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 Previous Threads: 2016, 2015, 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. A new era has begun, as we say goodbye to President Obama and usher in President Trump's unholy reign. Given that Obama was the president throughout the lifespan of this thread (not counting its nascent years as a Tinsley mock thread), there's no better time to hop on board and get ready for more awful cartoons. More than ever edits and parodies are always welcome in this den of hacks, shills, and has-beens, with weekends being 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. So familiarize yourself with the thread rules, and dive into what's been called "D&D's worst thread" by critics!  This is the stuff that can get you probated or banned, so listen up.
  THESE ARE NOT HARD RULES This is just a list of recommendations to make the thread go more smoothly. Don't yell at people or report them for violating poo poo here unless it actually violates a forum rule!
 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 of cartoonists who are paid by donation, but this is becoming more common through sites such as Patreon and Kickstarter. 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. Most of the cartoonists here are published to a fairly large audience but, as the internet offers easier ways to get your work out there, this thread has seen an increasing amount of obscure or fringe cartoonists. Just assume they're read by a non-trivial amount of people unless there's proof otherwise. 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, just look them up in the index for a very general idea. 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: A cartoon with regular political content, such as Doonesbury or Prickly City, can be posted here no problem. Your Garfield and Family Circus stuff should go to the Comic Strip Megathread in BSS, although feel free to share the rare individual strips that are political in nature. Webcomics follow the same procedure: it's fair game if there's overt contemporary political themes, otherwise take it elsewhere. Remember that Day by Day, a political webcomic, is banned from this thread. Take it to the Bad Webcomic Thread or whatever place allows such garbage. 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 if that's easier on you.  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 was 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. It's a Powerful Symbol: Phrase made popular during the short-lived Kelly commentaries. When describing the crying Statue of Liberty, Kelly said "it's a powerful symbol...you don't want to overuse it" when of course the joke is that Liberty is in nearly every Kelly cartoon. Used sarcastically for overused symbolism, especially Liberty but can be anything such as bald eagles or uncle sam. 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. Wormbama: It was common for Michael Ramirez to draw former President Obama with a weird squished face that resembled a worm. The thread game up with this nickname for the phenomenon. You Gotta Give Me the Fangs: Another joke from the brief Kelly video series, it references Kelly begging his editor to keep fangs on a Chinese person. Used to describe when a cartoonist is being especially racist with their caricature. Zionism: Okay, not really unique to this thread, but enough people 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. I'll be using the OP to collect memorable stuff from this year, and then archive it at the end of the year.  1Edit madness begins here.  2Eager to please, Glenn gives us the second shitshow of the year.  3Ben Garrison gave us straw that Angular Cyrus spun into gold. Xander77 did a series of profiles on thread regulars. A good read if you're new to the thread. A spotlight on comics artist Steve Ditko is being done by Lurdiak. Part 1  Sometimes stuff that starts here gets collected on its own site. Note that several of these sites have stopped updating, but the archives are always fun for a spin. 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. 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. If Global Warming Is Real, Then Why Is It Cold: A depressing collection of cartoons that display people's complete lack of climate education. Political PBF: Some unknown genius is taking old PBF strips and turning them into political cartoons. It's a lot better than it sounds. Pants Donkey fucked around with this message at 21:24 on Jun 7, 2017 |
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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 has also been doing the art for Prickly City, a right-wing newspaper cartoon by Scott Stantis. In 2015, he has basically stopped all national cartoons in order to whine about Illinois Speaker of the State House, Michael Madigan. Willfully dense. Illinois Policy  Animal Nuz (See: Eric Lewis) Don Asmussen - The cartoonist behind Bad Report, a feature that usually consists of three gag headlines from recent events. Once upon a time it was actually hand drawn, but nowadays it's a series of decent photoshops. Regardless, it manages to routinely bring in solid jokes and Asmussen tends to be one of the more beloved cartoonists in this thread. It's worth noting that Asmussen is more politically themed gag strip than anything trying to make a serious point. However, when Asmussen does get partisan, he leans to the left. San Francisco Chronicle  Bad Reporter (See: Don Asmussen) 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, although lately his output has been well below his batting average. 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  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 and thread favorite, publishes "Tom the Dancing Bug,” "Lucky Ducky," and “Donald and John”. 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. 2012 Herblock Prize winner. Editor of the Nib, a collective of political cartoonists that was previously under Medium but now seems to be its own thing (but is still hosted on Medium…the internet is weird). The Nib  AF Branco - Hateful, stupid conservative. Draws people with one-tooth/Hitler-mustaches, although seems to have stopped this in recent years. 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 Pennsylvania police union was angry over one of his cartoons and demanded a full-page apology from the paper, 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. Creators  (yes, he did this again in 2016)Patrick Chappatte - Internationally focused, vaguely liberal. International New York Times  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  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  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. Hated Trump throughout 2015, only to randomly fall in love with him in 2016. Sesame Street and Disney. Formerly. For some reason, Sesame Street and Walt Disney decided to sever their relationship with him.  Sean Delonas – rear end in a top hat who draws everyone as incredibly fat monsters regardless of how they actually look. Also has a tendency to draw people he particularly hates with hook noses. In 2009, drew a cartoon depicting Obama as a chimp, inciting outrage. His previous employer, the “New York Post,” had no problem with his bullshit, but eventually bought out his contract in 2013 regardless. He took a break in 2014 and 2015 to work on a book collecting his work, and returned to regular cartooning in 2016 to everyone’s dismay. A Self-Loathing of Fat People  Toby Dials – Talentless, clueless, and hopeless conservative that doesn’t know how bongs work. Stopped cartooning in 2014 after Obama broke his tender spirit, but he claims he’ll take up the pen again when the term ends. We shall see.  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 linocuts. Prolific artist that has been featured in many publications, from the Times to Playboy.  first dog on the moon (see: Andrew Marlton) David Fitzsimmons - Smug-as-gently caress liberal with a scratchy, messy style. Occasionally has a bad or poorly thought-out opinion. Arizona Star  Adam Ford - Fundamentalist, evangelical Christian. His cartoons were originally the Oatmeal except from the lens of a hard right-wing fundie. Nowadays he’s trying his own style which is very simple and bland. Despite this, he not only makes a living off Patreon, but he is one of the most successful webcomics on there. Patreon  Galatianman (see: Lance Rengel) Ed Gamble - Conservative with perhaps the worst color palette ever. King Features  Ben Garrison - Hard libertarian with artwork about as good as his hatred for the Fed. Has a feud with 4chan, as they have found great entertainment in editing his cartoons to have an anti-Semitic message. Bizarrely, his career has found a second wind by courting the very same people, actively taking commissions from alt-right creeps and assholes. Fell head over heels for Trump, and is already doggedly defending his presidency. Ethics in Games Journalism  Bob Gorrell - Conservative infamous for being one of the laziest cartoonists alive. Draws everyone droopy-eyed, and has put out blank cartoons numerous times. Creators  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.Editoons, iNCk.  Dave Granlund - "A Thing Happened" dot cartoonist. Skin-deep, milquetoast liberal. If you're offended, you're probably reading way too much into it. NEA-United Media  Steve Greenberg - California Democrat. Jewish, fiercely supports Israel.  Tim Hartman - Milquetoast conservative, indulges in DASGDC. Apparently an actor as well. Beaver County Times, Valley news Dispatch, Uniontown Herald-Standard, Washington Observer  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 creepy 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. Seems to have stopped drawing “cartoons” in favor of rambling retrospectives on his older work. 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 politicians or clip with word balloons. Rather than actually criticize Obama for his politics or bring up any salient points, Jarlsberg relies heavily on calling Obama a gay. He does, on occasion, come up with the clever pun, but this is offset by his recent creepy lust for stock photo models. 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. An industry veteran that actually knows how to crosshatch. 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 failing to surpass an eight-year-old’s talent. Hates Muslims with a fierce passion. He was obsessed with freeing the Israeli spy Jonathon Pollard, whom was finally freed in 2015. Spends most of the year hocking his lovely Haggadah and (no joke) art lessons. Jerusalem Post  Carlos Latuff – Popular cartoonist that is as talented as is he left-wing. Can be polarizing due to his perpetual distaste for America and sometimes questionable jabs against Israel, but is considered to be one of the most prodigious political cartoonists due to the popularity of his art on protest signs. As a result, his work 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 with a deep belief they will always win. Also, for some god-awful reason, each panel is posted individually in massive resolution. Has not made a cartoon since March ’16, and with Trump’s victory his spirit may have finally been broken. DailyKos.com  Joe Liccar - Hideously bad art; moderately conservative. Well below average. 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 – Right-wing cartoonist with a clean, cartoony style. Has all the rear end in a top hat opinions of the American right. Seemingly stopped cartooning in 2015, but has returned. The American Spectator  Mike Luckovich – Long-time liberal cartoonist with a signature scratchy style. Responsible for Pants Donkey. Atlanta Journal-Constitution  Mac (See Stanley McMurtry) Mad Whitey (See Eric Semelroth or about half the cartoonists listed here) Andre Marlton - Draws first dog on the moon, a weird Australian political cartoon with very minimalist art (or lazy, depending on how nice you want to be) and a whole lot of words. On the whole though, it's a fairly inoffensive lefty cartoon that does call out the Australian government on its bullshit. Won a Walkley Award. National Treasure and the Guardian Australia  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 such as “Despicable Me” with brother Glenn. Changed his art style in 2016 to something slightly more palatable.  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  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  Stanley McMurtry – Veteran British cartoonist that goes by the penname Mac. Unlike his contemporaries, his style is much more simplistic, like something you’d see in the New Yorker. Conservative, old white man with all the bad opinions you’d expect, frequently getting in hot water over racist caricatures. Prefers to go for cute jokes over more substantial takes on the day’s headlines. Daily Mail  Henrique Monteiro - Portuguese cartoonist with a penchant for strong caricatures. Was lovingly translated, photoshopped into English, and explained by forums user KoldPT, but hasn’t done so in a while. Sapo.pt  Chris Muir – A racist MRA who cannot draw. Creator of Day by Day, a comic consisting of photoshopping over googled porn and background images. Lives by himself and has based at least one character in his webcomic on a neighbor…a character who is depicted nude almost every other cartoon. His vile opinions, coupled with daily updates that were increasingly NSFW, caused his cartoon to be banned from the thread. This entry is for posterity purposes. Angry White Men That Can’t Find Porn 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. Very left, and was not pleased with Democrats in 2016 to put it mildly.  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, philanthropic guy. Somehow manages to make fairly expressive faces on tiny heads. 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. As a result, hebsolutely hates green alternatives to traditional motor vehicles, and churns out more global warming denialist toons per year than any other cartoonist. Half of his cartoons 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 was fairly liberal on other issues (when he rarely mentioned them). In this bizarre and horrible webcomic, self-insert character Pigman beats people (usually women) with a rubber chicken while spouting MRA talking points. In 2016, finally dropped all pretenses and backed Trump like a good little conservative. His output has dwindled to one cartoon a year, preferring rambling newsposts. Angry Men  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. The LA Times dropped after Rall supposedly lied about a rather mild encounter with LAPD in 2001. Sacramaneto Bee  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. Drew Obama as a unrecognizable worm. Petty, trivial, and dumb, he will never respond with anything but GOP platitudes. Investor's Business Daily  Ratland (See: Terry Wise) Red Panels – Webcomic of an MRA. Racist, misogynist, and inhabited by what only can be described as “klurfs if Shmorky was a Nazi.” Very proud of his comic, as indicated by the lack of signature or any name attached to it. A Failing Patreon  Lance Rengel - Evangelical pastor and creator of Galatianman. It’s a political, religiously-charged comic with a plot that moves at a glacial pace (as of 2017, current arc started with the Giffords shooting). He did a few touching comics about vilerat’s death…only to rant about Benghazi like every other rear end in a top hat. His comics are hateful, frequently nonsensical pieces of poorly-drawn, copy-pasted dreck. Us…Seriously We’re His Only Audience  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  David Rowe – Australian cartoonist, although his style is the kind of detailed, grotesqueries you’d see from the British. Liberal, enjoying covering issues from other English-speaking countries. Stanley Award winner. Australian Financial Review  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. Retired from the “Austin American-Statesman” in 2009. Actually knows how to crosshatch. Texas Oberserver  Eric Semelroth – Liberal cartoonist with fairly basic artwork and jokes to match. Was hardly acknowledged in this thread until 2014, when he began to put out nothing but “Mad Whitey” cartoons. Despite being almost the same cartoon (a copy-paste of an angry white guy with the background being whatever issue de jour is upsetting conservatives), they are put out infrequently enough to remain a thread favorite.  Rob Smith, Jr. – Was a cartoonist for GlennBeck.com, which really ought to tell you everything you need to know about him. Has not done any work for the site since 2015, likely because of Beck’s refusal to support Trump.  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. 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. Didn’t want to support Clinton nor Trump in the election, hilariously backing Gary Johnson instead. Chicago Tribune  Tom Stiglich – Boring, centrist conservative with mediocre art. Every often will dip into Gorrell efforts of lazy. Creators  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  Ann Telnaes – Incredibly talented artist who gets a kick out of mocking right-wingers. Her cartoons tend to be simple, but are frequently animated with beautiful artwork and fun action. She got in a bit of trouble in 2015 for depicting Ted Cruz’s children as chimps, but several cartoonists came to her defense when the cartoon got pulled. The Washington Post  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. Output has slowed, but regularly draws “Tailgaters” a sort of political cartoon for sports. MediaMatters.com and philly.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 although lately prone to some old man opinions like ranting about modern gizmos. Indian Country Today Media Network  Arend Van Dam – Left-leaning Dutch cartoonist with mediocre 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. Emphasis on “old,” as his cartoons are increasingly of the “yells at cloud” variety. 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   The following is a list of old regulars that have stopped cartooning, either because they quit, got fired, died, or just mysteriously vanished. Chuck Asay - Retired John Backderf - Quit Joel Barbee - Died Barry - Vanished Randy Bish - Forced into retirement, but still draws every so often Erin Bonsteel – Quit Dale – Output slowed to a trickle. No new cartoons in 2016. Brian Fairrington – Vanished; archives deleted from Cagle Glenn Foden (7Oden) - Died in 2016 Tommy Grooms – Of “Ralph and Chuck” infamy. Shifted to Apolitical “Jokes” Tim Kreider - Quit Righto, what's his name then? - Died in March 2017 of a heart attack. JJ McCullough – Focused on writing/videos. 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Fulchrum posted:We were always going to die anyway. Yeah, but before I was relatively sure I would get to play Breath of the Wild first.
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Jonas Albrecht posted:We're all gonna dieeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. At least there'll be a I call dibs on the DEBT label
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Fulchrum posted:We were always going to die anyway. People die all the time, walk it off. I died and then pulled myself up by my bootstraps back to the land of the living. I can't wait for the usual suspects to feel real conflicted between hating and loving Trump - he's technically on their side, yet he's burning everything they claim to stand for to the ground. Not that they ever prioritized consistency over fanaticism... and not like they were comprehensible before this mess happened. ... it's just going to be business as usual isn't it.
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"Most of the big shore places were closed now and there were hardly any lights except the shadowy, moving glow of a ferryboat across the Sound. And as the moon rose higher the inessential houses began to melt away until gradually I became aware of the old island here that flowered once for Dutch sailors’ eyes — a fresh, green breast of the new world. Its vanished trees, the trees that had made way for Gatsby’s house, had once pandered in whispers to the last and greatest of all human dreams; for a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent, compelled into an aesthetic contemplation he neither understood nor desired, face to face for the last time in history with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder. And as I sat there, brooding on the old unknown world, I thought of Gatsby's wonder when he first picked out the green light at the end of Daisy’s dock. He had come a long way to this blue lawn and his dream must have seemed so close that he could hardly fail to grasp it. He did not know that it was already behind him, somewhere back in that vast obscurity beyond the city, where the dark fields of the republic rolled on under the night. Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter — tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther.... And one fine morning — So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past." F. Scott Fitzgerald (and probably a lot of Zelda Fitzgerald), The Great Gatsby
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1stGear posted:Death is certain. quote: Oh dear, we're doomed.
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endlessmonotony posted:People die all the time, walk it off. I died and then pulled myself up by my bootstraps back to the land of the living.
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Here's to another year of poo poo to waller in. I'll have Gay Abortions thread up tommorow by noon.
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Here's the wall of shame from 2016: 1302 pages of poo poo, down from 2015's 1435 pages. But the thread in 2016 was also a lot more tolerable, so perhaps there's something to be said for quality over quantity.
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:Happy 2017 from Bruce Tinsley! Welp *Crumples up paper* There goes my New Year's Resolution for giving cartoonists a second chance.
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Pants Donkey posted:Here's the wall of shame from 2016: Well at least I'm not at the TOP of the list 
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:Happy 2017 from Bruce Tinsley! I know it's already been done by at least one
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Sir Tonk posted:Can we trade Branco for Muir now that it's 2017?
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Ted Rall is still making more on Patreon than I do every month. (granted, he's been around far longer than I have, but still)
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Outstanding OP and 2P, great new username rorus, happy new year, and hoooooly poo poo I've lived through 8 iterations of this thread
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Sir Tonk posted:Can we trade Branco for Muir now that it's 2017? Here's to another year 
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JaggerMcDagger posted:49 That's about 40 people and $300 to much. Also I'm glad I'm not on that list. Helps that Peters doesn't post daily, or even weekly sometimes.
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:Happy 2017 from Bruce Tinsley! is uh, is the baby supposed to look like Hitler? Because  Tinsley?
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Pants Donkey posted:Here's the wall of shame from 2016: I'd like to thank Adam4d and his weird god for getting me over 400 posts in 2016. A bad year.
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The Haitian posted:What is that Redpanels "Goycott" cartoon even trying to say? I advise anyone confused by Red Panels to go to his Patreon page and watch the video he put up. It's enlightening.
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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:Happy 2017 from Bruce Tinsley! First new cartoon of the new thread, and it's a Tinsley. What a great start. 
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Jonas Albrecht posted:I advise anyone confused by Red Panels to go to his Patreon page and watch the video he put up. It's enlightening. I get that the guy's an  ?
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I will make the same resolution this year that I make every year, to manage to keep up with this thread. I think I made it to March last year.
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The Haitian posted:I get that the guy's an No, he's just a loving idiot edgelord who thinks he "counterprogramming" liberal media.
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