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the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Here's to another year of breathing in the sweet fumes of the tire fire that is political cartoons.

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the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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AtomikKrab posted:

Wouldn't Kim Kardashian be a CEO anyway?

Ratman is the sort of person who thinks that all CEOs built themselves up from nothing out of an abandoned shack and therefore deserve all the money they "earned."

Meanwhile, performers and the like just stand around and sing a few songs, bing bong so easy, why do they get so much money?

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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CK07 posted:

So where do I go to see which pieces "won" the Kellies for 2021?

Discendo Vox will make a thread/announcement whenever they're done compiling all the entries and doing all the other work involved in the process.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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fool of sound posted:

Imagine being in the business of metaphors while unable to understand a pretty basic one.

If you understand metaphors (or anything you're talking about, for that matter), then are you actually a political cartoonist?

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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UZworm posted:

I'd hate lemonade too if I thought you made it by tossing one whole lemon into a blender

Well you see, sugar would be socialism in this metaphor.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Apple Pie Hubbub posted:

5
Hang on. Are they now saying that's not what "Let's go Brandon" means?

Kellies Nomination: Worst Gaslighting

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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The cartoonist has no idea how the first amendment works

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Kellies Nomination: Worst Caricature

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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"Let's go Brandon" just isn't fun for them if everyone already knows what it actually means.
They need it to be their cheeky little dogwhistle so they can pretend they're revolutionaries speaking in code from behind enemy lines.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Raised By Birds posted:



Only boomers are familiar with The Beatles.

There's an edit in here about that being the Cum Hammer, but I am not good enough at image editing to make it happen.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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rodbeard posted:

You have to include the other cartoon he did where she's explicitly labeled as being Sandra Fluke when you post his weird defense where he claims that she wasn't Sandra Fluke.


No, you see, the statue is only called Sandra.
That could have been anyone at all. Way to project :smuggo:

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Kellies Nomination: Worst A Thing Happened

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Kellies Nomination: Worst Caricature

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Hihohe posted:

Im laughing really hard at this one
out of context it just reads as "PEOPLE BEING ABLE TO VOTE STOMPS ON MAH RIGHTS"


That is literally what he believes though.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Vincent Van Goatse posted:

Even so it's a pretty damned rare event.

Rare, but not unprecedented.

Fishman does give us a punchline every once in awhile, just remember that this doesn't make him a secret leftist and that we do not gotta hand it to him.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Scaramouche posted:

This implies they think the KKK is bad

The Klan is only bad when they need to dunk on a democrat.

You see, there's the KKK which was 100% invented by Democrats and has only ever had democrats for members and are easily identified by the pointy white hoods, and then there's the people who believe everything that the Klan believes, but they dress nice and dogwhistle everything into how they just want to explore alternative viewpoints on race and how anyone insufficiently white is actually subhuman chattel.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Randalor posted:

Kellies Nomination: Most Incomprehensible Cartoon

I had to take three tries to realize the person on the left was wearing a Pelosi mask and not just some weird extra-tight mask on their mouth, and I'm still not 100% confident on what the newspaper has to do with the comic.

It's "Haha, libs are hypocrites because look at all these pictures of Pelosi and other Democrats being out and about without masks."

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Dr. VooDoo posted:

Little libraries are often pointed to as something people can do if they’re upset about their local library funding being slashed or outright closed. So what started as a cute project has morphed into yet another “Just boot strap your own social services!”

I see the point in that it does drastically minimize all of the things a library actually does, but at the same time, I dunno. Just seems like it's yelling at clouds.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Pants Donkey posted:

Where were you during the Garrison/Adams Twitter Beef of ‘22?

Wait, that's a beef? I thought they were agreeing with each other.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Add Louie Andersen to the list of celebrity obituaries.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Starting to think we need a Kellies category for worst "Any Day Now" comic. Be it the prosecution of Trump that is never going to happen, or the "inevitable" nuclear war that Ramirez sometimes thinks is right around the corner. Just any comic convinced that something which will never happen is right around corner of happening.

Fake edit: Hell, may as well
Kellies Nomination: Worst Any Day Now cartoon

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Drakyn posted:

I don't understand the metaphor: if the gun is the harmless and mild hand-crafted wooden club, then what is the far-deadlier and easily-accessible giant rock meant to symbolize? I feel like I'd have noticed if there were a more dangerous version of a gun that can be found lying around on the ground in the woods everywhere.

Well you see, criminals have access to special Criminal Only stores where they can illegally buy things no matter how many laws are passed. That's what only law abiding citizens are ever affected by laws.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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By popular demand posted:

People should learn about Mansa Musa, the king who's Hajj was so opulent it ruined many kingdoms' economy.
People love hearing about bling.

I'll admit I never heard of him until the Epic Rap Battle video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCeUvPL9rMc&t=202s

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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By popular demand posted:

yeah, please don't link Epic Rap Battles.

here's a much more palatable thing to watch:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5DDhUWNT_5GWuCnXHh70Zz7

What's wrong with ERB?
Oh poo poo, they're not chuds or cryptobros or some poo poo, are they?

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Indiana_Krom posted:

Conservatives: Why hasn't the government done more to fix X?
Conservatives: The only good government is no government.
Conservatives: Why hasn't the government done more to fix X?
Conservatives: The only good government is no government.
Conservatives: Why hasn't the government done more to fix X?
Conservatives: The only good government is no government.
Conservatives: Why hasn't the government done more to fix X?
Conservatives: The only good government is no government.

Am I sensing a pattern here?

It's important to bear in mind that their idea of big government overreach is "things I don't like."

"Oh, it's illegal now to beat the hell out of someone for being black? More big government at work. They need to focus on the real issues like making sure no one has to bake a wedding cake with rainbow frosting."

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Kellies Nomination: The Golden :drat: Award

the_steve fucked around with this message at 20:17 on Jan 25, 2022

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Nov 9, 2005

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VitalSigns posted:

I don't see why the coyote is so horrified at his friend starting her own political party, she's just going to forget all about it in a week like always

Just in time to start working on Hunny Bunny's campaign again, despite hating her and everything that she stands for.

Jagged Jim posted:

Oh, is that what she's trying to do? So far they've just been going "I'ma do it!" "Don't do it!" "I'ma do it" without elaborating so I have no idea what the hell they're going on about here.

Yeah, we've reached this part in the cycle. Carmen will run for office, either as a republican or libertarian, depending on how bad the republicans are looking in the news in two weeks.

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Nov 9, 2005

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Vib Rib posted:

I feel extreme deja vu because I'm pretty sure "I'm gonna do it!" and then after a week of buildup "it" turns out to be "running for office" is a plotline they've actually done already, beat for beat.

Prickly City, like time, is a flat circle.

There are no beginnings or endings with the wheel. It is a story arc yet to come and a story arc long passed.

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Nov 9, 2005

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Pants Donkey posted:


Trans athletes will provide a good night’s sleep, even for your pets.

Kellies Nomination: Least Concealed Bigotry (LGBTQ+)

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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You could go back through the PC archives, find the last time they did this plot and repost it, and I can all but guarantee that nobody would know the difference.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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DalaranJ posted:

Oh, my god. He can’t really be this stupid, can he?

I was wondering the same thing.

Please tell me he's completely oblivious to the fact that he's taking his own bait.

Just cancel 2022, I can't imagine anything surpassing this.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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wizzardstaff posted:

Can a twitter screenshot be nominated for a Kelly? Because that deserves something.

It really does deserve a mention, this is absolutely something we will want to remember at the end of the year.

The Ted Rall Award for Brilliance and Excellence in the Field of being Ted Rall.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Pants Donkey posted:

I think the talking point is that those infected already should be exempt from any vaccine mandates. But it’s not immunity, and it’s not permanent. “Natural immunity” degrades just like the vaccines, and you are almost guaranteed to catch covid at least once a year if you just rely on prior infections, and I don’t even know what the severity is for a prior infection, but there’s no reason to NOT get the vaccine unless there’s a complication with prior infections (of which I have not heard)

Yeah, that's the major point a lot of the chuds I'm exposed to are making, that since they've already had covid (sometimes even twice), they're already super immune and shouldn't be subject to any mask or vaccine requirements.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Neito posted:

So my main experience with Mallard Fillmore was reading the Boston Globe comics page in the 90s, which I guess must be the old guy who used to do the comic?

Anyway, my main question is does the new guy have a weird obession with home schooling? Like, if you believed Tinsley, the main risk of homeschooling would be that your brain would become so dense with knowledge that it would override local gravity and become a black hole.

He's a conservative cartoonist, so he has issues with anything good. He's just better at remembering to use the dogwhistle.

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Mr. Cornpop, I don't feel so good...

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Nov 9, 2005

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Vib Rib posted:

Sinfest: Celebrities bad, trans people bad, the entire body of modern medicine bad, police bad BUT also anti-police bad, government bad but scary socialists worse, insurrectionists and "rednecks" good, gay people bad, and now, in our new chapter, all of education bad.

I think it's more "Everything is bad because of Wokeness and allowing trans people to exist."

the_steve
Nov 9, 2005

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Ok, not gonna lie, I do sympathize with the fact that snow days are going to be a thing of the past.
Yeah, I know, you had to make them up at the end of the year, but still, waking up and seeing your school on the list of cancellations was like winning the loving lottery for me when I was young.

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Nov 9, 2005

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Kellies Nomination: Worst A Thing Happened

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Nov 9, 2005

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Grimdude posted:

I think whenever someone lists off "all the things we've tried" with regards to covid, it's important to point out that no we did not in fact earnestly try those things. Also that we had to fight conservatives literally every single step of the way and thus ended up in this exact situation where we "tried" closing schools, movie theaters, bars, etc.

Words are magical.
It's like "defund the police."
That never happened, in fact, they're giving the police even more money.

But, since someone once uttered the words, that means that it totally happened.

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Nov 9, 2005

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fool of sound posted:

It's a terrible anime

It wouldn't be so bad if Kubo hadn't decided that all 3000 side characters all need their own multi-chapter fight scene in every arc.

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