The term “useful idiots” was not coined by Lenin, but it still means what we thought it meant, and Maartin Wolterink (Cartoon Movement) depicts a post-Lenin Russian leader flanked by a pair of his most useful idiots, as he munches contentedly on roast Ukraine. Dave Whamond takes a shot at Tucker Carlson, who had the […]
Fiona Kataukas makes what I think is the best overall assessment of what happened, what’s happening and what’s about to happen in Russia. And Belarus. And thus Ukraine. And thus Europe and NATO and our own 2024 elections, but let’s not get too far ahead of ourselves. As the fortune teller tells us, everybody can […]
(Here is the CSotD from January 7, 2021, the morning after the coup attempt. I’ve resisted the temptation to add notes and updates, since it should stand as a record of how cartoonists rallied within 24 hours of the event.) CSotD: Slouching Towards Bedlam I was almost tempted to simply post Marco De Angelis (Cartoon […]
I was almost tempted to simply post Marco De Angelis (Cartoon Movement)‘s cartoon and leave it at that. But I can’t demand cartoonists step up if I fail to. Cartoonists faced a challenge yesterday. The riots called for a quick response and the quick response was “stunned,” which is not an answer. The standard […]