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.

The Shadow Boys Are Breaking All the Laws

Signe Wilkinson, 9/19/13:

There is something that Obama can do single-handedly to stop mass killings immediately, but the margin of this cartoon is too small to contain it.

Another Use for that Mouth?

Signe Wilkinson, 6/5/13:

After generations of the women's movement, feminism, the sexual revolution, and ever-more-liberated men, cunnilingus is finally suitable for talking about.

Unfortunately, it's by an actor who claims it will give you cancer....

Businesses Must Never Be Sold!

Signe Wilkinson, 1/7/13:

Selling out to a Muslim company will turn you into Chairman Mao!

(I was expecting a lot more selling-us-lefties-out, and a lot less bloated-plutocrat from the progressive complaints against Gore, but it's nice to see that Wilkinson agrees with Bob Gorrell on at least one thing: foreigners are evil!)

Air Quotes, Geopolitical Edition

Signe Wilkinson, 12/3/12:

No matter what anyone says, Israel will make sure "Palestine" never gets self-determination or even the ability to control its own borders. Because they're just brown towel-heads, not the Chosen People of God.

Make It Rain

Signe Wilkinson, 11/10/12:

Super PACs gave their money entirely to losing candidiates -- none of that money went to Obama, or Congressional Republicans, or any other winners.

Loosest Slots in Town!

Signe Wilkinson, 7/16/12:

Gamblers are feeble-minded sorts, who just need a convenient way to lose their money in a socially acceptable way.

Twin Cadillac Valentine

Signe Wilkinson, 3/5/12:

If Mitt Romney had, just once in his life, done anything as crazy and ballsy as this, he wouldn't have the lack-of-enthusiasm problem he has now.

On other other hand, can't you totally see Newt Gingrich doing this on the slightest provocation?

Next He'll Talk About the Teeth-Whitening Effects

Signe Wilkinson, 1/20/12:

Yes, an actual functionary of the PA Department of Public Welfare did publicly tout "the miraculous effects of semen" in a column for a conservative journal. (Though it sounds like a fratboy's last-ditch pickup line, late on a Saturday night.)

And he had to quit his job over it, too.

What Are You Protesting? Whad'ya Got?

Signe Wilkinson, 10/12/11:

Unless Wilkinson is trying to subtly signal that she's in the tank for Cain, I'm really not sure what this cartoon is trying to say.

OWS folks prefer to eat, and TP folks to vote? That everyone loves pizza? That there's a secret sexual attraction between scruffy hippie-ish OWS guys and their tubby TP would-be sugar daddies?

Flood Warning

Signe Wilkinson, 5/20/11:

So nature just sits there and takes it, not even trying to get out of the water. But humans try to adapt their environment to suit their needs, and mitigate problems as much as possible.

From the tone of the cartoon, I suspect Wilkinson sides with nature.

And why, I ask, does this make me think of "As long as it's inevitable, you might as well lie back and enjoy it"?

Boxes Within Boxes

Signe Wilkinson, 5/10/11:

Wilkinson is not so fond of the youth of today, with their body piercings and saggy pants and backwards ball-caps.


Eagle-eyed readers will note that she's included that cultural touchstone of youth culture, Clerks, a movie made seventeen years ago. Children conceived in the backseats of cars watching Clerks are now old enough to drive (and park) themselves.

Use the 12 Revolutions or Less Aisle

Signe Wilkinson, 4/28/11:

Those poor Arab nations are unable to get any weaponry to use to depose their evil dictators, because the US has bought up all of those weapons...to depose its own evil dictator? Or is the US going to oust all of their dictators for them? (And, if so, why does Syria look so sad?)

I'm not 100% certain this cartoon actually makes sense, to get right down to it....

Another One of Those Deeply Local Cartoons That It's Not Really Fair To Pick On

Signe Wilkinson, 4/20/11:

John Street is a former mayor of Philadelphia, and he recently changed his party affiliation from Democratic to Independent -- which is widely seen as preparation to a new mayoral run.

And now you know...the rest of the story!

Wrap That Rascal!

Signe Wilkinson, 4/8/11:

Wilkinson is not at all annoyed that the local younger generation is getting so much nookie. No, no, no. She has a purely detached, sociological interest in the knocking-boots habits of the youth of Greater Philadelphia.

As Safe as a Very Safe Thing

Signe Wilkinson, 4/5/11:

The Philadelphia school system used to have a school safety advocate, and there's a push to reinstate the office.

Wilkinson, though, seems to believe that if parents would just tell their children to "behave themselves," all of the problems with violence in urban schools would disappear.

Tomorrow, she'll show us how to bring fairies back life by clapping our hands, and, later in the week, details on how to balance the budget using leprechaun gold.

Only The Little People Pay Taxes

Signe Wilkinson, 3/28/11:

In case you didn't hear, GE made $14.2 billion in profits last year, and paid no US taxes -- in fact, it's claiming a $3.2 billion tax benefit. It takes some really fancy tax lawyers to do that -- and probably a Double Irish, or even a Dutch Sandwich, along the way.

The Meeting of the Jeweled Ones

Signe Wilkinson, 3/24/11:

Don't worry about doing good deeds in life; if Michael Jackson is in heaven, they'll let anyone in.

And wouldn't Liz be looking forward to seeing one of her eight husband or innumerable paramours more than her friend, the high-voiced man-child with horrible fashion sense?

A Zillion, Huh?

Signe Wilkinson, 3/23/11:

Guns will make us strong, but butter will only make us fat.

And who will man our all-volunteer army if we don't get the next crop of high-school droputs?

When in the Course of Human Events -- Jackpot!

Signe Wilkinson, 3/14/11:

Baby Boomers -- check out the white/bald heads -- are high-living scoundrels destroying the moral capital of this great nation of ours, without the slightest iota of decency or moral feeling.

Either that, or there's some plan to put another casino in Pennsylvania.