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CARTOON VIOLENCE

Everything Is A Terrifying Nightmare

By the Comics Curmudgeon
Remember a couple of months ago, when everything was all Hope this and Change that and Yes We Can whatever, and you thought that everything was going to be all sweetness and light from here on in? FOOLS! Little did you know that the nightmare would just go on, forever and ever, like a never-ending mescaline trip. Brace yourselves for the horror show that launches 2009, with waves of human-animal hybrids and Dick Cheney’s bosoms!

Click on the tiny comics to see them larger for FULL-SIZED HORROR.

Ha ha, remember when you thought that George Bush was just some smug Yalie legacy moron who got to be president through a combination of cheating, family connections and dumb luck, and then proceeded to fuck up the world? You were probably kind of bummed about that at the time, but now that you know he’s actually a terrifying man-duck (muck? dan?), waddling about with his ghastly, fleshy head tottering at the end of his feathered neck, you’re no doubt actively terrified. Even more traumatic are the mechanics of his reproductive processes, to wit: where exactly in his man-duck anatomy was that egg stored? And what orifice did he push it through?

Also, you have probably traditionally thought of Barack Obama as a tall, handsome, smooth-speechifying dude who inspired a generation and who will bring a new dawn of politics in America, right after he takes the oath of office on the Koran and then signs a treaty of alliance with the President of Terrorism. But in fact Barack Obama is a horse — a sexy, jet-black horse — with a hideously deformed human head. Most of what you’ve seen of him so far has been achieved with Photoshop and stunt doubles. Having been duly elected by the American people, the Obama-horse probably feels that at last he can reveal his true nature and be loved for who he is, but when he canters out onto the stage at the inauguration, his malformed appearance will be met with shrieks of terror and demands to brain it with a shovel.

Who benefits from all this? Dick Cheney, obviously. Since he, little known fact, actually is the only American who gets to decide who’s president, America was more than willing for him to have the Bush and Obama monstrosities destroyed and assume power himself. “Sure, he’s a shirtless sadist with floppy man-boobs and a terrifying cybernetic heart that orders him to kill,” we all thought, “but at least most of his organic body parts contain only human DNA!”

In his first act as president, Cheney finally solves the immigration problem once and for all, by transforming the formerly svelte and welcoming Statue of Liberty into a symbol of everything that foreigners hate and fear the most: fat ladies. “Madre di dios” cried the sinister illegal foreigns, “I will return to my own country, where the starvation and the cholera keep our women supermodel-thin!” Later, Americans riot in outrage when they find out that there really isn’t any such thing as “lard chips.”

And then Rod Blagojevich launched a dildo with a human face for a tip at the Capitol, the end. it has a mustache for the love of God why does it have a mustache what is that even FOR?

But wait! Not quite the end! May I make what perhaps will be a final plea from this site in the matter of the 2008 Best Weblog Awards? You already know who you’re voting for in Best Humor Blog (me, your Comics Curmudgeon, duh) and Best Liberal Blog (those plucky gals over at the Confluence), but, in the spirit of this column, I ask you to turn your attention for a moment to the Best Comic Strip category. First and second place are already spoken for, but the race for third is tight, and right now the strip in the lead is Day by Day, a cartoon which consists mostly of a black dude and various sexy ladies in their underwear spouting wry, detached Republican talking points. Why not vote for Medium Large instead? Only it dares take on racially charged scenarios like Spider-Man joining the Nation of Islam, plus its creator is gettin’ it on with this famous Sarah Palin imitator. Go forth and vote!

[Also, everybody, remember to nominate ALL your favorite WARBLOGS such as Comics Curmudgeon, and of course your Wonkette, at the REAL Bloggies, here. -- Ed.]


12:48 PM on Fri January 9 2009
By Josh Fruhlinger
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  1. AngryBlakGuy says at 12:54 pm, January 9th, 2009

    …Cheney has some serious MOOBS in that 3rd pic!

  2. AngryBlakGuy says at 12:55 pm, January 9th, 2009

    …and is that last pic inferring that Blago is part of Hamas?

  3. loudmouthredhead says at 12:55 pm, January 9th, 2009

    Why does Blago look exactly like Chris Gaines?

  4. user-of-owls says at 1:01 pm, January 9th, 2009

    Ow. My head hurts. Too many questions:

    –Is Norway locked in some sort of “Most Offensive Cartoon Depiction (Scandinavian Division” runoff with the Muslim-hating Danes?
    –Why is Ahmadinejad immigrating to the U.S.?
    –Did the act of birthing that monstrous egg result in a broken leg, as opposed to catastrophic internal injuries?

    Ow.

  5. Naked Bunny with a Whip says at 1:03 pm, January 9th, 2009

    Sure, he’s a shirtless sadist with floppy man-boobs

    I hate having so much in common with Cheney.

  6. lenorecutie says at 1:05 pm, January 9th, 2009

    The man-duck and Obama-horse are horrifying! I don’t think I will ever be able to close my eyes without having those two genetic rejects appearing before me in some waking nightmare.

    Thanks a lot, ass.

  7. user-of-owls says at 1:06 pm, January 9th, 2009

    Naked Bunny with a Whip: I hate having so much in common with Cheney.

    Bastard probably wouldn’t have gotten away with so many war crimes if he didn’t have that fuzzy tail.

  8. lenorecutie says at 1:07 pm, January 9th, 2009

    user-of-owls: I wondered about that, too. Did the force of pushing a gianormous egg cause Bush’s leg to spontaneously break? Then I realized I really didn’t want to know.

  9. Iggy Plop says at 1:08 pm, January 9th, 2009

    Day by Day is an affront to intelligence, to cartooning, and to just about anything else - but it seems safely left in the dust by its competitors right now. But, honestly, best webcomic and no nomination for Achewood? Eh, I’ll vote for Medium Large on grounds that it’s not xkcd.

  10. user-of-owls:
    That Korean Obama-vampire guy is pretty weird, too. Maybe once he wins the Asian division there’ll be a World Cup?

  11. user-of-owls says at 1:14 pm, January 9th, 2009

    bhosp: Oh, oh! Can we all gang up on the PUMA cartoonist and rig the vote?!

  12. Noodle Salad says at 1:25 pm, January 9th, 2009

    lenorecutie: it’s a “lame” duck. Either that, or Cheney had his way with him earlier.

  13. shanemacgowan says at 1:27 pm, January 9th, 2009

    “dildo with a human face . . . (and) a mustache . . .”

    Is he talking about John Bolton? Or perhaps Dr. Phil?

  14. WindbagCity says at 1:30 pm, January 9th, 2009

    I was hoping for ‘Lord Chips’…

  15. driftglass says at 1:37 pm, January 9th, 2009
  16. loudmouthredhead says at 1:41 pm, January 9th, 2009

    WindbagCity: Nono, “Lord Chips” is this guy.

  17. chascates says at 1:44 pm, January 9th, 2009

    So we’re back to voting for Josh? This is getting like one of those 30’s screwball comedies where five guys show up to take out the same dizzy dame.

  18. Larry McAwful says at 1:46 pm, January 9th, 2009

    for the love of God why does it have a mustache

    Nothing has to have a mustache. Except for Frank Zappa. Otherwise it’s senseless and hurtful.

  19. rich bachelor says at 2:01 pm, January 9th, 2009

    Editorial cartoons; that last bastion of subtlety and fine craftsmanship in the world of journalism:
    “Hey, I got an idea! I’m a-gonna put signs on the Dickcheney there saying he’s the Veep o’ Torture! Ha ha! ‘…And the dungeon’s that way,’ Right? Hah! This oughta effect the way people vote!”

    Then he moves onto a big black sooty blob labeled ‘Gaza’, with a li’l dreidle laying in the gutter, with the word “WHY” spelled out in Hebrew, or something…

  20. I’m guessing cartoonists in Norway have never heard about the whole “40 acres and a mule” thing.

  21. With that mustache and glasses, Blago’s missile looks like Teddy Roosevelt.

  22. Naked Bunny with a Whip says at 2:37 pm, January 9th, 2009

    Blago’s missile has a mustache? Has it become a sex scandal now, as well?

  23. dijetlo says at 2:55 pm, January 9th, 2009

    The Cartoons fail, fail and fail
    No Trucknutz
    What, you didn’t think we had standards?

  24. AnnieGetYourFun says at 3:09 pm, January 9th, 2009

    What the fuck is with the foreign cartoons? Are Americans the only ones who know how to draw? And is it related to our inability to read?

  25. AnnieGetYourFun says at 3:11 pm, January 9th, 2009

    Duh, Josh. Mustache rides? Hello?

  26. ZombieRichardFeynman says at 4:00 pm, January 9th, 2009

    Iggy Plop: I thought xkcd was derived from peering in the windows of my wife’s mind and my own, so of course I like it. What ghastly xkcd sin prompts the diss?

  27. jagorev says at 4:31 pm, January 9th, 2009

    Yes, I second thee call for sharing some of Wonkette’s assfucking style love for Ces Marciuliano of Medium Large. He has to be one of the most creative people on the internet.

  28. Bush, the lame kiwi bird.

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