Pinned

Gary McCoy, 10/7/13:

The party responsible for the shutdown is not the one that had a secret conclave back in January to plan what, exactly, they'd ask for to avoid a shutdown, nor the one that has a huge extra-party apparatus agitating for a shutdown since the last election, nor the one that had eighty members of Congress sign a letter to their party leader essentially demanding that shutdown.

No, it's the other party, the one who just won't realize that the Republicans really are that crazy, and that they can keep this up as long as they want. It's always the fault of the guy who's capable of compromise, after all.

Scary, Scary Health Care! We Hates It!

Gary McCoy, 9/30/13:

It's a little-known fact that it's really healthcare that kills people -- why do you think so many people die in hospitals?

That's why the GOP is urging young people not to sign up for health insurance -- if you never see a doctor, you'll live forever!

Stop and Frisk, Baby!

Gary McCoy, 8/22/13:

C'mon -- we all know that it's those scary young black men that commit all of the real crimes in this country, right?

So we upright white men (and, OK, maybe Hispanics, too, if they're not too brown and vote Republican) just have to be able to shoot them at will.

Can I Count On Your Support?

Seen on gocomics.com on 4/2:

Um, Gary? (Or maybe Mr. GoComics?) "Support" really isn't the word you mean here.

Kit and Kaboodle

Gary McCoy, 1/16/13:

Every rape is the woman's fault: if she had only fought back harder, she could have stopped it.

Also, Planned Parenthood is evil, because they allow women to have sex without immediately having the babies God ordained.

Unclear on What the Word "Choice" Means

Gary McCoy, 12/31/12:

Liberals want to literally kill the future!

Booga Booga Booga! IRS Agents!

Flying McCoys, 12/25/12:

Ha! As any fool knows, gift tax is payable by the giver, not by the recipient. Also, gift tax only currently applies (again, to the giver) for gifts of over $13,000 for a single recipient.

The McCoys should really ask all of their billionaire buddies (who are likely gifting out to the tax limit at the end of this year, in preparation for the expected rise in rate for 2013) about how this stuff actually works.

The Paranoid Style

Gary McCoy, 12/21/12:

The NRA is explicitly planning to overthrow the lawful government of the USA, and we should be in favor of this, because guns are fun!

Random Imagery Theatre Presents

Gary McCoy, 10/24/12:

Obama is well-noted for his acrobatic skills -- as we all know, that's one of the athletic abilities that his dark-skinned people excel in.

Oh, and he's a Marxist Kenyan sleeper agent who pals around with terrorists, too.

The Loser and Still Champeen

Gary McCoy, 10/3/12:

Serious question: is there really any media outlet or pundit -- any single one -- that actually claimed Obama "won" the debate?

Because what I've seen is a unanimity that Romney came off better -- oh, sure, there's plenty of carping about his numbers, or that he "lied" (as if a politician would ever do anything else!), or that Obama "should" have done better -- but, still, everyone seems to agree that Romney was dominant.

So: who, exactly, is McCoy complaining about here?

One-Track Minds

Gary McCoy, 9/14/12:

Radical Islamists -- whatever that means when it's at home -- will want to kill people no matter what happens anywhere else in the world.

Therefore, it's a waste of time worrying or obsessing about them, and it would be impossible to blame anyone (such as, for example, a sitting President), when they do manage to "kill the infidels."

If It's For WOMEN, It's Not Health Care!

Gary McCoy, 9/5/12:

Yes, the only use for "the Pill" is contraception.

And Fluke was testifying about her own experience, not that of someone else.

And Gary McCoy's comprehension skills are vast and impressive.

Presidents Should Be Unseen and Rarely Heard

Gary McCoy, 8/29/12:

Presidents are never photographed at public events, and doing so would be the highest breach of etiquette imaginable.

Don't Use Men To Get What You Want In Life -- Get It Yourself

Gary McCoy, 8/14/12:

All feminists are whores.

Or possibly all modern women, or single women.

McCoy to Cougar Town: Drop Dead

Gary McCoy, 8/12/12:

Old broads are, like totally fugly, dude! I could never be drunk enough to hit that!

Also, Madonna's act is fodder for a US editorial cartoonist, for some bizarre reason.

Not an Editorial Cartoon, But...

Quick! Name the cartoonist least likely to pay tribute to that '60s counterculture icon, R. Crumb!

BZZZZZT! Time's up.

Did you say...Gary and Glenn McCoy?

So...is this just the first wave of a concerted effort by conservative cartoonists to reclaim Crumb (who, admittedly, is a huge curmudgeon and reactionary in some areas)? And, more importantly, will it be Eric Allie or Michael Ramirez who gets to do the modern take on Stoned Agin?

Looks Like a Well-Regulated Militia To Me!

Gary McCoy, 7/30/12:

Unless you are for utter freedom of personal weaponry -- unless you stand with Justice Scalia in thinking hand-held rocket launchers are covered by the Second Amendment -- you're a dirty, stinky hippie who hates America.

Also, you probably don't know about McCoy's favorite pieces of history, which all involve people getting shot.

Is This the Cannonball Run?

Gary McCoy, 7/14/12:

Forcing people to cover their own expenses (when otherwise, under a Reagan-era law, they'd be paid for out of public tax money) is an unconscionable attack on liberty, because what is more central to freedom than free-loading?

Pillow Talk

Gary McCoy, 5/14/12:

Gay marriage has become more popular and accepted in American society not because more Americans know and are comfortable with gay friends, but because THEY are indoctrinating our youth!

Also note the pump bottle on the nightstand, which I rather doubt McCoy would bother to draw in for a mixed-sex couple: once again, anti-gay-marriage rhetoric is driven by a sense of ickiness at the kind of sex one imagines gay people are having.

The Obligatory "Everyone Who Disagrees With My Religion Will Be Tormented Eternally" Round-Up

Let's see who felt the urge to avoid actual work and instead signpost their mainstream, unsurprising religious views this weekend, shall we?

First up is Gary Varvel's 4/8/12 cartoon:

Which implicitly threatens the rest of the world with death. Classy!

And then there's Randy Bish's cartoon for the same day:

This one takes the same imagery, shows it twice for added boredom, and then throws in a pop-culture reference so stale that only an editorial cartoonist would attempt it!


Ed Gamble, also on 4/8/12:

He takes the bold step of simply stating his religious doctrine baldly, without any commentary and barely a stab at passable art. But Ed's a Christian in a majority-Christian society, so he gets to count the time he spent on this -- both minutes -- as work!

Tim Hartman's Easter Sunday cartoon

uses the same (tired, bland, sectarian) text and at least tries to re-link it to spring, rebirth, and (implicitly) all of those old spring festivals that the early Church stole from to begin with.

A day earlier -- note that, since it makes the whole point of the cartoon moot -- Joe Heller gave us this:

A poignant rewrite of the old Pennsylvania Dutch proverb "Kissing don't last; Cooking does;" Heller contrasts the candy his readers hadn't gotten yet when they saw this cartoon with the eternal damnation he knows is in store for them if they don't knuckle under to whichever particular denomination of American Christianity he's sure is the Only True Religion.

Rick McKee took his Friday cartoon (4/6)

to wish his co-religionists a happy holiday. He, too, got to count a greeting card as his work for the day. Nice work if you can get it.


Bill Day, even earlier than that (4/5) had this

horrifying vision of the Great Bird of the Galaxy hatching out of the shell of the earth. Either Day doesn't actually know how shells work, or he hopes that his little peace symbol will make everything OK. Either way, it's pretty creepy.

And, finally, Steve Breen actually understands the concept of an editorial cartoon, using the seasonal theme to actually make a comment on something else:

Everyone else, take a close look at this one -- we'll be checking to see if you learned it when Christmas rolls around.


(And, no, I didn't see a single Passover cartoon. Of course, only the hegemonic religion can be allowed this degree of flabbiness.)

Update:

Hey! Here's another actual editorial cartoon on an Easter theme, from Gary McCoy on 4/7:

It's paint-by-numbers and pretty dull, but it shines in this horrible company!

Update 2:
Glenn McCoy took the weekend off, but came back on Monday (4/9)

to point out that he, too, is a white Christian male (like Jesus!) and that he'd like the opportunity to avoid real work for another day.