political cartoon assignment

7/26/2019 Political Cartoon Assignment

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Dan Wasserman. February 13, 2016. Tribune Content Agency.

This cartoon is a mock campaign upate that mocks the ma!or caniates in the 2016 presientia" race. The

cartoon oes not appear to be partisan because it makes #un o# both emocrat an repub"ican caniates. $t achie%es

its goa" o# out"ining the &eaknesses o# caniates through speech bubb"es the humorous portraya" o# caniates. The

cartoon mocks rubio #or his poor ebate per#ormance &here he repeate the same "ine mu"tip"e times. 'e is

portraye as a &in up toy, it is (uite humourous. Trump is mae #un o# #or his emagoguery an his se"#

obsessi%eness. $n the cartoon, )asich is saying, *'ugs &ork better than go%ernment,+ mocking him because he

ta"ke about gi%ing peop"e hugs in his speech #o""o&ing the e& 'ampshire primaries. -eb is portraye &ith his

han up as i# to say it is my turn. 'is character says */y &ho"e #ami"y is in po"itics.+ $t makes #un o# Te cru, &ho

o#ten appea"s to e%ange"ica" %oters, by making him say in the cartoon, *The go%ernment is the antichrist.+ ernie


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aners, &ho taps into the anger o# many peop"e &ho #ee" they ha%e been cheate by the system, is mae #un o# by

saying, *your go%ernment has been sto"en.+ Fina""y, 'i"ary is portraye &ith sinister "ooking eyes an a speech

bubb"e high"ighting saying, *$ kno& A about go%ernment,+ high"ighting that she is ha&kish an not to be truste.

te%e reen. February 12, 2016. an Diego 4nion Tribune.

This cartoon is commenting on the -eb ushs e##orts to keep his campaign #or the presiency a"i%e. The

&ors say, *-eb asks brother #or campaign support5+ an the picture epicts a cariac monitor sho&ing a heartbeat

that has been %ery sma"" an has suen"y !umpe to be much stronger, than has ie o&n again. The cartoonist

cou" be partisan or not but he is certain"y %ery critica" o# -eb ushs campaign. The cariac monitor symbo"ies the

"i#e o# his campaign. reen is saying that his campaign is %ery &eak an that it has !umpe recent"y because his

brother, #ormer presient eorge W. ush is he"ping him out. 'o&e%er. Their is another heartbeat a#ter the !ump that

is sho&ing that eorges he"p &i"" not ha%e a "asting he"p or impact #or -eb an that his campaign is is sti"" going to

ie. The tone o# the cartoon is not humourous. $t achie%es its eitoria"iing by using te7t an the symbo"ism o# the

cariac monitor.


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te%e enson. February 11, 2016. The Ariona 8epub"ic.

This is a c"e%er criticism o# /arco 8ubio on his poor ebate per#ormance. $n the ebate, he

repeate the same "ine mu"tip"e times e%en a#ter being ca""e out #or it. $n the subse(uent e& 'ampshire

primaries he came in #i#th. $n his speech a#ter the primaries he actua""y apo"ogie to his supporters

c"aiming that it &as his #au"t he i not &in an that it &ou" not happen again. $ assume this comic is

"ibera" but it cou" rea""y be anyone &ho is critica" o# 8ubio. A"so, it is %ery easy to makes #un o# 8ubios

ebate per#ormance. $n the cartoon, 8ubio repeats the &or *again+ mu"tip"e times an he has is a &in up

toy. A"so, scre&s an springs an machinery are #a""ing out o# him symbo"iing that he is a broken recor

an perhaps he is commenting on his broken campaign, this is a setback 8ubio may not o%ercome. enson

achie%es his eitoria"iing through symbo"s an speech bubb"es an a humorous yet critica" tone that

resonates &ith e%eryone &ho &atche 8ubio9s #ai"e ebate per#ormance.


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Chan o&e. February 11, 2016. Tribune Content Agency.

$n this cartoon, o&e is commenting on :resientia" Caniate 'i""ary Cinton9s empathy prob"em. 'i"ary

is o#ten criti(ue #or ha%ing a "ack o# empathy an not being ab"e to tru"y connect &ith the American peop"e. o&e

#ocuses on this criti(ue, speci#ica""y, that C"inton is %ery &e"" o## an it probab"y changes her %ie& o# the &or". $n

the comic, 'i"ary is staning on a %ery high bui"ing, "itera""y "ooking o&n at the peop"e an in a speech bubb"e is

saying, *$ #ee" your pain.+ $t is ob%ious that this c"aim is not sincere because she is so much higher up. he is sa#e.

The bui"ing she is staning on is "abe"e *the 1;,+ so o&e is saying that 'i"ary9s &ea"th an status pre%ents her

#rom being ab"e to empathie &ith peop"e. This cartoon is not as humorous as it is critica". $t e%okes #ee"ings o#

anger an resentment in peop"e &ho #ee" "ike they are at the bottom o# the economic c"asses an it is trans#erring that

anger to 'i""ary C"inton.


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Tom tig"ich. February 10, 2016. Creators.com.

$n this cartoon, tig"ich is commenting on 'i""ary C"intons e#eat in the e& 'ampshire :rimaries. 'i"ary

is epicte as her usua" caricature, earrings, pear"s an campaign button, ho&e%er, she is a"so burnt. he is charre

an there are c"ous o# smoke aroun her as i# she &as recent"y burne. $n her han is a paper "abe"e, *e&

'ampshire primary resu"ts.+ There is a huge button ne7t to her that says, *F


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Wa"t 'ane"sman. -anuary 26, 2016. The e& =r"eans A%ocate.

This cartoon is criticiing the caniates #or the 2016 presiency. The tit"es, *$# campaign posters ha to be

truth#u"5+ is poste abo%e #our mock campaign posters #or the ma!or caniates. Written on them is &hat

'ane"sman be"ie%es to be the truth about each caniate9s. ernie aners is criticie #or &anting #ree e%erything

but ha%ing no &ay to pay #or it. 'i""ary is criticie #or not being truth#u" or accountab"e. Accoring to 'ane"sman,

Crus actua" appea" is that he is not as cray as Trump. Fina""y he criticie Trump #or being mean, reck"ess, an

%enge#u". 'e is not particu"ar"y partisan as he bashes caniates on both parties. 'e is %ery cynica" an he re"ies on

his paroy an humor to get his message across. 'e is saying that a"" o# the caniates are #"a&e an $ think this is

a sentiment he" by many Americans.


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-ack =hman. December 2>, 201?. The acramento ee.

$n this eitoria" cartoon, =hman is criticiing Te Cru #or his hypocrisy. Te Cru use his chi"ren in an

a #or his presientia" campaign. hort"y a#ter, an eitoria" cartoonist mae #un o# Te Cru using his chi"ren an

Te Cru respone saying chi"ren &ere o## "imits. The argument became &hether or not he mae his chi"ren

acceptab"e targets a#ter he inc"ue them in his a. =hman is instea #ocusing on Te Crus ba po"icies that harm

chi"ren using this recent e%ent. $t is %ery c"e%er an has a humorous tone. =hman uses speech bubb"es, caricatures

o# Te Cru, an images o# chi"ren to get across his message. =hman is %ery critica" o# Cru a ma!or repub"ican

caniate, so $ &ou" imagine he is a "ibera" cartoonist, ho&e%er, a "ot o# repub"icans o not "ike Cru either.


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Dana ummers. December 16, 201?. Tribune Content Agency.

This cartoon is commenting on -eb ushs campaign #or presiency. $n the race #or the 2016 presiency,

-eb ush &as #orecast to be %ery success#u". 'is campaign &as soon trounce by Dona" Trump an on"y recent"y

has he been oing better in the ebates in an e##ort to re%amp his campaign. This is &hat is epicte in the picture

abo%e. ummers casts -eb ush as a character in tar Wars, an tit"es the picture using a p"ay on &ors, *8eturn o#

the -ebi,+ a#ter the actua" tit"e o# the mo%ie *8eturn o# the -ei.+ The ea space ship -eb is in is "abe"e to be his

campaign, an he is trying to !ump start it &ith a car "abe"e ebates. This cartoon oes not inicate &hether or not

-eb &i"" be success#u", a"though in the mo%ie return o# the -ei, the -ei o came back, but it is certain"y painting an

accurate picture. Dana ummer is a conser%ati%e cartoonist an this is represente by epicting -eb as the goo guy

in this cartoon. The (uestion that remains #or the %ie&er is &hether or not -eb &i"" get his campaign back in the air.

Overall Reflection

This co""ection o# eitoria" cartoons e%en"y criti(ues caniates #rom both parties. $t is ba"ance an it

high"ights that this is a %ery troub"ing race. othing is #or sure. The genera" message is that a"" the caniates ha%e


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#"a&s. The cartoons as a &ho"e &ere a mi7 o# satirica""y humorous an cynica". $ be"ie%e that a humourous cartoon is

better, not because it more e##ecti%e"y gi%es a message, but it is more memorab"e.

Throughout the cartoons there is a"so a theme o# uncertainty in the outcome o# the upcoming primaries,

much "ess the genera" e"ection. With the *Fee" the ern+ cartoon &here 'i""ary is epicte as surprise an burnt, it

is a re#"ection o# ho& many o# the American peop"e #ee", surprise on the outcomes o# the primaries.

A#ter "ooking at a"" o# the cartoons, an many more in my search o# the eight cartoons $ ene up &ith, $ am

"e#t &ith a #e& key takea&ays. First, e%ery cartoon epicts Trump as nonsensica", cray, mean, !ust abso"ute"y

outrageous. $ unerstan &hy this is, ho&e%er, $ think this iminishes the #act that Trump is supporte by rea" peop"e

&ho are angry &ith the &ay things are. They #ee" more com#ortab"e &ith a %enge#u" emagogue as presient than

others &ho seem more reasonab"e "ike ush. The peop"e &riting cartoons capita"ie on Trumps cray comments to

make #un o# them, but $ ha%e yet to see a cartoon that pro%ies insight on his appea". For e7amp"e, the cartoon abo%e

&ith the paroy campaign signs oes not e%en preten to "ist goo things about him. /aybe that can be rea into as

a message that he is so #ar ba that no goo &ors can be use to escribe him, but it a"so "ay. Another pattern is

that the cartoons a"" mock the caniates, none o# the mock the peop"e &ho support those caniates. For e7amp"e,

there cou" be a cartoon mocking cray ernie aners supporters an mean Dona" Trump supporters.

=%era"", the are %ery satirica" as they e7aggerate the caniates #"a&s. /y main takea&ay #rom these

cartoons as a &ho"e is that this presientia" campaign has so many outrageous moments an characters an that is

&hat the cartoons #ocus on. A"so, $ kno& that Dona" Trump is nasty an that /arco 8ubio serious"y scre&e up the

ebate. These cartoons are %ery e##ecti%e at c"e%er"y restating e%ents, an making a comment, but they "ack rea"

insight, &hich is to say they ha%en9t change my opinion on anything.

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