Cross-posted at Left Toon Lane and Political Nexus
I'd been holding back on posting this latest political cartoon of mine, because I know somebody somewhere will feel that the imagery is too controversial.
But we have to go full ammo against these fucknuts. And it’s not like he didn’t open the door for it; I’m only using his own words against him.
Bill O’Reilly Gets An Earful From Some Buddies Back Home
Leave an opinion in the comments if you feel this imagery is too borderline. I feel I’m on bedrock because it’s a reference to Billo’s own words; I’m just turning his accusations against himself.
I happen to think imagery and symbology can pack a punch in ways that transcend the literary form, but for those who like words, okay fine, here's my little note to Bill, and his minions who are trolling this site:
Hi Bill.
You make no sense.
Saying that this is a "hate-site" and saying progressive bloggers are akin to "the Nazis" and "the KKK" is like saying Thomas Jefferson is the bogey-man. It's like saying Ben Franklin is an axe-murderer and Abe Lincoln ate babies during the Gettysburg Address. It's like saying Thomas Paine wrote pamphlets such as "More Taxes, Less Representation", and "Please Tread On Me, and Then Let Me Get Down On My Knees and Give You A Rusty Trombone for the Rock-Bottom Price of One King's Shilling". It's like saying stalker phone-calls about falafel is a sure-fire way to entreat the opposite sex. It's like saying Iraqi children who've had their arms blown off will happily learn how to throw candies and flowers to you with their feet. It's like saying peace lives in a gun, that Ignorance is Strength, and the Bill of Rights is a sheet of brown acid.
Potkettlisticaly Yours,
Dave the Rave.
Of course, we know this whackjob is just ripping a page from the Karl Rove handbook, which dictates that one must accuse others of that which oneself is guilty; it is Bill O'Reilly who earns his keep as a fear-monger, it is Bill O'Reilly who is a peddler of hatred and lies. He can't bear his own cowardice, so he projects his self-contempt onto anything that he perceives as a threat. And everything is a threat to this poor bastard.
Putting these punks on the ropes is too damn easy.
The only weapon necessary is a mirror.
You wanna say I'm affiliated with the KKK, Bill? Fuck you, you unhinged fuckupamaholic. Here's a picture of you having a beer with Hitler. Be happy I didn't add a little moustache of fascistic kinship to your reflection in the bar -- believe me, it was tempting. I see your Godwin and raise you a Shakespeare as you doth protest too much.
/rant
..... Okay, for good measure, here are a few more of my recent political cartoons....
(The reason being that I've noticed people are seldom inclined to rec a diary for simply being a mere "cartoon", which is a drag because I put countless hours into these things, and yes, I do believe that a picture is worth a thousand words. So to entice people, I will fill things out with a cache of my most recent material...)
I was happy to see this one included at the heading a diary by our very own dday a few weeks back. Rumor has it that dday was the first one to refer to Cheney as "Fourthbranch", and that is what I was riffing on with this political cartoon:
Here's our King atop the Washington Monument.... I hope one of those karmic airplanes takes this fucker down:
Here's Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney and John McCain trying to out-Reagan each other....
This next one is from a week or two ago, and it's the first of what may possibly become a series called Dave the Rave's Crazy Cartoon Caption Contest. When I posted it, it didn't fall like an anvil to the bottom of the Kossian Sea as do some of my posts, but neither did it tear the Recco List asunder in its ascent to greatness.
So I'll post it here again just for fun.
To see the accompanying poll, and a few clever replies, click here:
What's Nancy's Response? You Be The Decider.
This is a photoshoppy image from an extended piece I did spoofing Abu Gonzales. I won't link to it because it was rather hyperbolic even for the likes of me, which is a scary notion.... I'll leave it to the adventurous to scout it out of my Dkos page if you crave what I call Dark Snark (patent pending).
But in light of the latest Dem capitulation on the FISA bill, thereby granting broad and extraordinary powers to one Alberto Torturamos Gonzales, I remembered this image, which pretty much sums up what the Crackhead-in-Chief and his Evil Toady think of our once-revered Lady Justice:
One more. I'm working on a whole series of penguin cartoons, a la New Yorker style. I call this one a "non-political political cartoon". It may be apropos to nothing, I dunno. I just find it funny.
Cheers, America.
-- Dave.
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Note: Once I have posted any of my political art pieces on this site, I am making it available for use; anyone who frequents this site I consider to be a kindred spirit, and so I allow, and in fact encourage my fellow progressives to freely make use of my work, but I request that you CONTACT ME when doing so. I have had a few rather awkward experiences of people using my art-work in various contexts and I simply request that you inform me. So if you'd like to use these images in your publication or website, please feel free to contact me (e-mail addy is in my profile), or contact Left Toon Lane.