Archive for the ‘Cartoons’ Category Tuesday, November 20thFriday, November 16thRight-Wing Cartoon Watch #26 (10/1/07 - 11/11/07)Comedians, artists and certainly political cartoonists tend to possess an anti-authoritarian, skeptical, irreverent streak. This makes the staunchly conservative cartoonist an especially odd bird. Right-Wing Cartoon Watch seeks to highlight far right cartoons, but also document the broader range of opinion from conservative cartoonists on the hot issues of a given week. While a primary goal is to challenge GOP talking points and fallacies, we also seek to celebrate the fine American tradition of editorial cartooning -and have a little fun in the process. Which cartoonists dare to criticize their own party? Who seems to literally illustrate GOP talking points? Who are their favorite targets? Who mocks liberals - and who seems to truly hate them? Who’s funny? Who’s independently minded and who’s a hack? Read, and decide, for yourself! Welcome to the 26th installment of RWCW, otherwise known as “the ridiculously long debunk of right-wingers - with pictures! - done by some guy with undiagnosed OCD.” In this larger-than-usual installment, covering five weeks, conservatives pretended the news from the Middle East was both great (Iraq) and dire (Iran), attacked one of their favorite bugbears, and massively ramped up the assaults on their presumptive foe for 2008. Somehow, a few of them still managed to find time to attack health care for kids and defend torture. Pace yourself, now! And skip whatever you like! Too much wingnuttiness consumed too quickly can lead to toxic overload! Friday, October 5thRight-Wing Cartoon Watch (Hall of Infamy Edition)For the one year anniversary of Right-Wing Cartoon Watch, I thought it might be fun to look at the cartoons that inspired it, as well as offering a retrospective. (RWCW #25 is also now posted.) Like many people, I’ve always enjoyed comic strips as well as editorial cartoons. I was also a comic book junkie as a kid. My dad introduced me to the great work of Carl Barks and Walt Kelly’s Pogo. When I was twelve or so, I took a couple cartooning classes through the Smithsonian (although at that point I was more into comic book art). As the RWCW blurb says, most cartoonists have an irreverent and slightly anti-authoritarian streak. Most comedy has a bit of anarchy to it, after all. There’s certainly nothing wrong with expressing a conservative viewpoint, and most politicians deserve to be mocked or at least questioned, but I was quite struck by how extreme and far right the following cartoons were. Right-Wing Cartoon Watch #25 (9/18/07 - 9/30/07)Comedians, artists and certainly political cartoonists tend to possess an anti-authoritarian, skeptical, irreverent streak. This makes the staunchly conservative cartoonist an especially odd bird. Right-Wing Cartoon Watch seeks to highlight far right cartoons, but also document the broader range of opinion from conservative cartoonists on the hot issues of a given week. While a primary goal is to challenge GOP talking points and fallacies, we also seek to celebrate the fine American tradition of editorial cartooning - and have a little fun in the process. Which cartoonists dare to criticize their own party? Who seems to literally illustrate GOP talking points? Who are their favorite targets? Who mocks liberals - and who seems to truly hate them? Who’s funny? Who’s independently minded and who’s a hack? Read, and decide, for yourself! During the two weeks covered by this installment, conservative cartoonists warned us of the dangers of health care, attacked a former conservative icon, and made sure to scold the working man and woman. They offered reflexive attacks on John Kerry and the Clintons, which is like warm milk, cookies and, uh, red meat to the faithful. Still, nothing could compare with their fury denouncing The Greatest Threat the World Has Ever Faced since - um - their previous Hitler du jour! Friday, September 21stRight-Wing Cartoon Watch #24 (9/4/07 - 9/17/07)Comedians, artists and certainly political cartoonists tend to possess an anti-authoritarian, skeptical, irreverent streak. This makes the staunchly conservative cartoonist an especially odd bird. Right-Wing Cartoon Watch seeks to highlight far right cartoons, but also document the broader range of opinion from conservative cartoonists on the hot issues of a given week. While a primary goal is to challenge GOP talking points and fallacies, we also seek to celebrate the fine American tradition of editorial cartooning - and have a little fun in the process. Which cartoonists dare to criticize their own party? Who seems to literally illustrate GOP talking points? Who are their favorite targets? Who mocks liberals - and who seems to truly hate them? Who’s funny? Who’s independently minded and who’s a hack? Read, and decide, for yourself! In this installment, covering two weeks, conservatives hailed their new hero, excoriated one of their favorite old foes, manufactured some fresh slanders, recycled many lame ones, and commemorated a dreadful event. Thursday, September 13thCartoon from The Christian Science MonitorFriday, September 7thRight-Wing Cartoon Watch #23 (8/20/07 - 9/3/07)Comedians, artists and certainly political cartoonists tend to possess an anti-authoritarian, skeptical, irreverent streak. This makes the staunchly conservative cartoonist an especially odd bird. Right-Wing Cartoon Watch seeks to highlight far right cartoons, but also document the broader range of opinion from conservative cartoonists on the hot issues of a given week. While a primary goal is to challenge GOP talking points and fallacies, we also seek to celebrate the fine American tradition of editorial cartooning - and have a little fun in the process. Which cartoonists dare to criticize their own party? Who seems to literally illustrate GOP talking points? Who are their favorite targets? Who mocks liberals - and who seems to truly hate them? Who’s funny? Who’s independently minded and who’s a hack? Read, and decide, for yourself! This installment covers two weeks, and thus offers less of a chance of toxic overload than the previous, super’sized installment. But never fear, it’s just as wonky at a quarter the size. And conservative cartoonists were in fine form. Slandering Dems! Lauding a scalliwag! Shunning homosexuals! Lancing straw men and agitating for war! Apart from a few more lame attacks on Ted Kennedy or John Kerry, what more could you ask for? Thursday, September 6thFriday, August 24thTuesday, August 21stRightwing Cartoon Watch #22 (6/4/07 - 8/19/07)Comedians, artists and certainly political cartoonists tend to possess an anti-authoritarian, skeptical, irreverent streak. This makes the staunchly conservative cartoonist an especially odd bird. Rightwing Cartoon Watch seeks to highlight far right cartoons, but also document the broader range of opinion from conservative cartoonists on the hot issues of a given week. While a primary goal is to challenge GOP talking points and fallacies, we also seek to celebrate the fine American tradition of editorial cartooning - and have a little fun in the process. Which cartoonists dare to criticize their own party? Who seems to literally illustrate GOP talking points? Who are their favorite targets? Who mocks liberals - and who seems to truly hate them? Who’s funny? Who’s independently minded and who’s a hack? Read, and decide, for yourself! This super’sized installment of RWCW covers a sizzlin’ eleven-week period. RWCW - less punctual than a pizza, but with a longer memory than your MSM! While some of these cartoons might have you saying, “Oh yeah, I remember that!” what may be more distressing is seeing the cartoons that could have been just as easily drawn yesterday as two months ago. (Still, I hope this installment proves to be more than a “historical document.”) Friday, August 17thThe Bull is about to be run over by the lending train (cartoon)from The Center for American Progress
Wednesday, August 15thTuesday, August 14thRove ToonsMore Rove toons at Daryl Cagle’s Professional Cartoonists Index Saturday, August 11thCartoon - Subprime mortgage house of cardsfrom The Center For American Progress Saturday, July 7th |
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