TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. All of them show two men in suit and tie, talking at an outdoor cafe. One man is a redhead with a mustache; the other is a clean-shaven blonde. PANEL 1 REDHEAD: And the conditions in the concentration camps we've built are appalling! I'm ashamed for my country! BLONDE: Whoa! "Concentration camps"? Really? PANEL 2 A shot of the blonde man, lecturing. BLONDE: The camps can be criticized but calling them "concentration camps" is inflammatory. It's something people say for the shock value. PANEL 3 The blonde man looks angry. BLONDE: Frankly, calling them "concentration camps" demeans the memory of the victims of the real historic concentration camps! PANEL 4 The "camera" pulls back, and we see that this is a scene from 1930s Germany. (Storefront signs are in German, there's a horse and carriage going past, women in 1930s fashions and hats.) The blonde man has angrily stood up, and we can see he wears a swastika on his sleeve (as does another man in the foreground). BLONDE: And finally - never say you're ashamed to be German. It's like our new chancellor Hitler says - we're making Germany great again! (No chicken fat in this one!)

Don't Call Them Concentration Camps!

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ANEL 1 Illustration shows Alamar, a dark-skinned man wearing overalls and a hardhat, standing behind a partly built brick wall holding a brick in one hand and a trowel in the other. CAPTION: Alamar came to the United States to find work. Alamar is a brick mason. He works hard and is very productive. PANEL 2 Illustration shows Alamar continuing to work on the wall, while a woman nearby wearing a hardhat checks something off on her clipboard. Behind Alamar, a man walks up carrying a box. Behind that man, a large truck has pulled up. CAPTION: Because Alamar is so productive, people in related jobs, like brickmakers, site supervisors, and truckers, have more work to do. PANEL 3 Illustration shows Alamar, no longer wearing a hardhat, buying groceries from a cashier. CAPTION: All those people, including Alamar, spend money in the local economy, on things like groceries and movies and diners and gas and clothes. All that spending creates more jobs. PANEL 4 Illustration shows Alamar back at work on the wall. Next to him, an angry bald man is yelling. CAPTION: That’s why Americans welcome Alamar with friendship and open arms. ANGRY BALD MAN: GO HOME, YOU *@%#! JOB-STEALER!

Welcoming Alamar

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has three panels. The first two panels are normal-sized, while the third panel is gigantic. PANEL ONE A man and a woman are walking together, the woman speaking. Neither of them are students, judging from their age and their professional dress. The man has white-blonde hair and glasses, and is wearing a blue shirt with a black tie. He looks worried. The woman has a red blouse and a black skirt, and has her hair pulled up into a bun. She is holding up a finger in a “this is my point” gesture, and is calm but a bit fervent. For this and the next panel, the background is blank. WOMAN: Students have a right to speak their minds without fear of being shamed or shunned. free speech on campus is in danger of being wiped out! PANEL TWO The two continue walking. The woman, waving her arms a bit as she gets passionate and a bit angry, continues speaking. WOMAN: At some schools, students protested and heckled speakers! We must protect free speech from woke student totalitarians! PANEL THREE The man and women have come to a stop, and are looking at a protest. The man, looking concerned, speaks to the woman. The woman looks over the protest with a pleased expression, her arms folded. The main focus in this panel is the protest – and even more, the cops in full riot gear attacking the protest. A huge line of cops in formation are marching towards the protest. Cops are leading away handcuffed protesters; one protester is being held on the ground and beaten. The protesters who aren’t being arrested look terrified. Protest signs lie on the ground. MAN: So is this a threat to free speech? WOMAN: No, this is fine.

Protect Free Speech on Campus!

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has for panels, showing two women talking as they walk through a hilly park. The woman in front has dark hair and is wearing a red t-shirt; the person in the rear has light brown hair and is wearing floral pants. I'll call them TSHIRT and FLORAL. PANEL 1 Tshirt is listening as Floral lectures. FLORAL: Of course teachers should be legally required to "out" trans kids to their parents. Because of parents' rights. PANEL 2 FLORAL: It doesn't matter if it's outing trans kids, or vaccinations, or what books teachers are allowed to assign. It should always be up to the parents! PANEL 3 Close-up on Flora, who is pounding a fist into her palm, very intense. FLORAL: Parents' rights are sacrosanct! Period! PANEL 4 Tshirt turns to ask Floral a question; Floral replies cheerily. TSHIRT: What if parents want their trans kid to have gender affirming care? FLORAL: Fuck parents' rights.

Parental Rights

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels, plus a "kicker" panel at the bottom. PANEL 1 Little Barry is reading in bed when he's startled by Big Barry coming in through a glowing time portal in the air. Rags, a dog, looks around. BIG BARRY: Hi, Barry of 1983! I'm you from decades in the future! Ask me anything! LITTLE BARRY: ACK! PANEL 2 Little Barry thinks about what to ask. Big Barry smiles but looks very nervous. Rags sniffs Big Barry, tail wagging. LITTLE BARRY: Okay, um... So is Reagan still the worst President ever? BIG BARRY: Hah haha ha ha ha! Hoo boy, you think Reagan's bad! HA! Ha ha aaah oh God. PANEL 3 Big Barry, weeping, rushes out through the portal. BIG BARRY: SOB! I'm sorry, I can't - I - it's - I gotta go! PANEL 4 The time portal flicks out, and Big Barry is gone. Little Barry addresses the dog. LITTLE BARRY: Well, that bodes ill. KICKER PANEL Big Barry is petting Rags; Rags is happy for the attention. BIG BARRY: I didn't really come back to see my younger self. I came back to see Rags. Who's a good boy? RAGS (thought): Is it me? It's ME! CHICKEN FAT WATCH Chicken fat is archaic cartoonistese for fun little details in the art. Panel 1: A poster for the "Annie" musical above Barry's bed says: "Annie. A New Musical and Barry's First Celebrity Crush. Remember when tickets were affordable... Must be nice." Panel 2: The poster has changed to a crudely drawn caricature of Ronald Reagan, with the caption "Let's Retire Ron." Panel 3: The poster has changed to a shirtless, ridiculously muscled man flexing, little mini-muscle bumps sticking up from his huge biceps. The caption says "MUSCLES MAN... His Muscles Have Muscles!" He has a word balloon, which says "Please get me to a doctor." Panel 4: The poster has changed to a photo of Reggie Jackson swinging a baseball bat. The caption says: REGGIE... because being good at hitting a ball with a stick makes you a HERO."

Time Travel 2: Ask Me Anything
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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels, plus a tiny "kicker" panel. PANEL 1 Two workers in reflective vests and hard hats are on a factory floor when a man wearing a blazer over a t-shirt walks in, arms spread wide. BLAZER: Greetings, workers! I just bought this weezotski factory. WORKER: Oh, uh... Welcome! So you must have lots of experience with weezotskis? PANEL 2 Grinning, Blazer keeps talking, looking very smug. BLAZER: None! But success in an unrelated industry has made me freakishly wealthy! And that makes me a business genius who can run anything! PANEL 3 Blazer puts his arm around the worker and makes a grand "envision the future!" gesture. BLAZER: I'm gonna disrupt this company so hard! It'll be amazing! You'll see! (Not you personally. I'm firing you.) PANEL 4 CAPTION: SIX MONTHS LATER Blazer, still grinning, flees from a burning factory building. BLAZER: Another business brilliantly saved! KICKER PANEL Blazer, looking smug, is talking to Barry the cartoonist. BLAZER: Maybe I should run the government!

The Business Genius

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels, all showing a woman in her thirties in a modest but nice apartment. PANEL 1 The woman pulls back a curtain, looking at the darkness outside. CAPTION: "Negin" - not her real name - lives in Tehran. NEGIN: The situation is so frightening it's hard to describe. Smoke has covered the city. I have severe shortness of breath and burning in my eyes and throat, and many others feel the same. PANEL 2 Negin turns away from the window and speaks directly to us. NEGIN: I ask those who have the ability, especially foreign media, to reflect on this situation. What are people supposed to do under these conditions? PANEL 3 Negin speaks angrily. NEGIN: If someone has a problem with the Islamic Republic government, that's one thing - But not with us, the people! This is no longer just a human rights violation. PANEL 4 Negin sits on the sofa, slumping and looking down. NEGIN: It is truly anti-human behavior. A footnote below the cartoon says "Dialog quoted from "Dark Like Our Future," The Guardian, march 8 2026."

Tehran

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This cartoon has four panels, plus an additional tiny “kicker” panel under the fourth panel. Each panel shows the same man talking directly at the reader. He has neatly combed blonde hair with a full beard. His outfit says “rural salt of the earth by way of L.L. Bean.” PANEL 1 The man is talking cheerfully to the readers. Behind him is a quaint small town street lined with stores. MAN : I tink the best of America is in the small towns – the wonderful little pockets of what I call The Real America. PANEL 2 The same man, but now he’s suddenly standing in front of an enormous pile of garbage. Rising up behind the garbage pile, we can see a group of ugly brown high-rise apartment buildings. A large plume of smoke (we can’t see from what) rises into the sky. MAN: Elite liberals are destroying America with their terrible “New York” values. That’s why their cities are burnt-out shells! PANEL 3 The man is suddenly much closer to the viewer, yelling, eyes bulging. Behind him we can see a chaotic jumble of big-city ills: A red-eyed rat, buildings on fire, a grocery cart filled with someone’s possessions in bags, a syringe, another pile of poop, and a person wearing a mask and a black hoodie who is about to throw a flaming Molotov cocktail. MAN: DEM CITIES ARE DISGUSTING, RAT-INFESTED HOLES THAT NO HUMAN COULD LIVE IN! PANEL 4 The man is suddenly on a bucolic, hilly farm. The man, no longer in tight close-up, is grasping his hands together and looking a bit upward, almost like he’s praying; he has a sad expression, and a single tear falls from one eye. MAN: And why do coastal elite snobs say such hateful things about their fellow Americans? TINY KICKER PANEL UNDER THE BOTTOM OF THE STRIP Barry the cartoonist, raising a finger to make a point, is talking to the man from the strip. The man has a “I’m so above this nonsense” smug expression, eyes closed. BARRY: Don’t you live in a coastal city? And didn’t you go to Harvard? MAN: In my heart I’ve always lived on a farm.

Real America

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows the same thing: Two women walking through a hilly park as they argue. The two are staying at least six feet apart from each other as they talk. The woman in front is wearing a jacket with rolled-up sleeves, black tights with holes in them, and a striped shirt. She has a pink streak in her black hair. The woman behind is wearing a skirt with a pattern of exclamation marks, a white collared shirt, and has wavy hair falling to a little below shoulder level. She's wearing glasses. PANEL 1 PINK is talking calmly while, behind her, GLASSES waves her arms and talks in an argumentative fashion. PINK: So when an eleven year old trans kid is prescribed puberty delaying drugs, that could spare them decades of suffering! GLASSES: But what if a boy likes dolls, so his parents decide he's a girl and force him to change sex? That's why we must outlaw puberty delaying drugs! PANEL 2 Pink isn't yelling but she's speaking passionately, waving her hands as she talks. Behind her, Glasses has her hands in her pockets and is listening without much expression. PINK: I’ve never seen a real case like that. That would be awful. But if a case like that happened, it’d be one in a million. On the other hand, there are definitely trans kids who need this treatment. PANEL 3 Pink turns back a bit to talk directly at Glasses as she asks Glasses a question. Glasses, hands still in pocket, replies calmly. PINK: So how many trans kids would you sacrifice to prevent one hypothetical non-trans kid being forced into a delayed puberty? GLASSES: All of them. PANEL 4 Pink has now turned all the way around, looking a bit horrified, and holding her palms up in a "let me just explain this" gesture. Glasses has stopped walking, has folded her arms, and has raised her voice, with an angry expression. PINK: I don't think you understand - we could be talking about a hundred thousand- GLASSES: I said all of them!

Which Kids Matter

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. PANEL 1 A man in a yellow shirt is at a bus stop, cheerfully lecturing the other two people at the stop. MAN: "Feminization" has warped society. If we lived as nature intended I'd be the alpha wolf! PANEL 2 The man with a huge thought balloon, showing him imagining walking with one hand holding a bloody axe and the other around a woman's waist. A second woman, in a maid outfit, is carrying a tray of cake and steak. A third woman looks at him adoringly. MAN: And the alpha wolf gets the first pick of everything! The best food, the best mates! PANEL 3 MAN: That's how men should live. I wish I was a wolf in the wild! PANEL 4 Inside a wolf den, two adult wolves are talking. There are four kids (three small puppies, one medium sized) and a dead rabbit. CAPTION: Wolves in the Wild DAD WOLF: First the little ones eat, then the rest of us will. MOM WOLF: And then -- cuddle pile! PUPPY: Yay! CHICKEN FAT WATCH "Chicken fat" is an archaic cartoonists' term for unimportant little details in the art. PANEL 1 - The tattoo is of a German cartoon mouse named Diddl, holding a heart. A poster says "HEY YOU! READ THIS! Wow, I can't believe you're reading this just because I said to." Another poster shows a cool woman in sunglasses holding a guitar. Text says "YET ANOTHER BAND... you're not cool enough to know." A pigeon standing on the sidewalk is wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette. PANEL 3 - A poster has a picture of the panel 1 pigeon, with the caption "BEWARE Bad Pigeon." The guy waiting at the bus stop is miming shooting himself in the head so he doesn't have to listen to this alpha wolf prattle any more. The woman's tattoo now shows the character Superjhemp (a parody of Superman and other superheroes). He's very popular in Luxembourg - "he has appeared in over 29 graphic novels that have the highest sales rate for Luxembourgish publications."

The Alpha Wolf

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has eight panels. Panel 1 A woman and a man are walking down a city sidewalk, chatting. The woman is looking a little irritated; the man is holding up a finger in a “that gives me an idea!” gesture. WOMAN: You know the genre of political cartoon I hate? Pro-life cartoons with a fetus lecturing from inside a womb! MAN: I should draw one of those! Panel 2 This panel, and almost all the remaining panels, show a fetus inside a vaguely drawn womb shape, which is itself in a blank void. The fetus, who is drawn to look like a baby rather than like a fetus, is smiling and talking directly to the reader. FETUS: Hi folks! I’m Frank the friendly fetus, talking from inside the womb! Panel 3 A close-up of the smiling fetus’ face. He’s pointing at his head with one finger. FETUS: Except not really, because you know what? My cerebral cortex isn’t functioning yet! Panel 4 FETUS: So I can’t talk! Or think! Or feel anything at all – not even pain! Panel 5 The fetus is giving the “thumbs up” gesture with both hands. FETUS: So if you need an abortion, go for it! It’s okay! I literally feel nothing and have no preferences! Panel 6 For the first time, the fetus looks serious rather than smiling. It’s raising a forefinger to make a point. FETUS: I’m not a person! But the pregnant person is! So it’s up to them to decide! Panel 7 This panel shows a dark-haired pregnant woman, in a dress and carrying a purse, walking through what looks like a park. The word balloon leads down to her pregnant stomach. FETUS: Speaking of which, pro-life cartoons often show wombs floating in a blank void. Notice who they’re leaving out? Panel 8 A shot of the smiling fetus, who is holding up a medical instrument in one hand. FETUS: In summary: Abort me! Or don’t! It’s your choice! FETUS: Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.

If A Fetus Could Talk

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has six panels. A caption at the top says "History, Rhyming." PANEL 1 A close up of someone's hand lying limply on the ground, in sepia tones. CAPTION: August 20, 1965: Civil rights activist Jonathan Daniels put himself between a deputy sheriff and the black teen the deputy was attacking. The deputy shot Daniels to death. PANEL 2 A close up of a gloved hand lying limply on snowy pavement, a cell phone lying nearby. Drawn in blue tones. CAPTION: January 24 2026: Anti-fascist activist Alex Pretti put himself between border protection agents and the woman the agents were attacking. The agents shot Pretti to death. PANEL 3 This panel is divided in two, sepia on the left and blues on the right. On the sepia side, a man inn a suit sneers. On the right side, a man in a border patrol uniform sneers. BOTH (in unison): He was intended to commit a massacre! CAPTION (sepia side): Arthur Gamble: Corrupt prosecutor who threw the case. CAPTION (blue side): Gregory Bovino: Border Patrol Commander. PANEL 4 Another panel divided into sepia and blue sides. On the sepia side is a cheerful middle-aged man in a suit. On the right side are two masked Border Patrol agents. ALL THREE (unison): I was in fear for my life! CAPTION (sepia side): Tom Coleman, Daniels' murderer. CAPTION (blue side): Jesus Ochoa and Raymundo Gutierrez, Pretti's murderers. PANEL 5 On the sepia side, three people with 1960s haircuts are angrily yelling. On the blue side, same thing except with current-day hair and clothes. ALL (unison): If he hadn't put himself where he didn't belong he'd still be alive! Cops have to make split-second judgements! Law! Order! Bark bark bark bark woof! CAPTION: Boot-licking stooges. PANEL 6 In a clearing, surrounded by grass, trees, and shrubs, two men talk to each other. One, wearing a clerical collar, is "Jonathan Daniels, 1939-1965." The other, wearing a winter jacket and baggy jeans, is "Alex Pretti, 1989-2026."

History, Rhyming

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has eight panels. Every panel shows a runner on a track, and in all but the last panel she's actively running a race. She has her hair done in two afro puffs, and is lean but muscular. Let's call her June. In every panel but the last two, June is wearing a different outfit, but all her outfits consist of a tank top with shorts. She also always has a paper taped to her shirt with a number on it, but the number changes form panel to panel. There's an additional tiny "kicker" panel under the last panel of the cartoon. PANEL 1 We see three runners during a race, but the panel is laid out to focus on June, who looks tired and not like she's winning this race. (One of the other girls we can see is well ahead of her.) UNSEEN ANNOUNCER: And here's June Davis in fifth place! PANEL 2 A profile picture of June running. June again looks tired, her mouth open as if she's gasping for air, cartoon sweat beads flying. UNSEEN ANNOUNCER: ...June Davis in sixth place! PANEL 3 A close-up of June running in the rain, looking very determined. UNSEEN ANNOUNCER: ...in second place! Panels four through six together take up the space of any of the other panels in the cartoon, as if one of those panels had been divided into three panels. Each cartoon shows June running hard but losing the race. PANEL 7 A shot of June, arms raised, happy but exhausted looking, as she hits the end-of-race ribbon. UNSEEN ANNOUNCER: ...it's June Davis in first! JUNE DAVIS (thought balloon): Finally! PANEL 8 In the foreground, June is sitting on the track, looking tired and sad. In the background, we can see two middle-aged people. The man has a black mustache and arms crossed; the woman is shaking a fist. MAN: Dammit! The trans "girl" won! WOMAN: Unfair advantage! Real girls have no chance! KICKER PANEL UNDER THE STRIP The mustache man is talking harshly to June. June looks tired and sad. MUSTACHE MAN: You can't have a chance to win. It wouldn't be fair.

June Davis Finally Wins, Which Is Not Allowed
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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels, each showing a different scene. In addition, there’s a small “kicker” panel under the fourth panel. PANEL 1 The panel shows a counter at a fast food restaurant. We can see a couple of customers, and a couple of workers. The workers are wearing hats that very vaguely resemble hamburger buns. A sign on the wall shows a smiling hamburger with eyes, below the caption “Soilent Green YUM.” A smaller sign says “SAFETY” in larger letters followed by tiny print, which says “is a word we use a lot so you can’t sue us.” The worker at the cash register is turning to speak directly to the reader. WORKER: To get an official photo I.D., I have to go to the nearest government office, which is 90 miles away, and I don’t have a car, and even if I did my boss won’t give me a weekday off. PANEL 2 We’re in what looks like someone’s back yard. In the foreground is a garden, with some sort of plant being grown in tidy rows. An elderly woman is kneeling on the ground in front of the garden, wearing a floppy straw hat, an apron with a floral patter, and holding a trowel. She speaks directly to the reader. WOMAN: I can’t get I.D. without a birth certificate. But when I was born home births didn’t get birth certificates. PANEL 3 A mover wearing jeans and a black tank top is carrying a sofa as he’s talking to the reader. MOVER: The state charges $60 for a driver’s license…. but first I’d need a copy of my birth certificate, which is $30. I can’t afford 90 dollars to vote! PANEL 4 This panel shows the interior of a coffee shop. A man and a woman sit together at a table. They're both looking at their devices, him annoyed, her dismissive. MAN: Why wouldn’t anyone be able to get an I.D.? Idiots! WOMAN: People like that don’t deserve to vote. SMALL KICKER PANEL UNDER THE BOTTOM OF THE CARTOON The man from panel 4 yelling at Barry MAN: If it’s easy for me it must be easy for everybody! That’s just science!

How Hard Could Getting Voter ID Be?

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels, each showing the same central character, a fortyish redheaded woman, in a different setting. PANEL 1 A woman wearing a red cardigan over a white t-shirt, and a cross necklace, is handing a brown paper lunch bag to her daughter. The daughter is rolling her eyes. WOMAN: Schools are hotbeds for trans groomers! Don't let any of them talk to you. PANEL 2 Four women, including our main character (who is currently speaking), are having a meeting on Zoom. WOMAN: I found a petition supporting this week's new bills banning trans heath care. I'm sending the link so we can all sign. PANEL 3 A woman with short brown hair is washing her hands in a public restroom. Nearby, our main character watches the woman suspiciously. WOMAN (thought): Short hair... Might be trans? I better call the manager! PANEL 4 The woman lies in bed. It's nighttime, but she's wide awake. WOMAN (thought): Why is the left obsessed with trans? CHICKEN FAT WATCH "Chicken fat" is ancient, mostly forgotten cartoonist-ese for fun but needless details in the art. PANEL 1 - The dog is rolling its eyes, just like the daughter. The daughter's t-shirt says "Plants are gooood!" with a picture of a lit joint. PANEL 2 - One person on Zoom is drinking with a mug with a picture of Jesus grinning and with his thumb up, a reference to the Kevin Smith movie Dogma. Another zoom person has dozed off, and the cat in her lap is anxiously taking notes. And a third zoom person is knitting a sweater with three sleeves, a reference to a famous Charles Addams cartoon. PANEL 3 - The short-haired woman has a tattoo of Mr. Cupcake from Five Nights At Freddy's. PANEL 4 - The dog is wearing a sleep mask and pajamas with little hearts.

The Obsession

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has nine panels, plus a tiny "kicker" panel at the bottom. PANEL 1 A mother in the middle seat of an airplane is holding her crying baby, while the annoyed women on either side of her offer their advice. AISLE SEAT LADY: If you let your baby cry in public you're a bad mother. WINDOW SEAT LADY: If you quiet them with screen time you're a bad mother. PANEL 2 A smiling woman wearing a mint green gi sits crosslegged next to a potted plant, holding a mug of tea. A large picture window faces a natural scene. WOMAN: Formula is poison! Quit your job and breastfeed at least every two hours or you don't love your baby. PANEL 3 A woman in business wear and red glasses raises her hands in a dismissive gesture. WOMAN: If you quit working, you've personally set feminism back forty years. But you do you! PANEL 4 A middle-aged man is carrying a tall stack of books and pamphlets, so heavy that he's bent backwards. MAN: I brought you some light reading about "wake windows" and optimal nap schedules. PANEL 5 Most of this center panel is taken up by the title: HELPFUL ADVICE FOR NEW MOMS. Below that, a blonde woman in a green jacket smiles. WOMAN: Trust your instincts! Which are terrible and wrong. PANEL 6 A mom has her baby in a stroller in a park, and is just kneeling down to put on some socks. A woman behind her turns red and curves over the mom in an impossible arc to get in her face and yell. WOMAN: Why isn't your baby wearing SOCKS?!? [Transcript continues in next image]

[Transcript continued from previous image] PANEL 7 A couple relaxes on a sofa, her head resting on his shoulder. They talk to us, his expression genial, hers angry. HIM: Co-sleeping is the natural way to teach your baby to sleep! HER: Until you roll over and smother them, you murderer! PANEL 8 An older woman leans close to us and holds up a finger as she gives advice. WOMAN: Wean too soon and he'll grow up sickly. Wean too late and he'll grow up weird! PANEL 9 A large crowd of people, of various ages and ethnicities and fashion choices, speak in unison. Some are angry, some friendly. One is a mother with a baby in a sling. EVERYBODY: And remember: Whatever happens, it's your fault! "KICKER" PANEL AT THE BOTTOM Barry is talking to a woman who looks absolutely exhausted. BARRY: Do you know what "catch 22" means? TIRED WOMAN: Is it minutes of sleep I caught last night? CHICKEN FAT WATCH Chicken fat is ancient cartoonist lingo for fun but unimportant little details in the art. In panel six, the sockless baby is kicking their feet so much that Becky drew the baby with six adorable little feet. In panel nine, one woman is wearing a T-Shirt design that's a mix of an anarchy symbol and a cat's head. That same design showed up as a poster on the wall in a previous Becky cartoon. Also in panel nine, one man in the crowd carries a "World's Best Dad" mug, and the baby's eyes are hilariously wide and shocked-looking.

Helpful Advice For New Moms

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Transcript: Panel 1 There are two women in this panel, a white woman and a black woman. Both are smiling. CAPTION: MONDAY White woman: Your hair is so beautiful! Can I touch it? Black woman: Thanks, but no. Panel 2 This panel shows a different white woman, and the same black woman. The white woman is smiling, but the Black woman’s expression is now a little wary, and her arms are crossed. CAPTION: TUESDAY White woman 2: How do you wash your hair? Does it smell? Can I touch it? Black woman: I’d rather you didn’t. Panel 3 A white man now appears, along with the same Black woman. He is smiling and reaching for her head; she is jerking back, holding up her hands protectively. CAPTION: WEDNESDAY White man: What does that stuff feel like? Black woman: Hey! Hands off, please. Panel 4 A third white woman is in this panel, along with the same Black woman. The white woman is reaching out for the Black woman; the Black woman is yelling in frustration. CAPTION: THURSDAY White woman 3: May I touch your- Black woman: NOT A PETTING ZOO! Panel 5 The Black woman has stormed off, leaving white woman 3 alone in the panel. She looks surprised, looking in the direction that the Black woman left. Panel 6 White woman 3 now looks annoyed. White woman 3 (thought): Why are black people so touchy?

Petting Zoo

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PANEL 1 See Sue (Illustration of small white girl in pigtails running. This is Sue.) See Sue run. PANEL 2 See Sue run to public school. (Illustration of Sue running towards brick building.) Go, Sue, go! PANEL 3 See Sue’s Daddy tkae a child-care tax credit. (Illustation of Sue’s Daddy in foreground filling out some forms while Sue plays with toys on the floor in the background.) Maybe Daddy will use it to buy Sue more toys! PANEL 4 See Sue use federal student loans to attend college. (Illustration of Sue, now a teenager in a cap and gown, receiving a high school diploma.) Good going, Sue! PANEL 5 See Sue lower her taxes with the lifetime learning credit. (Illustration of Sue putting an envelope into a mailbox. This cartoon is certainly action-packed, isn’t it?) Clever Sue! PANEL 6 See Sue get a job. (Illustration of sue wearing goggles and sawing a piece of wood that’s clamped to two sawhorses.) See the employer tax exclusion make Sue’s health care cheaper. PANEL 7 See Sue buy a home. (Illustration of a small house.) Sue can afford it because of the mortgage deduction! PANEL 8 See Sue have a baby. (Illustration of a baby’s pacifier.) See Sue take the child-tax credit. PANEL 9 See Sue save for her kid’s college education with a tax-free education savings account. (Illustration of Sue, now a bit older, filling out forms.) Good planning Sue! PANEL 10 See Sue retire. (Illustration of Sue, now older with white hair, at a retirement party — there are balloons and cake and a man has his arm around her shoulders.) Now Sue will collect Social Security! PANEL 11 See Sue get sick. (Illustration of Sue in a patient’s gown at a doctor’s office, being spoken to by someone holding a clipboard.) Good thing Sue has Medicare! PANEL 12 See Sue join the Tea Party. (Illustration of Sue, wearing a blazer, angrily speaking.) SUE: I’ve never taken a cent from the government! Funny Sue!

See Sue Run

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. They all show the same scene - the lobby of a weight-loss store - but a few months pass between each panel. In every panel, a fat redheaded woman, a customer, talks to a thin blonde woman, a saleswoman. PANEL 1 Through the display window, we can see a green, leafy tree. A couple of bags of money lie under the counter. The customer is wearing a floral sundress and cardigan, and is opening a purse full of cash as she talks to the saleswoman. CUSTOMER: I'd really like to lose weight. SALESWOMAN: We can help! It's only $200 to start! PANEL 2 The tree has now lost all its leaves, and the customer is returning, carrying a sack of cash and wearing winter clothing. There's more money under the counter. CUSTOMER: I lost a bit of weight, but I'd like to lose more. SALESWOMAN: You got it! For a modest monthly subscription. PANEL 3 It's now spring, and there are little pink flowers on the tree. The customer, in stretchy pants and a loose fitting long-sleeved top, returns with a grocery cart filled with bags of money. The saleswoman is cheery, but the customer is downcast. There are now so many moneybags under the counter that some are spilling out the side. CUSTOMER: Now I've gained all the weight back... And a little more. SALESWOMAN: You need our super subscription plan. It comes with an app! PANEL 4 The tree is full and green again. The customer is back, with the shopping cart piled so high with money that she's mostly hidden behind it. The room is filled with money bags, and the saleswoman is lounging on the pile of money, smiling happily. CUSTOMER: Does it worry you that your weight loss plans keep on failing? SALESWOMAN: Oh, yes, definitely. So very concerned!

Weight Loss Inc

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels, plus a small “kicker” panel under the bottom of the cartoon. PANEL 1 The panel is a close-up of a smartphone, behind held in someone’s hand. On the screen, a friendly-looking young man waves and smiles, speaking to the camera. He’s wearing a button-up shirt with white pinstripes. A caption below him on the screen says “I.C.K. Livestream.” MAN: Welcome to the online conference of the Involuntary Celibates of Kansas – AKA “Incels!” Today we’ll discuss two main topics… PANEL 2 A shot of the same man, no longer on a cell phone screen; he is seated in front of a desk, speaking at the laptop on his desk. His hand is in his fist and he has an intense, almost angry expression. MAN: Topic One: Females! We incels realize that females are spoiled children who are handed the world on a platter. PANEL 3 Another shot of the same man, this time looking at him from behind his laptop. He’s waving his hands as he speaks. MAN: Society has become a place for worship of females. And htat’s so #$%*ing wrong! Females aren’t gods. They’re just #$%*ing cum-dumpsters. The man’s dialog in this panel has a footnote. The footnote says “actual quote.” PANEL 4 Like panel 1, this is a close-up of the smartphone being held by a hand. On the smartphone, the man who has been speaking now looks hurt and puzzled. He is shrugging. MAN: Topic Two: Why can’t we get laid? KICKER PANEL BELOW BOTTOM OF STRIP The same man is speaking angrily at Barry the Cartoonist. Barry is rolling his eyes. MAN: You only drew this cartoon to get laid! BARRY: Yeah, because that’s how getting laid works.

It's a Mystery!

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows the same corner of a rooftop in some “high fantasy” sort of setting. The rooftop is rough-hewn but fancy, with three small gargoyles, like snakes with animal heads, and one larger gargoyle, which looks somewhat dragon-ish. There are two people on the rooftop: A human male, who is white. He wears no shirt and a red cloak. Next to him is an elf woman, who has facial tattoos, large pointy ears, wide eyes, and is wearing a flowing purple gown. PANEL 1 The human is looking down at something that’s visible from the roof, stroking his chin thoughtfully, with a serious expression. The elf is positioned as if she was just looking in the same direction, but then looked out the corner of her eyes at him instead. She’s raised one hand in a “just a second” gesture. HUMAN: If we break into Lord Vezox’s warbase at nightfall- ELF: Just a moment. What’s the justification for you being a white male? PANEL 2 The human and elf have turned so they’re directly facing each other. The human is a bit surprised looking; the elf looks a bit angry and is “talking with her hands.” HUMAN: Er… What? ELF: If there’s no reason your character needs to be a white male, then you’re just a token! PANEL 3 The human is looking annoyed, crossing his arms. The elf is angrily yelling, holding up a hand in a “stop that” gesture. HUMAN: What’s wrong with having white guys in the story? ELF: Sticking white male characters in for “diversity” ruins the story! It’s just not realistic! PANEL 4 The large gargoyle has turned its head to speak to the human. The human is surprised looking. The Elf looks pleased. GARGOYLE: And if we aren’t strictly realistic, fans won’t accept the story! ELF: Yeah!

Enough already with the token white men in movies!

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Transcript of Cartoon The image shows a bunch of ducklings swimming down a small river, following the mother duck. The ducklings are yellow; the mother duck is orange and has big swooping hair and basically is drawn to look a bit like Donald Trump. DUCKLING 1: I will always say #nevertrump. DUCKLING 2: As principled conservatives, we can’t follow a man with no principles! DUCKLING 3: I myself issued a mild rebuke of Trump before I voted for his latest bill. DUCKLING 4: We will resist! DUCKLING 5: We are resisting! TRUMP DUCK (cheerfully): Come along, kids.

If It Quacks Like A Trump

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. Each of the panels shows a businessman in a suit grinning as he speaks to us. PANEL 1 A close up of a businessman grinning. In the background, a bright blue sky with fluffy clouds. MAN: A.I. Is the defining tech of our time! Microsoft and amazon and facebook and google have spent almost a trillion dollars on A.I.! PANEL 2 The camera has pulled back a little. We can see the man is holding a bubble blower, bubbles streaming from it. MAN: Has A.I. made a profit? Not yet, but... Someday we'll figure out something A.I. can do that actually makes money! It definitely might could happen! PANEL 3 The man continues grinning, pumping his fist, as the air around him turns gray and forbidding and the bubbles stream out. MAN: In the meantime, We have to prepare! By spending more billions building more A.I. data centers so we can spend trillions more so that someday A.I. can do... Um... PANEL 4 We can now see that the man is talking to a huge bubble floating in the air. The bubble has been packed fill with ordinary looking people, shoved in like sardines in a can. They looked panicked and unhappy. MAN: Anyway, A.I. is certainly possibly maybe not going to pop and take down the whole economy! You've got nothing to worry about! CHICKEN FAT WATCH "Chicken fat" is old-fashioned cartoonist lingo for little extras in the art. Panel 2 - In a tiny window in a cloud is a tiny, teeny silhouette of a spy with binoculars. Panel 3 - One of the bubbles has a mouse in it. Panel 4 - One of the bubbles has a "for rent" sign.

AI Bubble

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. PANEL 1 Two anchors on a TV news show are talking. MALE ANCHOR: Breaking news - The sale of this network to a billionaire has been finalized! FEMALE ANCHOR: Wow! It seems like that's been happening to all the networks! PANEL 2 A guy sits in his living room, practicing the guitar, while the news plays on his laptop. MALE ANCHOR: Not just the networks - all the social media sites too! FEMALE ANCHOR: So will things be changing here in the newsroom. PANEL 3 The news plays on a wall-mounted TV in a laundromat. MALE ANCHOR: Absolutely not! Our news division will remain independent! FEMALE ANCHOR: You really think so? PANEL 4 In the TV studio; we are behind the anchors, looking at the cameras and lights. A nervous looking intern winces away from a confident looking executive. The cue card the intern holds says "Of course! In fact, it's good that journalism is owned by kindly oligarchs with only the public's best interests at heart!" MALE ANCHOR: Of course! In fact, it's good that journalism is owned by kindly oligarchs with only the public's best interests at heart! CHICKEN FAT WATCH "Chicken fat" is ancient cartoonist lingo for fun but unimportant details in the art. PANEL 1 - In the skyline in the background, a caped superhero flies. The chyron says "Cahped Hero Spotted Over Skyline - only the most attentive viewers notice. End times sign? PANEL 2 - The dog is very attentively watching the newscast. The book the man is looking at is called "Guitar Riffs for a Mid-Life Crisis." PANEL 3 - The chyron on TV says "Blah Blah Blah Blah. Blah? Yes, Blah!" and then "this particularly rapid unintelligible patter" Signs on the wall: "WANTED: Flier writer. Must be able to write better fliers than this one." "LOST: Innocence. If found do not return, I worked so hard to get rid of it." "NOTICE: Soap sludge scraped off the bottom of washers is NOT edible." A koi fish is swimming around in the washing machine.

The Future of Journalism is Now

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. PANEL 1 A middle-aged man in a button-up shirt points directly at us, contempt on his face. He's standing in a park. MAN: You! Yeah, you! Face it - you're a loser. PANEL 2 The man continues berating us. MAN: You've never accomplished much of anything, and you never will, because you've got nothing to contribute. PANEL 3 We're looking at a hand holding a smartphone; on the phone's screen, the man continues his rant. MAN: But you still think you're better than most people. Especially the dark skinned ones. You're basically a piece of shit and you want to hurt people. PANEL 4 We switch scenes to a cluttered living room. Two women are relaxing on the sofa, one with her feet up on the other's lap. The second woman is looking at her smartphone. WOMAN 1: What on earth are you watching? WOMAN 2: New ICE recruitment ad. PHONE: Well, have I got a job for YOU! CHICKEN FAT WATCH "Chicken fat" is long-dead cartoonists' slang for what the kids now call "Easter eggs." Panel two: In the hollow of a tree is a human skull. Through the eyeholes, we can see a bird sitting inside the skull. And on the ground, an evil bunny glares and smokes a cig. Panel three: Thumbnails of other videos are below the main image: "CATS," "puppies," "BOOBS," "SPORTS!," and "RAGE." Panel 4: There are two framed pictures of the wall, one of a giant worm in a polo shirt, the other the title character from the cartoon "Darla." The cat is wearing glasses. The first woman has a tattoo of an octopus with a mohawk. The book on her lap says "BOOK TITLE, by Author Name." The 2nd woman has a tattoo of Harold and the Purple Crayon. She's wearing a t-shirt with the "Hitchhiker's Guide" planet logo. One coffee mug has a picture of an apple with a worm hole. The other mug has a picture of a worm looking puzzled. A book on the coffee table is entitled "GREG: Like God, but taller" by "A Horne," a reference to the UK TV show "Taskmaster."

Wanted

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. Each panel shows a frizzy-haired guy, and in each panel he's in a different setting talking to a different person. PANEL 1 Frizzy and a woman in a green shirt are on a downtown sidewalk. WOMAN: I voted for Trump, but I didn't know he'd deport good moms like Carol. FRIZZY: And now that you know, you'll vote for someone who'll fix it, right? WOMAN: Eh. PANEL 2 Frizzy and a sad-looking man in a blue baseball cap and American flag t-shirt are sitting at a bar. MAN: We all love Carol. She's so honest and hard working. What they did to her is just awful. FRIZZY: Exactly! So next time you'll vote for someone for giving people like Carol legal ways to stay? MAN: Well... PANEL 3 Frizzy is standing in front of a church, talking to an anxious woman wearing a nice dress. WOMAN: Carol's a regular at church! And such a big heart! She doesn't belong in a detention center. FRIZZY: Um... So now you'll vote differently? WOMAN: I didn't say that. PANEL 4 In a park, a man in a plaid shirt looks a little downcast; Frizzy is yelling and in a panic. MAN: I can't believe they're doing this to Carol. Poor Carol. FRIZZY: SO NOW YOU'LL VOTE DIFFERENTLY RIGHT?!?

I Can't Believe They Deported Carol

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has six panels. PANEL 1 Two women stand outside a building. It is snowing heavily. One woman has red hair and is wearing a down vest, while the other has a red jacket and glasses. The Redhead is talking cheerily with one hand raised in a dismissive “get outta here” sort of gesture. REDHEAD: Global warming can’t be real! Look at all this snow! RED JACKET: I can see why you’d think that, but can I try to change your mind? PANEL 2 Red Jacket is holding up a graph, which shows red lines (increasing) and blue lines (decreasing). RED JACKET: …there are still record-setting cold days, but look at this graph – we’re having them much less often nowadays, and we’re having record hot days much more often. PANEL 3 The two characters are standing on a beach, looking out at the waves. It’s snowing. Red Jacket is gesturing towards the wave, while Redhead scratches her head thoughtfully. RED JACKET: Looking at the ocean, we can see that there are still some waves coming in even when the tide is heading out. REDHEAD: So the waves are like cold days? PANEL 4 The two characters are now standing by a building with the NASA logo on the side. It’s still snowing. Red Jacket is introducing Redhead to a third woman, who is wearing a white coat. RED JACKET: …now let’s go visit NASA! NASA PERSON: Hi, ladies! Let’s talk about the difference between climate and weather. PANEL 5 The two characters standing outside a building and talking. REDHEAD: Wow, that was incredible! You’ve proved your point – cold weather really doesn’t mean global warming isn’t real! PANEL 6 This panel shows Redhead talking to a balding man wearing a red scarf. Around the corner, unseen by Redhead, we can see Red Jacket looking surprised and annoyed. It’s still snowing. CAPTION: Literally the next day. REDHEAD: Global warming can’t be real! Look at all this snow!

Cold Weather Proves There's No Global Warming!\

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The Life of MLK Jr (as told by white people)

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TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON Four panels, plus a tiny “kicker” panel below the bottom. The cartoon shows two people talking outside what looks like a school building. One of the people is a Black man, bald on top and chubby and wearing glasses, a shirt and a tie – he looks like he could be a school principal. The other person is a white woman, wearing a sweater-vest and a patterned skirt, with her hair in a pony tail. She’s carrying a protest sign that says “Teach M.L.K. not W.O.K.E.” PANEL 1 Sweatervest holds out a little booklet to Necktie. SWEATERVEST: Look at these quotes from your school’s assigned readings! This trash teaches white kids to hate themselves. Martin Luther King would never teach this! NECKTIE: Okay, let me take a look… PANEL 2 Necktie reads aloud; Sweatervest screams in anger. NECKTIE: “White America needs to understand that it is poisoned to its soul by racism… The White Man’s Police are the ultimate mockery of law… America is a racist country.” SWEATERVEST: See? See? They’re teaching our kids to hate white people, cops and America! PANEL 3 A close-up of angry Sweatervest as Necktie reads aloud. NECKTIE: “The roots of racism are very deep in our country… The doctrine of white supremacy was imbedded in every textbook… It became a structural part of the culture.” SWEATERVEST: “Roots of racism!” “Structural racism!” It’s all so hateful! Why not teach what MLK said? “Judge by the content of their character….” PANEL 4 Necktie points to something in the booklet. Angrier than ever, Sweatervest yells. NECKTIE: But these quotes are all from Dr. King. SWEATERVEST: And I’m sure he feels just sick about that! TINY KICKER PANEL UNDER THE CARTOON This small black-and-white panel shows a smiling Sweatervest looking proud while Necktie reads another passage aloud. SWEATERVEST: I don’t need to read MLK’s writings! “I had a dream” is all I need to know! NECKTIE: Here’s another MLK quote: “White people believe that they have so little to learn.”

Teach MLK not WOKE!

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