Context: That first sign is an actual slogan*. On Friday, Texas Republican Congressman Steve Stockman tweeted the latest slogan in his reelection campaign: “If Babies Had Guns, They Wouldn’t Be Aborted.” Yes, really. Maybe he was inspired by recent headlines from Pakistan? I’m sure the unborn are excited to discover their newest opportunity to serve as political rhetoric. Almost […]
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Hobby Lobby’s argument that a corporation can itself have a religion (as opposed to the individual religions of its owners, board members, and executives) is so patently absurd it’s surprising the Supreme Court even granted cert. What’s frightening is the possibility they might agree. Ian Millhiser at ThinkProgress wrote a decidedly terrifying summary of the oral argument that
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A personal favorite, drawn a little over a year ago to no acclaim. Point of trivia: You can tell because a croc’s fourth lower tooth is enlarged and visible (sticking out behind its nostrils) when its mouth is closed.
My boss and I got into a conversation about the origin of this expression. Her question: “What did people say before there was such a thing as rocket science?” I don’t know, but I knew this worked best as a New Yorker-style cartoon. My alternate caption was “I wish I was taller.”
There’s an old urban legend that Fanta originates as “Nazi Coke,” which isn’t true actually, because as you can see, Coke was Nazi Coke. Those posters behind Max in the first frame are both closely drawn from actual promotional materials. Now we have Coke as sponsor of the Sochi Olympics, of course, in which their role is not only to help
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This comic owes much to Ruben Bolling of Tom the Dancing Bug and to Matt Bors, two terrific cartoonists whose work I’ve admired for years and from whom I’ve learned a lot. Also note, I’m not suggesting this is anywhere near as good as what they do. This also took me a preposterously long time to finish. I
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Inspired by recent experiences. “Recent” in this case meaning “over the last 17 years.” I was extremely proud of “Why So Sidious,” which I initially had as “Why So Serious” until I realized I was missing a prime gag. Googled it and realized about 100 people have used it before, including one particularly terrific piece of artwork by
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