Bob Englehart's cartoon depicts one man pushing another in a wheelchair toward an emergency room. The standing figure suggests a concussion as the solution to forgetting the news. The patient wears a head bandage and appears dazed. The sign points the way with a red arrow. The image comments on media saturation through this visual gag.
On July 4, 2023, Peter Kuper's cartoon depicts a couple in an apartment watching the All-Shootings Network. The television displays an anchor delivering news of another mass shooting. The woman holds a mug while both viewers appear weary. The caption questions if the broadcast is a rerun. The image comments on the frequency of such reports in American media.
The four-panel cartoon depicts a man in a green shirt repeatedly swigging from a bottle labeled booze, chugging beer from a can, and toking on a pipe emitting purple smoke. In the final panel he stands beside a red-haired woman with stars circling his head and says it is time to turn on the news. The sequence published July 18 2022 comments on habits of news viewers amid coverage from ABC NBC CBS MSNBC CNN and Fox. The artist uses simple line work and repeated onomatopoeia to show progression from sober to impaired. No specific political figure or breaking event is shown.
