Rick McKee's Mother's Day cartoon shows a young boy in a striped shirt holding a handmade sign that reads 'Happy Mother's Day to the Best Mom Ever' in rainbow letters with a heart. He declares it a leaked document from an unnamed source on condition of anonymity, while the mom in a pink robe holds a blue mug with a yellow smiley face and remarks that somebody's been watching too much news. The scene unfolds in a kitchen with a fridge, books, and magnets visible. This political satire captures media influence on children, blending family holiday with journalistic tropes like anonymous sources and leaks. The dry humor underscores how news permeates everyday life.
Pat Bagley's 2018 political cartoon portrays a giant black spider emblazoned with a red dollar sign and labeled 'Alden Hedge Fund,' sprawling across a dark web that ensnares multiple newspaper entities. Figures with hats, each tagged with names like Denver Post, Boulder Daily Camera, Mercury News, and St. Paul Pioneer Press, dangle helplessly in the web, symbolizing entrapment. The artwork uses media ownership satire to critique hedge fund influence, underscoring newspaper industry decline and journalism crisis. Dark, scribbled lines form the web, enhancing the ominous tone of this editorial illustration on predatory financial practices in media.
Following the February 2018 Parkland school shooting, students organized a March 14 national walkout demanding gun restrictions. Republican congressional leaders and President Trump faced accusations of inaction due to NRA ties. The cartoon depicts them avoiding the issue while protesters rally.
Following the February 2018 Parkland school shooting, students across the country staged walkouts on March 14 demanding stricter gun laws. The protests targeted the NRA's influence through campaign contributions. The piece argues that only public pressure can counter the cash-driven opposition to reform.
Following the February 2018 Parkland school shooting, student survivors launched a campaign for gun reform that directly challenged the NRA's political influence. The cartoon frames the students as David confronting the NRA Goliath backed by money and firepower, underscoring the imbalance of power in the debate over new regulations.
Osmani Simanca's 2018 cartoon depicts Donald Trump in a sequence of devolution: starting as a pudgy, naked humanoid with signature hair, holding a tiny club, then growing fur and a tail, eventually becoming a full monkey brandishing a large 'Monroe Doctrine' bat while advancing toward a sign labeled 'Latin America.' The imagery skewers the Trump administration's apparent revival of the Monroe Doctrine, tying into tags like Latin America, Donald Trump, Venezuela, Cuba, Secretary of State, and Rex Tillerson. This satirical take highlights concerns over interventionist policies, rendered in a simple, exaggerated style that amplifies the primal, regressive nature of such diplomacy.
The cartoon shows Lady Justice on a rule of law pedestal holding a #MeToo sign and scales filled with papers labeled Nunes memo, McCabe and Comey. Handprints mark her robe. Donald Trump and a GOP elephant walk away as Trump says the quote about stars being allowed to do anything. The image responds to the January 2018 release of the Nunes memo during the special counsel investigation into Russian election interference and related firings at the FBI and Justice Department.
