Ann Telnaes combines her anguish over the crackdown on women’s rights under the reconstituted Afghan government with her fury over the assault on women’s rights and dignity by JD Vance and his misogynistic followers. Don’t say “It can’t happen here,” because it’s already happening here with the overturning of Roe v Wade, cutbacks to freedom […]
I wish I liked Joel Pett’s cartoon a little more. He’s right, for the first four panels, about the ways Republicans double back on their stated principles and betray public trust, but he stumbles in that fifth panel, because the GOP only disapproved of the riots and attempted coup for about 48 hours before they […]
Given the late-breaking nature of Merrick Garland’s address yesterday afternoon, and the later revelation by the Washington Post that the target of the DOJ search warrant included nuclear secrets, it’s hard to evaluate the cartoons and other commentary that has emerged this morning. Still, opinions will be set, some in stone, by these takes, no […]
I have a degree of sympathy for cartoonists who are locked into a schedule by their publishers and can’t simply dash off a piece in response to breaking news. However, to quote Marcus Aurelius, “Id est quod est,” and you need to adjust to the terms you’re facing. I once wrote a humor feature for […]
So everyone has had fun now, making Josh Hawley jokes, and the Senator has, predictably, offered the PeeWee Herman “I meant to do it” defense. Clay Jones offers the best cartoon I’ve seen so far that captures this bold cowardice. Beyond that, Will Bunch encapsulates what I’m hearing on the street, which is that […]
I’m not in a political mood today, but I’ll feature this Carpe Diem (KFS) because I’m pretty sure that, since Niklas Eriksson lives in Sweden and his panel is not political, his lead time was significant and this is a coincidence. I wouldn’t run it if I thought he were drawing a fist-bump cartoon not […]
Ben Jennings starts us off because I simply like the way he offers a visual depiction of how inflation feels to consumers. That’s more than sufficient, given that the point of cartooning is to put concepts into graphic form. But I also like that he’s not trying to hang it around the neck of Boris […]
We’ll start today’s roundup with a story from the world of sports, where Saudi Arabia is sponsoring a new golf league, and, as Steve Breen (Creators) puts it, showering money on golfers willing to sink into the public relations trap known as “sportswashing.” It’s nothing new, nor is the explanation for playing along. It’s all […]
If you follow any cartoonists on social media, you’ve probably already seen Ann Telnaes’ interactive analysis of the January 6 insurrection, because her colleagues have been praising and forwarding it since she unveiled it yesterday. That’s unusual, not because of professional competition but simply because cartoonists tend to sit back and watch the market rather […]
Ann Telnaes offers a good reflection on what we may have just seen happen. I hadn’t expected either a full conviction on all charges or a full exoneration, so I’m a little gobsmacked at the moment, but I think the Rittenhouse verdict falls in somewhere among the acquittals of OJ Simpson on charges of murdering […]
Critiquing cartoons is the point of this blog, but I try to be constructive, because pointing out good work is also “criticism” and that’s more in line with my intentions. But the knife cuts both ways, and, while I generally like Michael de Adder‘s work, this one seems to beg for someone to point out […]
We’ll let Bill Bramhall (NYDN) start us off with a ray of hope. Merrick Garland has a lot of clean up to do, but he’s not pretending otherwise, having made clear that he is in office to be Attorney General and not the president’s personal attorney. The fact that he was confirmed by a 70-30 […]
Let Us Review Obituary cartoons are often cloying, unimaginative and sometimes foolishly off-target, but they are also a necessary way to help a cartoonist’s community mourn. Sometimes, however, they rise above, and Thomas Nast’s piece mourning the death of James Garfield is an example: The Statue of Liberty was so new as to not yet […]
Bosch Fawstin, the artist whose drawing of the Prophet Muhammad won the Draw Muhammad contest in Garland TX the night two gun-men attempted a shooting spree, says he’s not going into hiding and will continue to expose “the world’s most dangerous” movement. From World Net Daily: Fawstin, who spoke to WND Friday evening by telephone, […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has posted an official statement condemning the recent shooting attempt in Garland, TX. The shootings in Texas once again demonstrate that art is provocative, but we must not cower in the face of threats to this profession or to free expression. Political art, be it cartoons, paintings, sculpture, or […]