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Jul
31
2024
The cartoon shows JD Vance at a podium bearing a Trump Vance 2024 sign, declaring the campaign cannot worsen. Catwoman appears upside down nearby, asking if he mentioned a childless catwoman. The image responds to Vance's earlier remarks about childless women during the 2024 election cycle. Vance, selected as Donald Trump's running mate, encountered immediate criticism over the comments and subsequent public appearances. The visual ties the DC Comics figure directly to the phrase that drew widespread media attention in late July 2024.
Apr
19
2021
Bruce Plante's cartoon captures the Mars Ingenuity helicopter in flight over a Martian landscape, labeled as NASA's first on the planet. In the second panel, two green aliens with eyestalks stand on the red ground, one gesturing and exclaiming about spotting a buzzing UFO that went up and down. The scene uses tags like Mars Ingenuity, NASA, space, planet, robotic, marscopter, Martian, UFO, UFO to poke fun at human achievement from an alien viewpoint. The dry humor underscores the irony of extraterrestrials viewing our tech as unidentified. Mountains in the background frame the desolate setting, with the helicopter depicted simply as a flying box with rotors and legs.
