art
Jul
18
2015
May
20
2015
Apr
14
2015
Rick McKee's 2015 cartoon depicts a dungeon scene with an IRS sign pointing to a chained, ragged figure hanging from the wall, his bare feet above a skull on the ground. A muscular executioner, masked and gloved, bears a heart-shaped 1040 EZ tattoo on his arm and holds a tax return document, delivering the punchline about moving to a higher bracket. Tools of torture adorn the stone walls, emphasizing the satirical take on tax burdens. This IRS tax bracket cartoon captures the dread of tax day with dry humor, portraying fiscal policy as medieval punishment. The composition highlights the power imbalance between taxpayer and system, using exaggeration for effect in this tax return executioner cartoon.
Mar
31
2015
Jan
8
2015
