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20
2024
Dec
20
2024
Dec
19
2024
Peter Kuper delivers a sharp political cartoon titled 'Identified Flying Objects,' flipping the UFO script by showcasing mundane sky travelers: a figure suspended upside down on a zip line, a kite with a grin and tiny arms, and a baseball soaring toward a catcher's mitt marked 'NY.' This piece skewers the drone craze and conspiracy theories swirling around recent aerial sightings, reminding viewers that not every dot in the sky signals alien invasion or government plots. With dry humor, it grounds wild speculations in everyday reality, using simple panels to puncture overblown fears. Tags like UFO sightings, drone craze, conspiracy theories, political cartoon, Peter Kuper, and aerial mysteries keep it relevant in today's paranoia-fueled news cycle.
Nov
30
2024
The cartoon shows Trump inside a circular wall labeled 'TARIFFS,' declaring he built the wall, with a figure marked 'CONSUMERS' puzzled that it's supposed to keep people out. Tags like trump, tariffs, threats, Mexico, Canada, China, trade, wall, prisoner, consumers underscore the irony. The image critiques how tariffs meant to protect against foreign threats from Mexico, Canada, and China end up trapping domestic consumers like prisoners. This visual metaphor draws on Trump's famous wall promise, flipping it to show trade policies harming those inside. The dry humor lies in the reversal, where the wall imprisons rather than excludes, commenting on economic fallout.
Nov
16
2024
On November 16, 2024, Adam Zyglis published a cartoon showing a large head wearing a hat with a small Robert F. Kennedy Jr. figure emerging worm-like from the ear, dripping green fluid. The figure declares intent to make America healthy again. The image references Kennedy's reported brain worm and his nomination by President-elect Trump to lead the Department of Health and Human Services. The visual ties directly to ongoing cabinet transition news after the 2024 election.
Nov
12
2024
