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Morris Keesan: ”Not a CIDU, but apropos to CIDU”

Cidu Bill on Aug 23rd 2010

Filed in Benjamin Franklin, Bill Bickel, humor, political cartoons | 13 responses so far

Drillchronicity

Cidu Bill on Apr 14th 2010

Mitchell Marks: It’s not surprising that a topical event would stimulate multiple editorial cartoons in response. But these two are so thoroughly similar, from the over-wordy setup to the mild or disguised cursing.

Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, humor, political cartoons, synchronicity | 28 responses so far

Toyota: The Symbol

Cidu Bill on Mar 5th 2010

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, Toyota, comics, humor, political cartoons | 44 responses so far

Toyota: The Challenge

Cidu Bill on Mar 4th 2010

Has anybody seen a “Toyota recall” comic or political cartoon that was even remotely amusing?

Filed in Bill Bickel, Toyota, comic strips, comics, humor, political cartoons | 16 responses so far

Arlo Has a Cuppa

Cidu Bill on Feb 15th 2010

Jeff McAndrew sent this political cartoon that might be better suited for the Arlo Page than for the editorial page Continue Reading »

Filed in Arlo Page, Tea Party, comics, political cartoons | 11 responses so far

If Global Warming Is Real Then Why Is It Cold?

Cidu Bill on Feb 13th 2010

Katherine Conley: Are you behind this somehow?

Filed in Al Gore, Bill Bickel, comic strips, comics, global warming, humor, political cartoons | 55 responses so far

When Political Cartoons Get Snowed Under

Cidu Bill on Feb 10th 2010

Okay, personally… I found this amusing until I saw the “debt” caption in the snow. and that was just too much going on at once. If they’d just shown Obama trying to dig his way out of the snow (debt) without the elephant and his comments, that would have made a valid and timely point — but as it stands, there are two different cartoons here, pushing against one another.
As always, your results may vary.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Joel Pett, global warming, humor, political cartoons, politics | 31 responses so far

Flashy

Cidu Bill on Feb 8th 2010

Nicole: Paul Szep does editorial cartoons and is a two time Pulitzer Prize winner as well as a Harvard fellow ….. you would think his comics would be clear.

Filed in Bill Bickel, CIDU, humor, political cartoons | 29 responses so far

Oink

Cidu Bill on Nov 2nd 2009

Okay, H1N1, swine flu, a pig… all the ingredients are in place, but what’s the actual, you know, point here?

Filed in Bill Bickel, H1N1, humor, political cartoons, swine flu | 23 responses so far

PCIDU

Cidu Bill on Jun 25th 2009

Presumably this relates to the Twittering protesters Iran, but I don’t follow exactly what Ohman is getting at.

Filed in Bill Bickel, Iran, Jack Ohman, Twitter, comics, humor, political cartoons | 4 responses so far

Short Obama

Cidu Bill on May 4th 2009

Daniel Brindis: I work in and follow politics rather closely but cannot for the life of me figure this out.

Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Tom Toles, humor, political cartoons | 18 responses so far

The 2009 ”What The HELL Were They Thinking?” Award Goes to…

Cidu Bill on Feb 20th 2009

The New York Post. Because it’s inconceivable that anybody’s going to top this one (and yes, “inconceivable” does mean what I think it means).

Where do you even start? As racist as it is, and it’s plenty racist, this political cartoon doesn’t even begin to make any sense.My first thought when I saw this was, Does the New York Post have no editors? Nobody whose job it is to say Whoa, this is probably not a good idea?

But it turns out the Post continues to believe no mistake was made. Editor-in-Chief Col Allan said, “The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington’s efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist.”

Well, of course he is. But like the broken clock that’s correct twice a day, Sharpton’s absolutely right this time.

Filed in Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, New York Post, monkeys, political cartoons, racism | 110 responses so far

LOL-January 19

Cidu Bill on Jan 19th 2009

Filed in Al Franken, Argyle Sweater, Basketcase Comix, Bill Bickel, Caroline Kennedy, Scott Hilburn, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, political cartoons, xkcd | 17 responses so far

Bush Follies

Cidu Bill on Jan 14th 2009

(This musical interlude presented by Nicole)

Filed in Bill Bickel, George W. Bush, comic strips, comics, humor, political cartoons, synchronicity | 12 responses so far

Working Hard

Cidu Bill on Jan 7th 2009

The political cartoon page meets the Arlo Page

Filed in Afghanistan, Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, CIA, Viagra, comics, humor, political cartoons | 15 responses so far

Political Ewww

Cidu Bill on Dec 11th 2008

Sent in by Nicole

Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Ewww, Rod Blagojevich, comics, humor, political cartoons | 5 responses so far

Synchobamacity

Cidu Bill on Nov 18th 2008

This week’s Time and New Yorker

Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, New Yorker, Time, political cartoons, synchronicity | 11 responses so far

Obamaland

Cidu Bill on Nov 16th 2008

Without the Obamaland sign, it makes sense to me. With it, on the other hand…

Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, George W. Bush, comics, humor, political cartoons, politics | 24 responses so far

Nightmare After Election Day

Cidu Bill on Nov 14th 2008

Nicole: I don’t usually send in political cartoons for the synchronicity award, but…

Filed in Bill Bickel, Sarah Palin, comics, humor, political cartoons, politics, synchronicity | 20 responses so far

Ted Rall’s Hat Trick

Cidu Bill on Sep 18th 2008

Nicole sent this one as a candidate for the Arlo Page, the Ewww Files, and ChadWatch. Personally, I’d lean toward Ewww… Continue Reading »

Filed in Arlo Page, Bill Bickel, ChadWatch, Ewww, Ted Rall, comic strips, comics, humor, political cartoons | 11 responses so far

More Outraged Than Thou

Cidu Bill on Jul 18th 2008

The NAACP and David Paterson (New York’s first black governor) have entered the Condemn the New Yorker Cover Derby: The NAACP is calling it “tasteless, Islam-a-phobic, mean spirited and racially offensive” while Governor Paterson, not to be outdone, called it “one of the most malignant, vicious covers of a magazine I have ever seen.”

Out of, you know, all the very many malignant, vicious magazine covers he’s seen.

Now here’s the amazing thing about this story that’s garnered worldwide attention:

And right here I’m warning anybody who’s easily offended to stop reading

Last week, Jesse Jackson told a fellow guest on a television program — when he thought the microphone was off — that he doesn’t like the way Barack Obama “talks down” to black people and that he’d like to “cut his nuts off.”

This week, the network confirmed that he also referred to Obama as a nigger (I refuse to say “the n word,” because I’m not 8 years old).

At the risk of putting things in perspective, shouldn’t this have been a bigger story? Sure, it was reported, but it’s been completely overshadowed by a cartoon which nobody seriously believes was intended to denigrate Obama.

A leader in the black community calls a black presidential candidate a nigger… and a drawing.

I am not seeing worldwide condemnation. I am not seeing the outrage. I am not seeing Governor Paterson and the NAACP making speeches and releasing press statements.

Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Governor David Paterson, Jesse Jackson, NAACP, New York, New Yorker, comics, political cartoons | 26 responses so far

LOL-July 21

Cidu Bill on Jul 15th 2008

(online now because apparently I still haven’t mastered the very basic WordPress commands)

Filed in Arlo and Janis, Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Jesse Jackson, Jimmy Johnson, Leigh Rubin, Mike Luckovich, Rubes, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, political cartoons | 19 responses so far

Seven Words You Can’t Say in Heaven

Cidu Bill on Jun 26th 2008

A day or two after George Carlin died, we began seeing political cartoonists’ inevitable, near-identical tributes: Carlin at the Pearly Gates and a reference to the seven words he can’t say in heaven (comic strip writers, with longer lead times, should begin weighing in with the identical gag around the second week in July).

But now there’s a controversy over the fact that Carlin was a atheist, and therefore it’s disrespectful of his beliefs to show him entering Heaven.

I’ll hold off on my own comments until everybody else has had their say.

Filed in Bill Bickel, George Carlin, Heaven, comic strips, comics, humor, political cartoons | 28 responses so far