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 Previous Threads: 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. Although we mostly mock them, and there are few better ways to take the piss out of a bad political cartoon than by sharing your edits or parodies. Both are always welcome in this den of hacks, shills, and has-beens. Weekends tend to be slower since most cartoonist take weekends off, making it 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.  This is stuff that can get you probated or banned, so listen up.
  THESE ARE NOT HARD RULES This is just a list of stuff that tends to make this thread more tolerable if we follow it.
 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. There's also the rare exception, such as Bill Day, Chris Muir, and Lance Rengel, who are paid by donation. 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 (check the Index), the cartoon may never be printed or seen by anyone. Unless you want to check with the 200,000 daily newspapers in the US, just assume everything posted here is seen by the public at large. 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, check the Index for a better idea on a particular cartoonist. colonel_korn also made a helpful chart. 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: Some cartoons like Mallard Fillmore and Doonesbury, are not traditional political cartoons but rather stuff with a political theme that gets printed alongside Garfield. These are fair game for this thread, but the apolitical cartoons should go in the Comic Strip Megathread. Also, while you can certainly share Doonesbury in here, it has its own thread for further discussion. There typically aren't a lot of political cartoons that fall under the definition of "webcomic", but you do have (awful) things like Day by Day that can certainly be posted here. For apolitical webcomics, check out that thread in BSS (or its black sheep mock thread sibling). 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. Check out this thread for sharing political emails from your family, and this thread for political pictures. If you wish to further go down the rabbit hole, check out the Right Wing Media and Freep threads. 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 (I did this for Asay until he quit for good).  The thread has developed a few inside jokes and terms: 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 gets 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 spastic, 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. The Gay Abortions: Our annual awards for the worst cartoons of the year (and the best edits or parodies). Named after a hilarious parody cartoon, you should try to keep the really awful cartoons that crop up this year in the back of your mind so you'll have nominees ready by next December. 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. Zionism: Okay, not really unique to this thread, but enough of us 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.  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. From now on I'll be using this section to collect noteworthy stuff from this year, and then I'll add them to the archive at the end of the year.  1 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 (by change my name) 17 18 19 20 21 (for those that don't know: this is the judge that handled Tinsley's DUI) 22 23 (a collab between Gilganixon and Mister Beeg)The Roosevelts, an infamous Day by Day story arc.  WARNING: Link takes you to Muir's website Roosevelts Story, in a safer location, but requires archives.  Sometimes stuff that starts here gets collected on its own site. 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. Day by Day Randomizer: Takes panels from random Day by Day cartoons and makes a new cartoon out of them. These are frequently difficult to tell apart from the real thing. Iran Will Have Nukes Any Day Now: I have collected cartoons that predict the imminent threat of a nuclear Iran. Some of these cartoons are over a decade old. Accepting submissions, and the older the better! If Global Warming Is Real, Then Why Is It Cold: A depressing collection of cartoons that display people's complete lack of climate education. Muircity: I replace the text of a Day by Day cartoon with the dialogue from a Jerkcity strip. The result is something at least better than the original Day by Day strip. 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 The majority of this index was originally written by Xylo, and I’ve maintained it by updating profiles and adding new cartoonists. If you are actually on this list and I got something wrong, then just grouse on twitter or something about how those idiots on Something Awful hosed up your basic details, and I guarantee I’ll hear about it in this thread before the day is over. Eric Allie - Amazing art and skill used to depict lovely right-wing drivel. Fairly young, and also has been doing the art for Prickly City, a right-wing newspaper cartoon. Willfully dense.  Animal Nuz (See: Eric Lewis) Pat Bagley - Very liberal former-mormon who is merciless in his criticism of the Church of Latter Day Saints, the GOP, and conservatives in general. Local Hero. Salt Lake Tribune  Nate Beeler - Conservative, heavily influenced by Mike Ramirez. Every great once in a while has Correct Opinions, mostly on social issues. During the 2012 elections, was critical of the GOP, but seems to be settling back into being a shithead. Columbus Dispatch  Darrin Bell – Moderately liberal cartoonist that really knocks it out of the park when he tries, but has a tendency to put out more middling stuff. Does the cartoon Candorville, which is also fairly political at times. Daily Californian  Steve Bell – Highly praised cartoonist from the UK. Has fantastic art and solid opinions, but like many long-time British cartoonists, it can be hard to understand his cartoons if you haven’t been following him. Has a painterly style with excellent caricatures. The Guardian  Clay Bennett - Probably the most well-respected, decorated, and acclaimed liberal political cartoonist currently publishing. He has won just about every award a political cartoonist can win. He has an amazing talent for simple, clear visual metaphors. Chattanooga Times Free Press  Lisa Benson - Bland conservative opinions. Tries to be upsetting, but is mostly boring. Washington Post  Paul Berge – Does LGBT cartoons for an LGBT syndicate. Nothing ground-shaking, but he consistently puts out decent cartoons with cute punchlines. Q Syndicate  Randy Bish - Bland conservative, unremarkable except for his incredibly racist Obama caricature. Like an increasing number of conservatives, seems to have done an about-fact on gay marriage. Pittsburgh Tribune-Review  Erin Bonsteel - Young, crazy, and conservative, her artwork indicates a seething hatred for the whole world. Anger  Chip BoK - Conservative with fairly poor and ugly artwork, ranging from moderate to extreme. Has no idea how net neutrality works. Akron (Ohio) Beacon Journal and the Tampa Bay Times.  Ruben Bolling - Well-respected liberal, publishes "Tom the Dancing Bug" and "Lucky Ducky." Known for doing longform cartoons instead of one panel stuff.  Matt Bors - A protégé of Ted Rall who has come into his own in the last few years. Very liberal. Opinions of him vary in the thread, from "Bland Rall-wannabe" to "One of the Best." 2012 Herblock Prize winner. Editor for the Nib, Medium’s section for political cartoon and comics. The Medium  AF Branco - Hateful, stupid conservative. Draws people with one-tooth/Hitler-mustaches. A shill for a number of corporate interests like front groups for oil companies. ConservativeDailyNews.com and LegalInsurrection.com  Clovis Brown - Bright, talented Jamaican cartoonist brought to us by forums poster KillerJunglist]. His opinions closely follow those of Jamaica at large--generally liberal, with the exception of some stomach-churning homophobia. Jamaica Observer  Chris Britt - Hit-or-miss liberal with a penchant for goofy faces. In 2014 a local police union was angry over the cartoon posted below and demanded an apology while telling Britt to go to hell. Britt basically told them to gently caress off. Creator News Service  Daryl Cagle - Owner of one of the largest cartooning syndicates. Liberal, given to truth-in-the-middle bullshit, vulgar imagery, simple caricatures, and copy/pasting. SWEN MSNBC.com  Cam Cardow - Canadian, milquetoast conservative. Ottawa Citizen  Ken Catalino - Conservative who hasn't actually drawn anything new in 10 years.  Patrick Chappatte - Internationally focused, vaguely liberal. International Herald Tribune, Le Temps, and Neue Zürcher Zeitung.  Henry Christensen – An right-wing shitlord that possesses no artistic talent, so he just uses clipart or whatever he can scrounge up on Google. Then he puts it against a white background and throws in whatever bigoted bullshit he fancies. Has a tendency to include a lot of annotations in his single-panel cartoon against a white-background, making him an even lower-effort Mallard Fillmore. His Own Delusions of Grandeur  John Cole - Liberal, with the occasional outlier bad opinion. Has a very cartoony style and is known for a few stand-out cartoons. Scranton Times-Tribune  JD Crowe - Conservative Democrat with very little to say. Alabama Media Group  Jeff Danziger - Liberal, occasionally bold and to-the-point. Los Angeles Times  Dale - Extremely conservative, total nutbag. Paints over GIS'd images and accompanies each post with an insane rant full of puns. Claimed to be going on a hiatus after the 2012 elections, but continues to put out garbage (albeit it at a much slower rate).  John Darkow - Liberal, has a lively cartoony style and only works in black & white. Columbia Daily Tribune  Bill Day – Liberal that lost his job in 2009, and he heavily copy-pasted his old cartoons and jokes as a result. In 2012 Daryl Cagle successfully launched a crowdfunding campaign to pay Day’s salary in 2013. Day responded to this by plagiarizing someone’s stuff from DeviantArt, which he made a whiny half-apology over. To nobody’s surprise, Cagle didn’t bother trying to raise funds for Day again. His Local Bike Shop  Day by Day (See: Chris Muir) Deep Hurting (See: Terrence Nowicki, Jr.) David Dees - Certifiably paranoid and delusional Photoshop artist, he believes every conspiracy ever (except angels or that Al Qaeda conspired to take down WTC). He moved to Sweden after he became convinced Mossad was trying to steal his bicycle. Loves his cats; hates the Jews. Missed his calling doing album art for metal bands. Sesame Street and Disney. Formerly. For some reason, Sesame Street and Walt Disney decided to sever their relationship with him.  Toby Dials – Talentless, clueless, and hopeless conservative that doesn’t know how bongs work. Took a break from cartooning after Obama’s reelection crushed his spirit, drawing only a single cartoon in 2014.  Dry Bones (See: Yaakov Kirschen) Tim Eagan - Liberal with a talent for fun visuals. Only does one cartoon a week.  Bob Englehart - Old, moderate liberal. Hartford Courant  Randal Enos – aka E N O S. Stylish liberal, often works with woodcuts.  David Fitzsimmons - Smug-as-gently caress liberal with a scratchy, messy style. Occasionally has a bad or poorly thought-out opinion. Arizona Star  Glenn Foden (7Oden) - A stupid conservative, occasionally going above-and-beyond with his idiocy. King Features  Galatianman (see: Lance Rengel) Ed Gamble - Conservative with perhaps the worst color palette ever.  Bob Gorrell - Conservative infamous for being one of the laziest cartoonists alive. Draws everyone droopy-eyed, and has put out blank cartoons numerous times.  Ross Gosse - Undisputed champion of the huge unnecessary label. Obsessed with the minutia of small-town North Carolina politics, despite not being employed by a local paper.  Vaguely conservative when he actually bothers to comment on national politics. Dave Granlund - "A Thing Happened" dot cartoonist. Skin-deep, milquetoast liberal. If you're offended, you're probably reading way too much into it.  Steve Greenberg - California Democrat. Jewish, fiercely supports Israel.  Tim Hartman - Milquetoast conservative, indulges in DASGDC. Apparently an actor as well.  Joe Heller - Moderate liberal. Green Bay Press-Gazette  Henri (see: Henrique Monteiro) Henry (see: Henry Christensen) Jerry Holbert - A pretty bland conservative that only has only really gained any attention on account of how easy it is to edit his donkeys into terrifying skull creatures. It's also worth noting that this is a very tired meme and you'll have to do more than just edit the donkey head if you want a positive response out of people. Boston Herald  Hope n’ Change Cartoons (See: Stilton Jarlsberg) David Horsey - Extremely talented and left-wing, he nonetheless has hang-ups regarding Arabs and Muslims (although he recognizes that Palestinians are people) and has a tendency to sexualize women (although he seems to be getting better about that last part). Los Angeles Times  Isaiah: - Draws the nonsensical "the world today just nuts" comics, which might look like something an eight-year-old exposed to excessive amounts of Freep would draw, but is actually from an adult human being. Overly relishes in calling Obama gay and having him in suggestive positions. A Pack of Crayolas and Fierce Desire to Never Grow Up  Stilton Jarlsberg – A pile of compost that pretends it’s human, Jarlsberg does Hope n’ Change Cartoons, a comic that is pretty much just photos of Obama and other politicians ran through a Photoshop filter. Well, if he remembers to use the filter anyways. Rather than actually criticize Obama for his politics or bring up any salient points, Jarlsberg relies heavily on calling Obama a gaymo or some transphobic slur. Did I mention this man worked on children’s television shows? Whatever Wealth Comes from Barney the Dinosaur  Taylor Jones - Primarily a caricature artist, he occasionally dips his toes in commentary, generally with a liberal bent. His caricatures often run alongside a story chosen by his paper, in place of photos, so commentary is not often required. Has a strange cicada fetish. El Nuevo Dia  Lee Judge – Liberal that utilizes cute if samey facial expressions to deliver punchlines. Kansas City Star  Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) - Economically libertarian-leaning, liberal on most other topics. As the cartoonist for the Economist his opinions track closely with the British magazine's editorial stance. The Economist  Mike Keefe - Milquetoast liberal, fairly unremarkable. Denver Post  Steve Kelley - Conservative, occasionally agreeable, but more often a jerk. Old-fashioned. He writes the conservative comic strip "Dustin" which is illustrated by liberal Jeff Parker. See the Comic Strip Megathread in BSS. Creators Syndicate  Stan Kelly (See: Ward Sutton) Yaakov Kirschen - Extremely old, extremely hateful American-born Israeli. He has been steadily employed for over 40 years, doing Dry Bones for the Jerusalem Post despite an eight-year-old’s talent. Hates Muslims with a fierce passion, and is obsessed with freeing the spy Johnathan Pollard from American prison. Had a stroke in late 2014 that seems to have made him even more paranoid and hateful, turning his gaze upon “traitorous” pro-Palestinian Jews. Jerusalem Post  Carlos Latuff – Popular cartoonist that is as talented as is he left-wing. Can be polarizing at times due to his distaste for America, but is considered to be among the best. Cartoons are usually drawn with the intent of being used on protest signs, and can be found in oppressed nations all over. Drew SSJ Goku assfucking Chilean president Sebastián Piñera. Tends to do a lot of weird drawings about threesomes. A Righteous Desire to Crush Imperialism  Mike Lester - Racist, conservative, stupid, hateful old man. Was arrested several years ago for domestic abuse, although his wife now denies that he assaulted her, contrary to the police report. Drew the "Be Cool about Fire Safety" lightning bug from the 90's. Has been drawing Obama with a rainbow tie since 2012. Rome News-Tribune  Eric Lewis – Responsible for Animal Nuz, a cartoon featuring clever animal puns and Democratic talking points galore. A massive cheerleader for the Democratic Party who was absolutely convinced Dems would take both houses in the 2014 midterms. The reality of a GOP victory has not managed to crush his spirit. Also, for some god-awful reason, each panel is posted individually in massive resolution. Ugh. DailyKos.com  Joe Liccar - Hideously bad art; moderately conservative. Father of Goombama. Examiner (Independence, Missouri)  Loujie - Official political cartoonist for China Daily, an English-language newspaper run by the Communist Party of China. Presents the official Chinese government's opinion on a range of issues. Very talented, for a state propagandist. China Daily  Yogi Love - A right-wing shill that draws for a conservative magazine. A competent artist with an ugly message. The American Spectator  Mike Luckovich – Long-time liberal cartoonist with a signature scratchy style. Responsible for Pants Donkey. Atlanta Journal-Constitution  RJ Matson - Prodigious liberal, with a tendency towards overlabeling. Roll Call  Gary McCoy - Idiotic, no-talent knuckle-dragging conservative. Misogynistic, racist, homophobic liar, given to physically threatening his critics, fan of giant pickles and lottery tickets. He and his younger brother Glenn often work together on greeting cards, their syndicated comic strip "The Duplex," and miscellaneous other art projects. Glenn and Gary have both done character design and storyboards for major animated features such as "Despicable Me."  Glenn McCoy - Every bit as evil as his older brother Gary, except Glenn also possesses talent, tact, and a sense of humor and timing. Unlike his brother, he has numerous awards to his name. Much more private than Gary, he does not give out his address and invite people to go one-on-one with him. He and his older brother Gary often work together on greeting cards, their syndicated comic strip "The Duplex," and miscellaneous other art projects. Glenn and Gary have both done character design and storyboards for major animated features such as "Despicable Me." Universal Press Syndicate  JJ McCullough - Young, gay, conservative Canadian centrist. Often presents one idea in a comic, which is accompanied by a blog post that will immediately make the exact opposite argument. This makes every position of his a mealy mushmouthed mumble of smug condescension. On the plus side, he’s a talented artist that can make downright adorable stuff at times. Has a haircut that makes him look like Zorg from the Fifth Element. Deep Contrarian Impulses   Rick McKee - Conservative with some talent. Previously fairly unremarkable, he has actually been growing more right-wing and offensive over the last year. Unlike just about every other cartoonist in this thread, I cannot think of one cartoon of his that was agreeable. Augusta Chronicle  Henrique Monteiro - Portuguese cartoonist with a penchant for strong caricatures. Lovingly translated, photoshopped into English, and explained by forums user KoldPT. Sapo.pt  Chris Muir - Formerly of the St. Petersburg Times, now publishes Day by Day, a serial comic of stupefying absurdities. His only source of income is $12,000 he receives yearly in donations. Vectorizes/traces/draws near pornographic characters living out his fantasy life. His characters are rich, bold, famous, witty sex stallions of every race and nationality. Muir is a Men's Rights Advocate, and uses his female characters (who he admits are based on himself) to reinforce his misogynistic beliefs. Muir is a racist, and uses his black character (who he admits is based on himself) to reinforce his racist beliefs. Muir is a war cheerleader, and made his main character (who literally is himself) into a battle-scarred world-famous sniper. See a pattern? Muir has an uncanny ability to write dialogue in English that is virtually incomprehensible. White, Sexually-Frustrated Men  Terrence Nowicki, Jr. – A goon that goes by the handle Deep Hurting, he originally drew some cartoons for SA. He only puts out one cartoon a month, but they tend to be clever with colorful and detailed art. Originally had his own thread because we were weirdos and kept making GBS threads this thread up with fighting over him, but he doesn’t really post here anymore so we’re allowed to discuss him in this thread once again. Don’t mess it up.  Pat Oliphant – Veteran cartoonist highly respect among his peers. His work spans for half a century, and it shows with his strong artwork. Generally liberal, but in a very white old man sort of way, producing some incredibly racist and homophobic work during his career. Went on a sabbatical that was supposed to end after Thanksgiving, but as of this writing he hasn’t produced a cartoon since August 2014. Andrew McMeel Universal  Jack Ohman - The youngest cartoonist to be syndicated at the tender age of 19, and one of the older active cartoonists here with his career beginning in the early 80s. Has a variety of awards and seems like a generally nice guy that likes giving money to charitySomehow manages to make fairly expressive faces despite drawing really tiny heads in contrast to someone like Allie or Kreider who tend to draw people's heads larger. The Sacramento Bee & Tribune Media Services  Henry Payne - Talented, stylish conservative jerk. Very rarely will call the GOP out on its bullshit. A big car enthusiast, and actually has space on his blog dedicated to terrible, manchildish reviews of them. Absolutely hates green alternatives to traditional motor vehicles, and as a result has a tendency to churn out more “if global warming why snow?” per year than any other cartoonist. Half of his cartoons each year involve lovely bumper sticker jokes. Detroit News  Mike Peters - Milquetoast liberal. Also draws the syndicated comic strip Mother Goose & Grimm. See the Comic Strip Thread in BSS. Dayton Daily News  Pigman - Men's Rights Advocate and atheist. Massive misogynist, and oddly enough tends to be very liberal on other issues (when he rarely mentions them). In this bizarre and horrible webcomic, the Pigman beats people (usually women) with a rubber chicken while spouting MRA talking points. He believes the Patriarchy is the best way to defeat the Plutocracy. Was so obnoxious that he actually got kicked off an MRA subreddit in 2013.  Bruce Plante - Goofy Democratic cheerleader. His elephants are pink, for some reason. Enjoys putting his opponents in tiny hats. Tulsa World  David Pope - Award-winning Australian cartoonist, generally praised in the thread for his excellent artwork and strong use of visual metaphor. Also popular for his inventive caricatures of politicians, the most famous of which being a short, speedo-clad Tony Abbott. The Canberra Times  Milt Priggee - Far left and intentionally offensive. Very hit-or-miss, he is nonetheless unafraid of cutting straight to the heart of an issue. Takes pride in having cartoons rejected by editors. People Who Post   Ted Rall - Far left shithead; wart survivor. Utterly incompetent artist and writer whose work resembles bad Simpsons fanart. Desperately needs to be the center of attention, he envisions himself as the leader of a socialist revolution. Hates art Spiegelman and sees him as some kind of Cartoon Kingpin keeping people out of the business. Comics were removed from the Daily KOS because they found his Obama caricature to be racist. For whatever reason, when the AAEC posts his cartoons it changed black people to a weird shade of purple. Only Rall seems to have this issue, so it’s hard to say whether this is the AAEC’s fault or his own incompetence. Worrying dependency on captions. Sacramaneto Bee and the Los Angeles Times  Michael Ramirez - Republican to the bone, and one of the biggest names in the business. Obsessed with drawing and endlessly crosshatching gigantic inanimate objects and labeling them "DEBT." He is a two-time Pulizter Prize winner, to just about everyone's amazement. Draws Obama as a disgusting worm. Petty, trivial, and dumb, he will never respond with anything but GOP platitudes. Investor's Business Daily  Ratland (See: Terry Wise) Lance Rengel - Evangelical pastor and creator of Galatianman. It’s a political, religiously-charged comic with a plot that moves at a glacial pace (current arc started with the Giffords shooting). We are pretty much his entire audience, to the point where he even did a few touching comics about vilerat’s death (only to rant about Benghazi mere weeks after). His comics are hateful, frequently nonsensical pieces of poorly-drawn dreck. Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ  Rob Rogers - Pittsburgh-based liberal with a distinctive style, and focus on local issues. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette  JRRose! – A goofy conservative that is fond of dad jokes and spells puns. Enjoys explaining the jokes in his cartoons. He frequently comments on Virginia local women's basketball and draws puzzles and cartoons for children. Will remind you of his conservativism with a lovely cartoon every so often. He is also the current artist of the the syndicated comic strip Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. Byrd Newspapers of Virginia and Daily News-Record  Martin Rowson – Excellent, liberal cartoonist from the UK. His artwork shows tremendous talent, drawing incredibly ugly landscapes full of grotesque caricatures. He employs a lot of invented visual shorthand which can make his cartoons hard to decipher on occasion, but they are scathing works critical of his government that reward long-time readers. The Guardian  Ben Sargent - Liberal, with the occasional outstanding comic. Actually knows how to crosshatch. Austin American-Statesman  Rob Smith, Jr. - Cartoonist for GlennBeck.com and that really ought to tell you everything you need to know about him. GlennBeck.com  Snafu Cartoons - (See Bill Trantham) Jen Sorensen - Liberal cartoonist who started her career relatively recently back in 1998. She had a cartoony style with neat, simple caricatures, and she's known for using the same generic character as a stand-in for just about any cranky white guy. One of the younger cartoonists here, and got a Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in 2013. Winner of the 2014 Herblock Prize, and the first woman to be a recipient.  Scott Stantis - Conservative, although left-leaning on issues such as torture and spying (even during the Bush administration). Has done an about-face on issues like gay marriage and Iraq. Regardless he is still firmly in the right wing and thinks socialism is dangerous. Creator of the syndicated political comic strip Prickly City, he has contracted Eric Allie to draw it for him for the last several years. It’s also lovely. Chicago Tribune  Mark Streeter - "WHIL= He HΔS a GooD STYLE and oPINIONS, STR==T=R's LETERiNG iS ΔNNoYiNG To a FE\/\/ oF the REGULΔRS HER=." Xylo has personally asked him to write neater and he has refused. Seriously, Streeter, an "A" is not a triangle. Jesus. He also does some of the most accurate caricatures of any political cartoonist. Savannah Morning News  Ward Sutton - Witty creator of the parody political cartoons of the Onion. His persona is a grumpy, petty old conservative political cartoonist named Stan Kelly. He also does regular political cartoons on occasion. Onion  This Modern World (See: Tom Tomorrow) Bruce Tinsley - Conservative alcoholic author of Mallard Fillmore. He (along with Stantis’s Prickly City) among those featured here in that his political cartoon is syndicated on the funny pages in almost every newspaper in America, between Garfield and Wizard of Id. Because of this, he has to submit his cartoons two weeks in advance and doesn’t bother to try and make sure his commentary will still be relevant by the time people read it. Attacks and viciously libels his personal enemies with his comics, such as calling Jon Stewart a pedophile and insulting the judge who gave Tinsley a DUI. King Features Syndicate  Tom Toles - Talented and witty liberal that possesses an inhuman loathing for the DC Metro. Washington Post  Tom Tomorrow - The pen name of Dan Perkins, who is behind the comic This Modern World. Very liberal, Tomorrow has been a fixture of many alt publications for over two decades now. The art style, which looks like a bunch of generic 50s era artwork, was intentionally done by using clip and magazine cutouts to create the strips. While the art style kinda lost its impact over the years, especially now that it's all hand-drawn, TMW still can provide some fairly biting commentary every now and then.  Rob Tornoe - Bland artistically, he is the cartoonist for Media Matters and thus quite liberal. Initially defended Joe Paterno, but when evidence came to light, he admitted his error and corrected it. Admirable. MediaMatters.com  Bill Trantham - Draws Snafu Cartoons, which are just racist political cartoons drawn terribly. The gimmick is that Trantham allows people to pay him to draw a cartoon, so you get a lot of crazy right-wing talking points…or a drawing of Pants Donkey. People With Too Much Money  Marty Two Bulls - Native American cartoonist that, unsurprisingly, covers a lot of Native American issues. Universally praised in this thread, he has excellent artwork that's notable for properly using crosshatching to shade and add depth his cartoons rather than draw messy boats and trains. No other cartoonist in this thread really touches on the problems that natives face in the USA, and Two Bulls shoots unapologetic criticism at both parties (and the nation as a whole) for ignoring them. On other issues, he is pretty left-leaning. Indian Country Today Media Network  Arend Van Dam - Dutch cartoonist with fairly bad artwork.  Gary Varvel – Originally a bland conservative, has become something of a regular by doubling down on the rear end in a top hat opinions. Seems inspired by Ramirez, which is…troubling. Indianapolis Star  Terry Wise - Very conservative. Very strange art style, very strange business model, very strange old man. Author of Ratland. Sincerely believes in the loving act of beating your children.  Monte Wolverton - Liberal and son of famous cartoonist Basil Wolverton. Loooves death. MAD Magazine  the world today just nuts - (See Isaiah) Matt Wuerker - 2012 Pulitzer Prize winner and liberal cartoonist for Politico.com. Politico.com  Adam Zyglis - Talented liberal cartoonist who has recently expanded into color. There's something refreshingly honest to his cartoons, in my opinion. Buffalo News   These are cartoonists have that either retired, died at the drawing board, or just stopped drawing political cartoons. They are kept here for posterity's sake. Chuck Asay - Evil old man who has a hard time adjusting to modern life. Known for a soft style that even makes his opponents look kind. Hated gays, trans people, and just about everyone that wasn't a white fundamentalist protestant. In 2013, he finally stopped political cartooning for good, much to the relief of everyone that doesn't think poor people are wild animals. Retired  John Backderf - Liberal and all-around nice guy. His comic, The City, generally focused on slice-of-life issues, with the occasional political foray. Grew up with Jeffrey Dahmer and wrote a neat book about it. Ended his comic because he "was sick of it and wanted to make books full time." Quit  Joel Barbee - A cartoonist whose work haunted the earliest iterations of this thread. From the looks of it, he was a racist right-wing rear end in a top hat who rode the birther movement pretty hard. Perhaps best known for his signature, which split his surname into two words for some reason. In 2010, he did the world a solid and died. Dead  Barry - A peculiar man to say the least, he drew a series of right-wing cartoons that would be fairly run-of-the-mill were it not for the bizarre artwork. At first blush the art might seem alright, but that feeling last for about a few seconds before descending into the madness that is a Barry cartoon. This is where the line of action goes to die, and everything has a butt. He did a few cartoons in 2013, but his main website has been down for a while, and the only evidence I have left of him is a 2013 entry from his blog that posted a cartoon from three years ago. Hopefully he's gone for good. Vanished  Sean Delonas - Conservative, infamous for drawing anyone he disagrees with as morbidly obese. He got a lot of flak in 2009 for drawing Obama as a chimp, but his employer, a Murdoch-owned tabloid, loved it. In spite of this, in 2013 said tabloid (New York Post) bought him out, which basically means he was paid to quit his job early. While he said he was going to continue drawing cartoons on his own, he abruptly stopped after only a few months on his own. Claims to have a book deal in the works, as of this writing he has still not produced a single new cartoon since 2013. Disappeared  Brian Fairrington - Wildly unpredictable opinions. Probably deeply conservative and Mormon, but also a massive liar who hates everyone and everything, even other conservatives. Directly contradicts himself as a matter of course. Utterly erased from Cagle's syndicate in mid-2012, his work is now hard to find online. While he may still be out there, nobody has heard from him since. Vanished  Tommy Grooms - Conservative Brony, author of "Ralph and Chuck," and immature manchild. Started in high school, published for Indiana University and a number of other college papers. Managed to get married…somehow, and his output has slowed while at a (low tier) law school. What little he produces these days is bland and apolitical. No Longer Political  Tim Kreider - One of the most respected cartoonists here, known for drawing absolutely fantastic facial expressions that displayed so much emotion and humor. Very liberal, to the point where he had to give up political cartooning due to how much the Bush years were depressing and angering him. One of his best known cartoons is a eulogy cartoon for Reagan, which was accompanied with a scathing write-up about how much of an evil old bastard Reagan was. A lot of his cartoons are still available in book collections. Quit Mike “Hapajap” Miller – A veteran in the comic book industry, having worked for DC, Marvel, and so forth. But around these parts he’s known for Electronic Tigers, a fair-right webcomic featuring stunning characters like “woman with huge breasts” and “black man who fantasizes about killing Obama.” Also a creationist, so it’s absolutely no surprise that his scientific knowhow got him roped into a pyramid scheme involving magic bottled water. He dedicated a few cartoons to shilling the stuff. Also did Left Right Center, a comic that was basically the old sheepdog and coyote cartoons from Looney Tunes, only instead featured a wise elephant, a stupid donkey, and bad political jokes. It did spawn the parody comic “Smartephant and the rear end” which gave us the beloved catchphrase “Gay Abortions.” From what I’ve heard, these awful comics were risking his career drawing comic books, so he abandoned ship and took down the original sites in order to help keep his head low. Stuck with the Day Job  R.P. Overmyer - Another cartoonist from threads past, and best known for the character Hollywood Dog. Liberal, but in the dirty old man misogynistic sort of way. Was neither a fan or Bush nor terrorists (and arguably Muslims in general). Artwork was kinda bleh, almost like a poor man's Gary Larson. Died in 2010, presumably to challenge Joel Barbee to a competition at who was the worst at fitting a whole word on one line. Kinda looked like the son of Duke Nukem and Colonel Sanders. Died  Jeff Parker - Liberal. Illustrates Steve Kelley's conservative comic strip "Dustin." See the Comic Strip Megathread in BSS. In 2013 he stopped political cartooning to spend more time on his newspaper stuff. Focused on Other Cartoons  Zack Rawsthorne - The jackass behind Diversity Lane, a cartoon that stars a girl named Diversity in a family full of ridiculous liberal caricatures. Despite being like six or seven, Diversity somehow knows enough about politics to loudly piss and moan about her family's liberal leanings. I guess it's supposed to be a scathing commentary on how liberalism is so stupid that even a child can understand it, but the result is a storm of racism, misogyny, and hateful ignorance. The art is okay, but I have no idea how the scowling, unpleasant Diversity is supposed to be a likable character given that she acts more like a woman ten times her age than a little girl. In 2012, however, the free market determined that Diversity Lane was poo poo, and Rawsthorne couldn't justify the time spent working on it. I have no idea what he's doing now. Frankly, it's better that way. 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Ground floor, let's do this. I'm ready for whatever poo poo 2015 has to throw at me. Nice work on the OP, Raz. Though is it necessary to include Asay? He's officially retired, isn't he? InequalityGodzilla fucked around with this message at 21:23 on Dec 31, 2014 |
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Bookmarked and rated 5, prepared to go hog wild.
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In from the beginning. Let's see if my sanity can last a full 365 days of this. Looking through the missing cartoonists, I do kind of miss Delonas. He had some really amazing art at times. And Barry, although I honestly can't say if I miss him or not. It's a complicated feeling.
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Goodbye 2014!  Thanks for the great effort OPs and here's to a 2015 full of vile, hateful poo poo cartoons 
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Yo, the header image breaks the tables, which is pretty sucky for such an information-heavy infopost.  Also, I'm gonna edit the 2014 Gay Abortions winners into here when they come out (for easy reference) but for now I just want to leave everybody with this thing so that nobody ever forgets that it exists:  Here we go (for when the Gay Abortions 2014 thread gets archived but this thread is still live) Chamale posted:January 1st edit: The winners! Here are this year's Gay Abortions Awards: Here's a couple standouts that didn't win but shouldn't be forgotten either (largely Branco):    Gary McCoy shouldn't get to me because he's such a puerile little poo poo, but the banality of "rolling my eyes at these protesters who want to overturn the natural order of things and NOT get murdered (and eaten)" is utterly odious.           Notable mostly for the fact that it was immediately reuploaded with no change other than removing the dude's mustache.  Lest we forget, "IF GLOBAL WARMING WHY COLD IN ANTARCTIC??  " *draws identical picture to 6 other people*  WELCOME TO HELL, MEGAN Abyssal Squid fucked around with this message at 06:45 on Jan 8, 2015 |
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InequalityGodzilla posted:Nice work on the OP, Raz. Though is it necessary to include Asay? He's officially retired, isn't he?
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thank christ, I was about 30k posts behind on the last thread and I actually think I was going to read all of them
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Abyssal Squid posted:Yo, the header image breaks the tables, which is pretty sucky for such an information-heavy infopost.
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RIP 2014 politoons, bring on the 2015 politoons!
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Hello fresh new thread. Maybe 2015 will be a kinder, gentler year than 2014. To anyone who is here because they've made some kind of stupid New Year's resolution or because they caught the end of the last thread and thought they'd like in : leave while you can, before you get stuck. It gets a bit like this by around June.. No one will know why you keep shouting at your computer, who Ramirez is or why his two Pulitzers infuriate you so much. They will wonder why you keep crosshatching on every flat surface. By December you will be voting for something called a Gay Abortion and have an encyclopaedic knowledge of every single untalented, vicious hack that's ever drawn a President. Here is a comic I drew last year to sum it up: 
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Hope I actually manage to keep up with the thread this year, it's basically where I get most of my news.
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Why do we like this Rorus Raz again? What does the second line of the picture say?
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Hell yeah new thread! Looking forward to once again going down this hellish road with the rest of you. I may take over duties for posting Paul Berge because I like his stuff and I don't think anyone's been posting him consistently.
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Ground floor let's do this. Latuff as Judas? lol
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Incredible OP, and I think I hate myself for recognizing so many of those cartoonists by name and style. What's the last/latest Animal Nuz? I haven't seen that in a while.
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oh god is that Rall looking in through the window?
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Oh brave new thread, that has such posters in't!
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Gilganixon posted:
I think it is! With his best friend Mr. Drone nearby!
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Where else in the world can you ask "how many times has Mike Ramirez, cartoonist for investors business daily, depicted Obama beneath a 'mission accomplished' banner?" and get a knowledgeable response?
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Happy 2015, politoon thread!
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Hello new thread, let's hope the new year is a good one.
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Eagerly awaiting for the next worst.
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Last year we started off the thread reminiscing about all the parodies we did over the previous year, perhaps we should kick off 2015 in the same way?
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And so it begins... Reposting this from the last thread: A cartoonist was sent to jail for two months, and drew cartoons while there, documenting her experience. The LA Weekly just published it.    The article doesn't mention why she was in jail: for stalking John Kricfalusi
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gradenko_2000 posted:Incredible OP, and I think I hate myself for recognizing so many of those cartoonists by name and style. CONTENT!     I don't see WHY you'd want it, but here it is.
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It is, what's the thing on the hill behind Bennett? Also lol at the drone in the last window.
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seiferguy posted:Last year we started off the thread reminiscing about all the parodies we did over the previous year, perhaps we should kick off 2015 in the same way? Here, I made this Gorrell parody. 
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Has anyone put more thought into becoming a dedicated poster of certain cartoonists? It was discussed a bit near the end of the last thread, people following certain cartoonists and posting their stuff in thread whenever it's released as a way to keep up with them. Anyone still interested in doing that? I'd be willing to do so for Horsey, he's probably my favorite cartoonist we regularly feature and I already occasionally check around for his stuff outside of the thread. Also, reading through the OP I just saw that Ward Sutton cartoon about the man on the WTC when the planes hit and I feel like I just now finally understood what it was saying. Obviously its been posted in past threads many times before but every time I saw it I never really got the point or what he was going for. I just now kind of got that he was saying so many people saw the footage and interpreted it and used it for their own ends and so many other things but no one ever actually sat down and wondered what he, as a person, was going through and thinking about while he was trapped up there. gently caress that's really depressing. How did it take me that long to understand it?
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Fulchrum posted:CONTENT! Why are every one of those images different sizes?
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Looks like Putin's having a rough time there, probably needs more fiber in his diet.
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 This Gilganixon masterpiece deserves a repeat, and possibly even a spot in the OP. This parody makes me laugh every time. It really captures Kirschen's frothy rage that you can feel in his toons.  Also, here's a good post from the 2014 thread with the origin toons of a few of the catch phrases from earlier threads. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3599044#post423847005 I wanted to quote it but I can't, since the thread is closed
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Here's to a new year with the rest of you damned souls.
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Happy new year thread. Can't wait for the awards results.
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Happy New Year, thread!  Here's an inaugural Sorensen to celebrate Page 1.
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InequalityGodzilla posted:Has anyone put more thought into becoming a dedicated poster of certain cartoonists? It was discussed a bit near the end of the last thread, people following certain cartoonists and posting their stuff in thread whenever it's released as a way to keep up with them. Anyone still interested in doing that?
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