy cartoons, week of 1/4/15:

1
Jim Morin. Not sure if he's trying to say that Republicans are finally riding the tide of pro-same sex marriage sentiment, or if they're somehow ... surfing backwards on it?

2
Joel Pett hamfists a metaphor and demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of them gizmos

3
Judge understandbly confuses "experts" and "psychics".

4
Judge again with an early entry for the GA's Worst Caricature category.

5
And last and least, Jim Morin with an incredible showing of pure ugliness.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:15

HEY GUNS: Oct 11, 2012; FOPTIMUS PRIME

Dr. Killjoy posted:

Innsmouth is by far my favorite concept by him and it really only is so memorable because of his grotesque racism.
EDIT - I say concept because I think Lovecraft's work functions best as a setting, a setting other better writers can work with. Speaking of which, is there any other writer for whom actual writers can basically sell fanfiction of their works?

Arthur Conan Doyle.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:31

ComradeCosmobot: Dec 4, 2004; USPOL July

voltroon posted:

5
And last and least, Jim Morin with an incredible showing of pure ugliness.

For additional explanation, the UDB.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:39

I dont know: Aug 9, 2003; That Guy here...

Dr. Killjoy posted:

Innsmouth is by far my favorite concept by him and it really only is so memorable because of his grotesque racism.
EDIT - I say concept because I think Lovecraft's work functions best as a setting, a setting other better writers can work with. Speaking of which, is there any other writer for whom actual writers can basically sell fanfiction of their works?

Bram Stroker

Fulchrum posted:

Stephanie Meyer.

I think the phrase "actual writers" rules out her and her ilk.

I dont know fucked around with this message at 08:45 on Jan 6, 2015

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:42

bunnyofdoom: Mar 29, 2008; THE HATE CRIME DEFENDER HAS LOGGED ON

Dr. Killjoy posted:

Innsmouth is by far my favorite concept by him and it really only is so memorable because of his grotesque racism.
EDIT - I say concept because I think Lovecraft's work functions best as a setting, a setting other better writers can work with. Speaking of which, is there any other writer for whom actual writers can basically sell fanfiction of their works?

Mathew Mark Luke and John.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:43

Arsonist Daria: Feb 27, 2011; ^{Requiescat in pace.}

voltroon posted:

2
Joel Pett hamfists a metaphor and demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of them gizmos

Didn't know you could use green tinfoil to vape... I don't know, a can of olive oil?

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:43

Pththya-lyi: Nov 8, 2009; THUNDERDOME LOSER 2020

Dr. Killjoy posted:

Innsmouth is by far my favorite concept by him and it really only is so memorable because of his grotesque racism.
EDIT - I say concept because I think Lovecraft's work functions best as a setting, a setting other better writers can work with. Speaking of which, is there any other writer for whom actual writers can basically sell fanfiction of their works?

Malory and all the other Arthurian myth writers.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:43

sub supau: Aug 28, 2007

There's a 40-million-dollar Hollywood movie coming out next month that's an adaptation of an adaptation of Harry Potter fanfic.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:47

Garrand: Dec 28, 2012; Rhino, you did this to me!

TetsuoTW posted:

There's a 40-million-dollar Hollywood movie coming out next month that's an adaptation of an adaptation of Harry Potter fanfic.

I don't follow movie showings, but are you talking about that 50 shades movie? Wasn't that a fanfic of that one tween vampire series that I can't recall the name of?

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:51

Brainbread: Apr 7, 2008

HEY GAL posted:

quote:
Innsmouth is by far my favorite concept by him and it really only is so memorable because of his grotesque racism.
EDIT - I say concept because I think Lovecraft's work functions best as a setting, a setting other better writers can work with. Speaking of which, is there any other writer for whom actual writers can basically sell fanfiction of their works?
Arthur Conan Doyle.

And William Hope Hodgeson.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:52

Arsonist Daria: Feb 27, 2011; ^{Requiescat in pace.}

The real question is if someone could make a profitable film out of dril's tweets.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 08:55

swampland: Oct 16, 2007; Dear Mr Cave, if you do not release the bats we will be forced to take legal action

John Milton, basically any depiction of Satan in fiction comes directly from him but then again thats bible fanfiction already so idk

swampland fucked around with this message at 09:05 on Jan 6, 2015

# ? Jan 6, 2015 09:02

sub supau: Aug 28, 2007

Garrand posted:

I don't follow movie showings, but are you talking about that 50 shades movie? Wasn't that a fanfic of that one tween vampire series that I can't recall the name of?

poo poo, I got that confused with City of Bone or whatever that loving one with Phil Collins' daughter was. That was Potter, 50 Shades is Twilight.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 09:50

Saint Sputnik: Apr 1, 2007; Tyrannosaurs in P-51 Volkswagens!

Lumberjack Bonanza posted:

The real question is if someone could make a profitable film out of dril's tweets.

Only if it was a cartoon animated by Gavin Aung Than.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 13:22

JaggerMcDagger: Feb 13, 2012; Bringing you Barry from the sordid depths of the Internet

War Crimes, good news, bad news

According to Reuters News Agency:
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - "For someone nearing 80, President Mahmoud Abbas still knows how to shake things up. But his decision last week to join the International Criminal Court is a high-risk move that may set back the ultimate goal: an independent Palestinian state.
Frustrated by the lack of progress in negotiations with Israel - the last, fruitless talks broke down in April - and the failure of his New Year's Eve statehood bid at the United Nations, Abbas followed through on a long-promised threat to join the ICC, filing the relevant documents on Jan. 2.
The decision, to be formalized in the next 2-3 months, opens the way for war crimes charges to be brought against Israel, whether relating to last summer's conflict in Gaza or the impact of Israel's 47-year-long occupation of Palestinian territory.
Equally, it opens the Palestinians up to war crimes charges, and Israeli officials have said they plan to make such moves via courts in the United States or elsewhere.
But the biggest immediate hurdle for Abbas is getting the ICC, set up in The Hague 12 years ago, to take on any case it brings. Joining the court is one thing, but convincing the chief prosecutor that you have a winnable set of evidence is another."-more

Meanwhile, you can make your judgement here and now!!!
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Labels: Abbas, Democracy, ICC, International Criminal Court, Israel, Middle East, Palestinians, war crimes

# ? Jan 6, 2015 13:39

Rincewinds: Jul 30, 2014; MEAT IS MEAT

Occultatio posted:

In the spirit of the new thread, I went looking for what local cartoonists the Twin Cities have (other than Steve Sack, who I honestly quite like but already gets posted pretty regularly). Thus, I found Kirk Anderson, who was on staff at the St. Paul Pioneer Press for 8 years (apparently mostly during the late 90s and early 2000s). He has very, very Good Opinions, and still puts out one or two cartoons a year:

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... but other than the odd cartoon has more or less stopped drawing (he had I think 2 in 2014, 1 in 2013, 1 in 2011 and then none between then and 2004).

However. If you go back to the Bush years, he has some cartoons that would make Priggee jealous. Some of them are pretty dated:

2

...but many, many, MANY others are still so ridiculously relevant that I had to double-check that they were posted ten years ago, and not ten weeks:

3

4

5

6

7
(I literally shouted "holy poo poo!" out loud when I saw this)

It's a shame he's stopped; I feel like he would be one of the thread favorites, up there with Bennett, were he still active.

Toons. Toons never changes.

Edit: Read the Dry Bones above, thought that the opinion was oddly neutral and realized it was just quoted from Reuters.

Rincewinds fucked around with this message at 13:52 on Jan 6, 2015

# ? Jan 6, 2015 13:50

steinrokkan: Apr 2, 2011; Soiled Meat

Some recent-ish Horseys:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-changing-rose-parade-20150105-story.html

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-two-year-presidential-campaign-20141231-story.html

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-obamas-a-wily-quarterback-20141224-story.html

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-kim-jong-un-seth-rogens-film-20141222-story.html

# ? Jan 6, 2015 13:53

Fulchrum: Apr 16, 2013; by R. Guyovich

steinrokkan posted:

Some recent-ish Horseys:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-changing-rose-parade-20150105-story.html

Maybe we just have lowered standards because of how piss poor these usually are, but I thought this was great. Fits perfectly.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 14:00

sub supau: Aug 28, 2007

steinrokkan posted:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-kim-jong-un-seth-rogens-film-20141222-story.html

That is probably the most flattering caricature of Seth Rogen that could ever exist.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 14:02

Sardine Wit: Sep 3, 2004

Fart Joke Auteur would be a rad username though.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 14:06

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

voltroon posted:

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Judge again with an early entry for the GA's Worst Caricature category.

Worst caricature of Obama, or of America? That map :stare:

Whatever happened to gently caress up our coastlines even appears to have broken off Canada into its own continent. The Free Cities of Canados, across the Narrow Sea

TetsuoTW posted:

poo poo, I got that confused with City of Bone or whatever that loving one with Phil Collins' daughter was. That was Potter, 50 Shades is Twilight.

If Divergent isn't a Potter fanfiction, it could be one with a few changed proper nouns. "Divergent, Or: But I'm Both Slytherin AND Ravenclaw, The Movie"

# ? Jan 6, 2015 14:22

bradburypancakes: Sep 9, 2014; hmm. hmmmmmmmm

steinrokkan posted:

http://www.latimes.com/opinion/topoftheticket/la-na-tt-obamas-a-wily-quarterback-20141224-story.html

Looks like the GOP is going to get a wicked offsides penalty

# ? Jan 6, 2015 14:58

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

Occultatio posted:

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This one is pretty timeless. I like it a lot.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 15:43

Arsonist Daria: Feb 27, 2011; ^{Requiescat in pace.}

bradburypancakes posted:

Looks like the GOP is going to get a wicked offsides penalty

Jon Bois presents: Breaking Congress.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 15:43

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

New Bors

This is more or less exactly my feelings on NYPD's "strike".

# ? Jan 6, 2015 15:45

Stultus Maximus: Dec 21, 2009; USPOL May

Today's Prick City brought to you by Ted Rall and Rand Paul

# ? Jan 6, 2015 15:47

Erenthal: Jan 1, 2008; A relaxing walk in the woods; Grimey Drawer

Stultus Maximus posted:

Today's Prick City brought to you by Ted Rall and Rand Paul

I have a feeling, call me paranoid if you want to, that the skin color and party affiliation of the current occupant of the White House is directly related to how the author feels about surveillance programs and police militarization.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 15:50

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

Yeah uh these guys know it's not America the predator drones are flying over, right?

# ? Jan 6, 2015 15:50

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

loquacius posted:

Yeah uh these guys know it's not America the predator drones are flying over, right?

So naive...

# ? Jan 6, 2015 15:51

Bicyclops: Aug 27, 2004

That is a good Bors in which the topic is well suited to his particular brand of comedy and I enjoy each of the angry cop faces.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 15:55

Grey Fox: Jan 5, 2004

Stultus Maximus posted:

Today's Prick City brought to you by Ted Rall and Rand Paul

"We want to feel safe."

This loving bullshit right here is why we have the Patriot Act and TSA security theater.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 15:58

loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

Grey Fox posted:

"We want to feel safe."

This loving bullshit right here is why we have the Patriot Act and TSA security theater.

But we can't blame Obama for those, so the real problem is that drones exist.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 16:00

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

zoux posted:

New Bors

This is more or less exactly my feelings on NYPD's "strike".

I can only hope their petulant display continues long enough to demonstrate that hauling in people for minor crimes doesn't really do a whole lot for society.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 16:56

Unkempt: May 24, 2003; ...perfect spiral, scientists are still figuring it out...

Exclamation Marx posted:

Jacques-Louis David, 1794

Are they by any chance related.

# ? Jan 6, 2015 16:58

zoux: Apr 28, 2006

Monkey Fracas posted:

I can only hope their petulant display continues long enough to demonstrate that hauling in people for minor crimes doesn't really do a whole lot for society.

Haha like demonstrations of how austerity measures don't grow economies ended the practice worldwide forever?

Empiricism means nothing to ideology.

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loquacius: Oct 21, 2008

I think the point is that they're cutting the city's income by not ticketing people for stuff. Which as a non-NYC-city-employee is fine by me!

# ? Jan 6, 2015 17:01

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