The Man With the Star

Terry Wise, 11/10/13:

I'm not sure if this is a slam at Obama for being so out-of-touch that he doesn't get that a "dog and pony" show is meant to be a performance (albeit a lame, dull one) by those animals, or if the whole thing is a dog whistle that I don't recognize. (I'm trying to bring it into focus as an attack on the Obamacare website, but I can't figure that out.)

Also, you can gauge Wise and his target audience's age quite precisely by his cultural references.

A Yellow Machine Is Falling Apart, Somewhere

V.C. Rogers, 11/6/13:

Um...what?

I'm hoping that this depicts some kind of famous statue near wherever Rogers cartoons, because otherwise I have no clue.

Let Them Drink Brine

Signe Wilkinson, 11/3/13:

Everyone living less than four feet above sea level is massively wealthy, because we all know that the rich, who have their choice of living arrangements, prefer to live where they will be regularly flooded.

We can see this globally, as well -- the people living in rice paddies, along flood-prone rivers, and in other low-lying areas are always the richest people around, and the hillsides and mountain-tops are reserved for the poor.

Note that the Author of this Blog Drives a $15k Honda Fit

Henry Payne, 11/3/13:

As we all know, the extensive US government regulation on cars -- driven by consumer-safety concerns, just like health care, and now extending to myriad details of seat belts, crumple zones, air bags, and child seats, among much else -- has made cars completely unaffordable to most Americans.

There's just no such thing as an inexpensive car that complies with safety regulations! You always have to choose between safety and price, silly!

Let He Who Is Without Sin Cast the First Stone

Chuck Asay, 2/5/13:

All gays are filthy perverts who should be drowned immediately.

No, seriously, that's what he just said.

Does the Title Have Anything to Do With Cartoon?

Jeff Stahler, 2/5/13:

You know, Shakespeare wrote a play called Richard III, all about that very same guy!

It would take only ten seconds of Googling to find an online version, and troll for quotes directly related to your subject matter!

But, hey, go with a lazy Hamlet reference, if that's your thing....

Bad Caricature Theater Presents

Joe Heller, 2/5/13:

It is strange and noteworthy when a political figure only spends a few years as a broadcaster and then goes on to do other things -- why, that's never happened before!

Also, the whole lazy connecting-two-things-that-have-nothing-to-do-with-each-other thing.

Other Media Are Evil!

Clay Bennett, 2/5/13:

If you disagree with Bennett politically on anything, it must be because you're stupid.

Bennett is quite fond of "all those guys are" cartoons; in recent memory he's accused Republicans of being liars, called the Tea Party babies, and several times claimed his opponents are clearly stupid.

Apparently, Fishing Requires Expensive Foreign Wars

Jeff Parker, 11/10/11:

...but you'd better find one at least 70 years old, since everyone after that fought to keep half of Korea non-Commie, or to fail to keep half of Vietnam non-Commie, or just invade various mountainous and/or dust-swept lands that weren't in any position to make the USA non-free in the first place.

Bet Ya He's Done One Blaming Carter, Too

Mike Thompson, 11/9/11:

Some people blame the current economy on Obama, some on Bush. Some think that it's a global problem that can't be pinned on any single person.

Not Thompson: he's sure it's all the fault of the guy who left office 3,945 days earlier.

Me, I'm blaming it all on Herbert Hoover!

Cue the Beach Boys Song

Michael Ramirez, 11/8/11:

The problem with American culture -- obviously! -- is that we don't shower enough wealth and fame on people who already have giant piles of cash.

Our Own Sun King?

Jeff Danziger, 11/5/11:

President Obama is actually the reincarnation of the god Apollo, riding his sun-chariot across the sky each day to bring light and heat to our world.

Meanwhile, the GOP candidates seem to be mixing mythologies and attempting to start Ragnarok.

Scheduling Conflicts

Rob Smith, Jr., 9/2/11:

You know, a quick reading of this cartoon would seem to imply that Smith wants the President to have the power to pre-empt all other events for his speeches.

Surely that's not what he means, is it?

Or does he want the President to consult the calendars of all three hundred million Americans, like an office manager planning a staff retreat, to find the one convenient time that no one is otherwise busy?

The Tyranny of the Telephone

Dick Locher, 9/2/11:

It's really horrible when people want to talk to you, isn't it?

Why can't we all just sit quietly in our own separate rooms, and have no personal interaction whatsoever?

Make the Concussions "Classier"

Dick Locher, 9/1/11:

Suburban white people will find something to be offended by, no matter what you do.

Why Give Money to POOR People?

Chuck Asay, 9/1/11:

Remember, jobs only exist because towering Randian "job creators" decide to make them happen -- it has nothing at all to do with demand for products and services, which could be stimulated by money.

Or, once again: "Are there no workhouses?"

Word-Ception

Milt Priggee, 8/29/11:

Martin Luther King was in favor of peace, in case you had forgotten.

He has a new statue, too, which is presumably why this cartoon exists -- though it's basically just saying that nice things are nice, which is not the tough, principled stand we hope for from our political cartoonists.

Square Pegs

Henry Payne, 8/29/11:

Payne, one feels, is in favor of Bachmann, so one must wonder why he draws her so she can only fit in the derogatory hole that he's drawn for her.

Is he perhaps trying to imply that the media -- it's clear from this cartoon that he doesn't like the media, and perhaps has also forgotten that he is the media -- has formed Bachmann into this shape, so she can only fit in the square hole?

Slow Bus Movin'

Glenn McCoy, 8/18/11:

Obama secretly wants America to fail -- because, of course, he's a Marxist Kenyan sleeper agent for the Eighth International.

Investments With High-Yield Payloads

Drew Sheneman, 8/16/11:

Silly banker! You don't hunt zombies with nets! You have to use shotguns and flamethrowers!