Jon sed:

"And then finally there's this, where I can't even understand what joke is being attempted."

Hmm. This could just be the cannabinoids talking, but it seems to convey the GOP getting worked up over nothing. That the kind imperialist is here just to observe. No?

I think the joke is... that he's black?

This cartoon is from Jan 5 2009, i.e. before the inauguration. The place is Washington as one sees the Washington monument. The elephants he is talking about are the "Elephants in the Room", a.k.a. the lobbyists. As Obama had promised during the campaign, there would be no lobbyists allowed, they just conveniently made themselves scarce!!!

These things feel like either the ramblings of a retard or some strange design in surreal humor. Brevity is the soul of wit, a virtue Cohen has forgotten entirely.

I nominate the Penguin.
Elephants=Republicans.
The Feb 12 cartoon works well though.

The elephants reference is to Hannibal, I suspect, who was black.

And, wow, John, thanks for introducing us to such a charming cartoonist. I'm so charmed that I haven't any idea what to do with myself. Perhaps vomit.

Sorry, that would be Jon. And I an editor, for
frack's sake.

It must be easy to be a cartoonist - you don't need a plot, or an actual joke - you just have to be an ass. You don't really even need to draw well.

Present company excluded, of course...

After looking at an overwhelming sample -- OK, four -- of his cartoons, I can say that his humor ranges from tepid to racist. Which is quite a range.

Isn't Asheville a college town?

Do this guy's primitive cartoons appear anywhere outside of Asheville (pop. 69,000)?

I'm pretty sure that MEMRI only cites stuff that appears in national publications or broadcasts, not tiny regional publications that have minuscule readership.

Thanks, I'll add him to my right-wing cartoon roundups...

He does raise an interesting point, though - does Obama wear sweatsuits?

The last one is quite easy. Obama in expensive banana republic safari garb and camera has been taken by a fake tourist outfit, and after the hike into the hinterlands accompanied by some guy who is not Mitch McConnell in half naked "native" garb is informed that the erection in the distance is an omen of a deep longing that has not been realized or something.........

It looks like the place where King's gave speeches in the Lion King.

That still doesn't make it make sense though.

'accompanied by some guy who is not Mitch McConnell in half naked "native" garb'

I think that's supposed to be Biden. I can't be sure, though, because I can't bring myself to look directly at it. Brrr.

The weird thing is, from looking at the guy's other cartoons, he seems to be an Obama supporter. Also, the January 26th cartoon tiptoes up to the outskirts of the general vicinity of a suggestion of a mild criticism of Israel. Go fig.

Maybe Ward Sutton is doing these too, like the ones he does for The Onion, and we're just not in on the joke.

I get the jokes, they just aren't very funny.

I get the jokes, they just aren't very funny.

They(whoever they are)took down the first cartoon.

It makes me want to see it more than ever now. Was it that subvervise?

Are cartoonists that much of a threat?

Just wondering?

Is the life of a cartoonist like a duel?
1....2...3.... Ready... Draw, Pardner !

I got the idea behind the two cartoons still posted. Kinda not funny. What was so bad about the first one that it was taken down?

k.a.m.: I believe the one taken down was a split frame cartoon with a disreputable looking black man mugging a well-dressed white man in one frame and Obama pointing at the same well-dressed white man in the other. I don't remember the exact captions, but they were something along the lines of both the mugger and Obama asking the white guy to turn over all their money.

I know, charming right?

Anyway, I too would love it if someone had preserved the cartoon for posterity. Anyone have it?