Political Cartoons 2017: Gotta go fasc

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wyoming: Jun 7, 2010; Like a television
tuned to a dead channel.

Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

Oh no, I chuckled at a McCoy, what has this thread done to me.
:negative:

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:20

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# ? Jun 13, 2024 01:22

achillesforever6: Apr 23, 2012; psst you wanna do a communism?

Silver2195 posted:

My first thought was that it was suggesting that automation is a bigger threat to people's jobs than immigration, but that seems too sensible for Branco.

Its a "how dare workers ask for more money/better work conditions, all that will do is result in companies seeking robots to replace them!"

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:23

Kerning Chameleon: Apr 8, 2015; by Cyrano4747

achillesforever6 posted:

Its a "how dare workers ask for more money/better work conditions, all that will do is result in companies seeking robots to replace them!"

I look forward to the day when newspapers realize they can just install Automatic Political Cartoon-Generating programs and fire all their cartoonists, Branco especially included.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:25

muscles like this!: Jan 17, 2005

Don't think this has been posted yet.

If you go back through the entire thing from the beginning you can see the marriage stuff has been there all along.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:26

Axe-man: Apr 16, 2005; The product of hundreds of hours of scientific investigation and research.

The perfect meatball.; Clapping Larry

muscles like this! posted:

Don't think this has been posted yet.

If you go back through the entire thing from the beginning you can see the marriage stuff has been there all along.

Haha, I was wondering about that in the background!

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:32

root beer: Nov 13, 2005

Jurgan posted:

Lol, I forgot that Garrison constantly reminds us of Hillary Clinton scandalously having a shoe fall off once.

See, my thoughts went to Zyklon Ben's dickbulge Michelle Obama, but now that you mention it...

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:47

Shangri-Law School: Feb 19, 2013

muscles like this! posted:

Don't think this has been posted yet.

If you go back through the entire thing from the beginning you can see the marriage stuff has been there all along.

How does one do that? I hate the Onion's infinite scroll.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 02:56

Throwing Turtles: May 3, 2015

Pakled posted:

I could have sworn I read in the introduction of a Foxtrot collection from the early 90's that the lead-in time for their strips was two weeks for dailies and six weeks for Sunday strips.

Most anthologies from that time go into it. Scott Adams was usually 3-4 months ahead. Bill Watterson's Tenth Anniversary collection is really interesting,.He did all the color for his own strip. Scott Adams complained about how the colorist picked the worst time to add color to the cast. Waterson's book is definitely worth reading if you like a lot of newspaper comic history. Scott not so much.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 03:09

muscles like this!: Jan 17, 2005

This one takes on a whole new meaning with the later revelations.

If you look at the background in this one the daughter in law is the only one actually looking at Kelly walking around with the prostitute.

Shangri-Law School posted:

How does one do that? I hate the Onion's infinite scroll.

There isn't really an easy way to do it, this should get you most of them.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 03:21

Kerning Chameleon: Apr 8, 2015; by Cyrano4747

I like how it was there the whole time, but it wasn't obvious to Kelly and the readers until the son finally spells it out during the camp out: Kelly because he's too self absorbed with his own misery to read between the lines, and the readers just taking a perpetually annoyed daughter-in-law for granted in a Kelly-toon and also focusing their attention on Kelly's antics as well.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 03:36

Despera: Jun 6, 2011

Cant fault a conservative cartoonist who hates himself as much as kelly

# ? Sep 6, 2017 03:49

Mantis42: Jul 26, 2010

My favorite is still the Grim Reaper labelled "Americana".

e: Peppy Hospitality was up there though.

Mantis42 fucked around with this message at 04:08 on Sep 6, 2017

# ? Sep 6, 2017 04:06

Gazpacho: Jun 18, 2004; by Fluffdaddy; Slippery Tilde

Von Humboldt posted:

Who's the third guy there?

The label says "North Korean Communist forces" but I think the caricature is of Kim Il-sung.

(North Korea spelled as "North Han" rather than "Choson", heh)

# ? Sep 6, 2017 04:37

Kerning Chameleon: Apr 8, 2015; by Cyrano4747

Captain_Maclaine posted:

New Kelly.

loquacius posted:

They're at Hooters. Hooters is a fast-food chain whose main draw is young pretty waitresses in skimpy uniforms. The eyes are probably heavy makeup. Grateful Offspring is probably mad that his dad took his kids to a Hooters but is fed up enough with him by this point that it's easier to just not make a thing out of it. Note Grateful Offspring's wife angrily waiting outside.

Xander77 posted:

Re: eyes - They have mismatched pupils, which I believe is cartoon language for "crazy", but doesn't really make sense with the cartoon.

Re: offspring - the cartoon is from Kelly's perspective. He shouldn't have any idea his son isn't ecstatically enthusiastic about eating at Hooters.

Jurgan posted:

I guess I'm going to be overruled on this one, but it doesn't work for me to have a half-reliable narrator. Either we're seeing Kelly's POV or we aren't.

Now cue a dozen posts telling me how I'm overthinking jokes in cartoons, as if this whole thread isn't about overthinking jokes in cartoons.

Johnny Walker posted:

I agree. It made me pause and think about it too long and took me out of the character. It was an unusual weak detail for a Kelly and I think it's fair to say that.

Space Cadet Omoly posted:

Here's the thing: You can take kids to ANY restaurant and they'll be happy because they're getting fed. They're too young/hungry to realize that there grandpa is actually being pretty sleazy by insisting on taking them to Hooters as opposed to anywhere else even though it clearly made their mom very upset. It's the kind of thing you don't pick up on until you're older.

I like how this cartoon suddenly makes more sense after the reveal, and the confusion the thread had as the penny begins its drop is pretty good in hindsight too.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 04:40

itskage: Aug 26, 2003

Man looking back at this Gilganixon comic from 2014 makes me feel like it was a much simpler time.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 04:43

ded redd: Aug 1, 2010; by Fluffdaddy

itskage posted:

Man looking back at this Gilganixon comic from 2014 makes me feel like it was a much simpler time.

RIP Gilganixon, blessed are the dead.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 04:46

itskage: Aug 26, 2003

poo poo seriously? :smith:

# ? Sep 6, 2017 04:53

ded redd: Aug 1, 2010; by Fluffdaddy

itskage posted:

poo poo seriously?

No.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 04:56

SwitchbladeKult: Apr 4, 2012; "The warmth of life has entered my tomb!"

Trogdos! posted:

Wait a minute, in Zyklon Ben's world Obama is the one blowing the winds of civil war? :confused:

# ? Sep 6, 2017 04:56

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

# ? Sep 6, 2017 05:01

Space Cadet Omoly: Jan 15, 2014; ~Groovy~

muscles like this! posted:

Don't think this has been posted yet.

If you go back through the entire thing from the beginning you can see the marriage stuff has been there all along.

Kelly abandons his kid yet again! Man, for most of the summer I thought the son's wife was just miserable because her rear end in a top hat father-in-law was being a douche, guess there was a lot more going wrong :smith:

# ? Sep 6, 2017 05:08

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

Space Cadet Omoly posted:

Kelly abandons his kid yet again! Man, for most of the summer I thought the son's wife was just miserable because her rear end in a top hat father-in-law was being a douche, guess there was a lot more going wrong

I'm sure her husband trying to reconnect with his horrible father didn't help.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 05:11

Vincent Van Goatse: Nov 8, 2006; Enjoy every sandwich.; Smellrose

Alhazred posted:

I want everyone in this comic to die, preferably in a terrorism of some sort.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 05:20

Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

itskage posted:

Man looking back at this Gilganixon comic from 2014 makes me feel like it was a much simpler time.

I cannot believe that the loving READY thing was already 2-3 years old when Clinton was actually nominated. Like, it's Prickly City, so I actually can believe that and do remember like 75% of the strips starting with the same stupid panel.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 05:24

ded redd: Aug 1, 2010; by Fluffdaddy

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

I want everyone in this comic to die, preferably in a terrorism of some sort.

Those are some strong words friend!

# ? Sep 6, 2017 05:25

Jackard: Oct 28, 2007; We Have A Bow And We Wish To Use It

Hihohe posted:

lol trumps feet never even touched a puddle in Texas.

Ben only did it that way so he wouldn't have to draw feet.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 05:30

Space Cadet Omoly: Jan 15, 2014; ~Groovy~

Vincent Van Goatse posted:

I want everyone in this comic to die, preferably in a terrorism of some sort.

Wait, so, are the characters killed by terrorists or do they die doing the terriorism?

Also, I like Zelda so poo on you. Poo I say!

Although I am a little tired of "Zelda hates dating men" comics, just get a girlfriend already Zelda sheesh!

# ? Sep 6, 2017 05:31

Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

Since it's over, here is the Kelly All-American Summer in its entirety:

15

I hope you all enjoyed this very American summer :911:

Now bring on Oktoberfest!

# ? Sep 6, 2017 05:49

Xander77: Apr 6, 2009; Fuck it then. For another pit sandwich and some 'tater salad, I'll post a few more.

Kerning Chameleon posted:

I like how this cartoon suddenly makes more sense after the reveal, and the confusion the thread had as the penny begins its drop is pretty good in hindsight too.

What.

"The confusion the thread had" has nothing to do with the wife-son relationship.

Lurdiak posted:

The original. They were treated as dangerous violent radicals by the press even as they did such evil things as "feed children".

Ah. Sometimes I forget exactly where people in this thread are coming from. The Black Panthers were just a charity organization. k.

Xander77 fucked around with this message at 05:57 on Sep 6, 2017

# ? Sep 6, 2017 05:50

Alhazred: Feb 16, 2011

Space Cadet Omoly posted:

Wait, so, are the characters killed by terrorists or do they die doing the terriorism?

Also, I like Zelda so poo on you. Poo I say!

Although I am a little tired of "Zelda hates dating men" comics, just get a girlfriend already Zelda sheesh!

Zelda's bisexuality was brought up a couple of strips ago, but as it turns out she's in deep denial about it.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 05:54

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

# ? Sep 6, 2017 06:13

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# ? Sep 6, 2017 06:14

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

NoEyedSquareGuy posted:

Amazing as always.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 06:16

Lurdiak: Feb 26, 2006; I believe in a universe that doesn't care, and people that do.

ACRE & EQUAT posted:

https://www.facebook.com/martytwobulls/posts/1571998406177362

# ? Sep 6, 2017 06:20

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ACRE & EQUAT posted:

https://www.facebook.com/martytwobulls/posts/1571998406177362

Marty no

# ? Sep 6, 2017 06:27

Space Cadet Omoly: Jan 15, 2014; ~Groovy~

ACRE & EQUAT posted:

https://www.facebook.com/martytwobulls/posts/1571998406177362

Ah man, he was one of the good ones :smith:

# ? Sep 6, 2017 06:28

Weird BIAS: Jul 5, 2007; so... guess that's it, huh? just... don't say i didn't warn you.

I wonder if Indian and Cowboy would be interested in his work http://indianandcowboy.ca/pitch/

# ? Sep 6, 2017 06:34

Pants Donkey: Nov 13, 2011

ACRE & EQUAT posted:

https://www.facebook.com/martytwobulls/posts/1571998406177362

This sucks, but he seems pretty confident about his ability to get a new gig going. And with such a vast body of work to draw from, I imagine he can put together a real slam-dunk portfolio.

I wonder if Bors and him are in contact. Admittedly even when you're talented finding work as a political cartoonist is loving rough, so maybe he could post his own stuff with a patreon or something?

# ? Sep 6, 2017 07:08

Apple Pie Hubbub: Feb 14, 2012; Take that, you greedy jerk!

# ? Sep 6, 2017 07:15

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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

Pissfucker though he is, I'll give Stantis credit for sticking to this point longer than most of the talking heads.

# ? Sep 6, 2017 07:17

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