In the Henhouse

Pat Bagley, 4/25/12:

Traditionally, when engaged in the art of debunkery, one places the myth first, and only then rebuts with the truth.

Bagley, though, doesn't play by anyone else's rules.

I Usually Spell "Wakka" With Two Ks

Pat Bagley, 3/21/12:

Bagley has just invented the generic editorial cartoon, suitable for absolutely any occasion: panel one shows the politician you don't like, saying something about his policy, and then...WAKA WAKA WAKA!

Try it out: it works on anything!

Gnarly Wave, Dude!

Pat Bagley, 12/30/11:

The answer to the question "How long do you have to wait after a tragedy that killed sixteen thousand people people and nearly irradiated an entire major nation to make bad tsumani jokes?" has now been revealed.

It's exactly 294 days.

Janet! Dr. Scott! Janet! Brad! Rocky! Ugh!

Pat Bagley, 11/30/11:

I presume this is one of those uberlocal cartoons that are opaque to most of us, but I have to ask:

Bagley cartoons for the Salt Lake Tribune, so doesn't he already have a home-town boy in the race, that being the utterly-forgotten-because-he-seems-mostly-sane Jon Huntsman?

Barack Obama, National Mall Cop!

Pat Bagley, 10/12/11:

Is this an "all those people we don't like are the same" cartoon, or is it seriously claiming that Officer Obie Obama personally apprehended some turban-headed skell bent on malice in downtown DC because of Operation Fast & Furious?

There's a New Lawman in This Town

Pat Bagley, 8/18/11:

Texas Governor Rick Perry -- whom Bagley, bucking the standard for editorial cartoons, courageously does not label (though his reporter does have a "Press" label in his hat) -- isn't just tough on real-world criminals, but he'll clean up the world of entertainment as well, executing all the varmints and villains he can get his hands on.

Hot Enough for Ya?

Scott Stantis, 7/21/11:

Sometimes it gets hot in the summertime, and this is surprising.

Also see cartoons by Jimmy Margulies, Paul Fell, Robert Ariall, and Jeff Stahler.

Pat Bagley gets away with it by actually including an element of political humor, which was once considered a prerequisite for this job. Chris Britt attempts a non sequitur that should rightfully been done by a cartoonist in Kansas.

East, West, Each as Stupid as the Other

Pat Bagley, 7/13/11:

Ah, it's been a while since we had a good "Republicans are Bond villains" cartoon, hasn't it?

But why are we all pretending anyone really cares about the corporate jet loophole? (Is it just the official synecdoche term for this particular budget foofaraw?)

Make the Pie Higher

Pat Bagley, 6/21/11:

If only the truck had been labeled, as well -- something like "Budget" or "Government Spending" -- then this would have been a perfectly labeled cartoon.

Oh, and are the Bush tax cuts really above the debt ceiling? How does that work, in this metaphor?

All-Singing, All-Dancing

Pat Bagley, 5/5/11:

Making fun of people for their religion is absolutely OK as long as they're geeky white guys and part of an oddball Christian sect. (Extra points if the sect requires secret "special underwear.")

In Which the Cartoonist Overestimates His Own Importance

Pat Bagley, 3/12/11:

Anyone caught by a James O'Keefe sting operation is by definition a clueless feeb who probably can't tie his own shoes without falling over.

Also, the conservative mental image of loose women is about a century out of date. (or Utahn ladies of negotiable virtue really do still dress like that.)

Draw Me!

Pat Bagley, 2/22/11:

Bagley would desperately like to get out of cartooning and into the lucrative conning-suckers line of work.

The Peasants Are Revolting!

Pat Bagley, 2/18/11:

Who can keep all those countries of brown people straight? And didn't Glen Beck say that they were going to form a gigantic country and kill us all, anyway?

By the way, for extra credit: did Bagley neglect to include Israel on this map, or deliberately make it part of the general mob?

Pat Bagley: 2/8/11

Pat Bagley, 2/8/11:
Solar power is nice, y'know? Just really, really nice. That's all.

Pat Bagley: 2/4/11

Pat Bagley, 2/4/11:
Those "states' rights" folks are just adorable, aren't they?