No. I did not pull this out of my butt. Doctor Pimple Popper is actually a thing. If you haven't heard about it before, now you will. Anytime something new enters the pop culture lexicon, political cartoonists think, "Can I use this for a cartoon"? It's something I had to train my brain to do... Continue Reading →
Crazy For Obama
Continuing with his obsession with former president Barack Obama, Trump used the fence around his house to justify building a wall on our border with Mexico. Trump tweeted, "President and Mrs. Obama built/has a ten foot Wall around their D.C. mansion/compound. I agree, totally necessary for their safety and security. The U.S. needs the same... Continue Reading →
Admired Bigly
Every year since 1946, Gallup has released a poll of the most admired persons in America. Sitting U.S. presidents have captured the number one spot in 59 of the 72 years of the poll's existence. Donald Trump is one of the exceptions. This year's top winner is former president Barack Obama. In fact, Obama has... Continue Reading →
Mutant Howler Trump Monkeys
This cartoon was first published December 21, 2018, in The Costa Rica Star. Howler monkeys in Costa Rica are mutating. No, they're not developing super monkey abilities like Professor X, Magneto, and Wolverine. Their hair is turning yellow. New baby monkeys are being born with yellow hair. While my nightmare is they have been overexposed... Continue Reading →
Some Garzonging Advice
There are roughly 800,000 federal employees affected by Donald Trump's government shutdown and will have to wait to receive back pay if any at all. Since Trump's shutdown is expected to last into the new year (in case you're a Republican, that's beyond the first of the month), many are wondering how they're going to... Continue Reading →
Happy New Year, Baby
Out of all the god-awful, horrifying horrible stuff Donald Trump has inflicted upon this nation, and there's been a lot, perhaps his greatest offense has been his administration's treatment of migrant children. Don't get me wrong. The past two years has been one nightmare after stupid racist nightmare, with each new one being worse than... Continue Reading →
A Grim Welcome
For the second time in December, a child has died in Border Patrol custody. For the second time in December, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen deflected blame from her department and placed it on immigrants. An eight-year-old Guatemalan boy, who Trump would say was at a "marginal age" for believing in Santa Claus, was detained... Continue Reading →
Trump Ruins Everything
Imagine your kid calls into the NORAD Santa Tracker to talk to one of the trackers about Santa's whereabouts and instead, your child gets the president of the United States. Wow! How exciting that must be...unless that president is Donald Trump. Then it's horrifying. One unfortunate seven-year-old's dumb luck got him the president, who said,... Continue Reading →
Stocking Stuffer
Here's a Christmas day cartoon for you that doesn't have anything to do with Christmas. Since taking office, Trump has boasted about the performance of the stock market, ignoring it was a trend that began under President Obama. Now that it's crashing, the only thing Trump has to figure out is how to blame Obama.... Continue Reading →
Rush For A Dumpster Fire
After telling Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer that he'd be "proud to shut down the government" and he wouldn't blame him, is anyone surprised Donald Trump is now blaming the Democrats for his shutdown? On December 11, sitting in the Oval Office with Schumer and Nancy Pelosi, Trump said, "I am proud to shut down... Continue Reading →