TRANSCRIPT OF COMIC

This comic has seven panels. The first six panels feature stark black-and-white caricatures of Israeli political and military figures, each accompanied by a quotation.

PANEL 1

An extreme close-up of Major General Ghassan Alian, seen from below. He’s drawn with a bald head, heavy eyebrows, and an angry, scowling expression.

ALIAN: “Human animals must be treated as such. No electricity, no water, only destruction.”

PANEL 2

Knesset member Simcha Rothman is shown from the chest up, wearing glasses, a suit, and a tie. He has a wide, toothy grin, and his eyes are disturbingly wide.

ROTHMAN: “The children are our enemies.”

PANEL 3

A close-up of Defense Minister Israel Katz. He has neatly combed hair, angry eyebrows, and a sneery expression.

KATZ: “Israel’s policy is clear and no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza.”

PANEL 4

Knesset member Michal Woldiger is shown, with long hair hanging down on either side of her face.

WOLDIGER: “We will cleanse Gaza of every potential murderer, and everyone there is a potential murderer.”

PANEL 5

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, seen from a dramatic low angle. His head is tilted back, and his mouth is unnaturally wide open. He has short springy hair, a beard, and a collared shirt.

SMOTRICH: “Gaza will be totally destroyed.”

PANEL 6

National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, shown in profile. He’s wearing round glasses and has short bangs and pursed lips. He points one finger as if making a point.

BEN-GVIR: “There are people there not worthy of life. They shouldn’t live. They’re not even people.”

PANEL 7

On a city sidewalk, two people are arguing. On the left is a short, heavyset man holding a protest sign reading “End the genocide.” He is wincing back from the man on the right.

On the right is a taller man with dark hair, wearing a collared short-sleeved shirt and brown pants. He’s leaning aggressively toward the protester as he shouts.

TALLER MAN: No one in Israel’s government supports genocide!

TINY KICKER PANEL

A woman with curly hair in a bun talks to Barry the Cartoonist. Barry shrugs.

WOMAN: Was it hard finding six quotes for this cartoon?

BARRY: It was hard picking only six.

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PANEL 7

• A gigantic dog is peeking over a rooftop railing across the street.
• The boxes and books in the store’s display window say: “New Product”; “It’s not needed! It won’t make us happier!”; “What is happiness anyway?”; “Here have a picture of a kitty” (with a picture of a cat).
• A large sidewalk advertising sign reads, “Ooooh! SALE! Wow! Capitalistic stuff 50% OFF!” At the bottom, in tiny letters: “A mystical price we never really charge.”
• A little rat sits under the sale sign, with a bottle at its side.
  

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RECEIPTS

1. Major General Ghassan Alian — October 10, 2023

Head of COGAT, the Israeli military agency overseeing coordination with the Palestinian territories.

“Human animals must be treated as such. There will be no electricity and no water, there will only be destruction.”

He finished by telling Gazans that they had wanted hell and would get it. Earlier in the statement, he accused residents of Gaza of celebrating Hamas’s October 7 attacks.

Source: The Times of Israel — COGAT chief addresses Gazans: ‘You wanted hell, you will get hell’

2. Simcha Rothman — May 21, 2025

Knesset member and chair of the Constitution, Law and Justice Committee.

This was an exchange with Channel 4 News journalist Lindsey Hilsum, who suggested allowing Palestinian refugees to enter Israel.

HILSUM: “The children are your enemies?”

ROTHMAN: “They are our enemies.”

Rothman then argued that international refugee rules did not oblige Israel to admit people from an enemy population.

The cartoon condenses Hilsum’s question and Rothman’s answer into a single sentence, rather than a verbatim quotation.

Source: NPR/On Point — The Israeli government’s true goal in Gaza (June 5, 2025).

3. Israel Katz — April 16, 2025

Defense minister.

“Israel’s policy is clear: no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza.”

In the same statement, Katz described preventing humanitarian aid from entering as a principal instrument of pressure against Hamas. He said that no preparations were underway to resume deliveries.

Sources: AFP — Israel defense minister says no humanitarian aid will enter Gaza and The Times of Israel — Katz clarifies Gaza aid won’t resume yet.

4. Michal Woldiger — February 25, 2025

Knesset member, Religious Zionism party.

“We will eliminate Hamas, cleanse Gaza of every potential murderer, and everyone there is a potential murderer.”

She made the statement at a conference in Eilat. The Times of Israel reproduced it two days later, attributing the original reporting to Arutz Sheva (Israel National News).

Source: The Times of Israel — Any conscription law on Haredim ‘must be temporary,’ says Religious Zionism MK. The quotation appears near the end of the article.

5. Bezalel Smotrich — May 6, 2025

Finance minister.

“Within a few months, we will be able to declare that we have won. Gaza will be totally destroyed.”

Speaking at a settlements conference in Ofra, Smotrich went on to describe concentrating Gaza’s population in a narrow area near the Egyptian border, while the remainder of the territory would be empty.

Sources: The Times of Israel — Smotrich says Gaza to be ‘totally destroyed’ and The Guardian — Gaza will be entirely destroyed, Israeli minister says.

6. Itamar Ben-Gvir — August 16, 2026

Minister of national security.

“There are people there who are not worthy of life. They shouldn’t live. They’re not even people.”

Ben-Gvir said this during a podcast conversation with former Israeli hostage Rom Braslavski. He was criticizing the reduction in Israeli airstrikes and advocating targeted killings of 30 to 40 people in Gaza every night, including people who were not posing an immediate threat.

Source: Associated Press — Israel’s Ben-Gvir advocates killing ‘30 to 40’ people in Gaza nightly

Nobody In Israel Said That! | Barry Deutsch on Patreon

This one is by me and Becky Hawkins.

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

This cartoon has four panels. In each panel, a prosperous-looking older white male judge talks directly to us.

PANEL 1

Outside a grand courthouse with enormous columns, the Judge walks up the steps. He wears an expensive dark three-piece suit and looks very self-assured.

JUDGE: I’m not partisan. I’m a judge! When I decide a case, I don’t rule based on my politics. I look to the Constitution!

PANEL 2

Inside the courthouse, the JUDGE strolls smugly down a hallway decorated with marble busts.

JUDGE: An ordinary person might read “words” in the Constitution and think a “well-regulated militia” means a well-regulated militia. But not a trained judge like me!

PANEL 3

The JUDGE puts on his black judicial robe, striking a grand, self-important pose.

JUDGE: Reading the Constitution requires rumination! Investigation! Erudition!

PANEL 4

Now wearing his robe, the JUDGE sits behind the bench with his hands folded and his eyes contentedly closed.

JUDGE (thought): And then I rule based on my politics.

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PANEL 2

The marble busts in the courthouse hallway depict Garnet from Steven Universe, Judge Dredd, Bert from Sesame Street, and Bugs Bunny, each dressed up with a judicial wig.

PANEL 4

On the shelves behind the judge are law books titled Law; Law 2 electric boogaloo; Clarence’s Yacht Schedule; Great Rulings of the Confederacy; The Turner & Hooch Diaries; and Precedents and How to Ignore Them.

The bookends are marble busts of Sweeney and Mrs. Lovett as they appeared on the poster for the original Broadway production.

The judge’s coffee mug says WORLD’S GREATEST JUDGE.

A huge judicial seal depicts scales of justice, with a sack of money outweighing planet Earth.

[A]political Judge | Barry Deutsch on Patreon

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A four-panel cartoon. Two women walk along a city sidewalk. One woman is fat, with black hair in a bun, hoop earrings, a flower tattoo on her upper arm, and a T-shirt reading “FREE GAZA.” The other is thin, with curly reddish-pink hair, large round glasses, and a black sleeveless top over a blue top.

PANEL 1

The redhead strides along with both arms thrown dramatically upward. The black-haired woman walks beside her, looking unimpressed.

REDHEAD: What gets me about Israel and Gaza is the irony! The people who were once the victims have become the monsters!

PANEL 2

A closer view. The black-haired woman turns toward her companion, who listens with a wary expression.

BLACK-HAIRED WOMAN: You know, only about 1% of Israelis are Holocaust survivors, and they’re all at least eighty years old. Netanyahu was born after the Holocaust.

PANEL 3

The two continue walking. The black-haired woman gestures as she talks. The redhead raises both hands defensively.

BLACK-HAIRED WOMAN: So why blame Gaza on Holocaust survivors?

REDHEAD: I didn’t mean Holocaust survivors.

PANEL 4

The black-haired woman facepalms. The redhead stands with her arms folded, annoyed.

BLACK-HAIRED WOMAN: Please tell me you aren’t saying Jews are the monsters?

REDHEAD: Stop asking me to think about the implications of what I say!

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PANEL 1

The store is called (unreadably) “Obscured Signs Inc.”

A historical plaque reads: “On this site in 1987 a plaque maker got like soooo stoned.”

A poster on a utility pole says: “God is watching. For God’s sake at least try to be more interesting.” Another says, “Graphic that has nothing to do with my band,” with a sort of splitting eggshell cartoon face. Another says “No Import.” A rat dressed like an arteest is painting a rat Mona Lisa on the bottom of the utility pole.

A dental-office sign reads: “Dental office / You show ’em we’ll pull ’em / Every ninth one pulled is free!”

A homeless man slumps next to a sign reading: “Please help / I’m drawn completely out of scale.”

Gomez Addams (as he was originally drawn in Charles Addams’ cartoons) is looking out a window. At the upper right, a man in a distant tiny window is grinning and making a thumbs up.

A bumper sticker on a car at the far right says: “My other car is also a drawing.” A spilled bottle on the sidewalk is labeled “Whoa Baby! Booze.”

Graffiti includes “JETS” with “Sharks” written over it; “BG” for background (that one’s also in panels 3 and 4); “Hey look! Graffiti!”; and a couple of onomatopoeias (whoosh, zap).

PANEL 2

More graffiti! It’s almost all more onomatopoeia: Bang, achoo, awooga, mwah, tick tock, cuckoo, honk, hoot, buzz, bamf, bebop. Also, a tiny mouse lounges against the wall reading a smartphone.

PANEL 3

A store poster advertises: “Sale! All your hopes! Buy 2 hopes get 1 dream free!” Fine print adds, “No returns once dreams turn sour.” Even finer print says, “See terms and conditions in your soul.” Another says, “Cry for me Argentina.” A poster for “Boom Soda” boasts “93% sugar!” Another poster says “WOW great prices!” and in small print “is what you’d say if our prices were much lower.”

A utility pole includes a pedestrian crossing sign where the little figure is a devil, a flyer that says “Guitar For Sale – turns out I’m less talented than I had hoped” and a “Roommate Wanted” flyer with a picture of Ernie from Sesame Street.

Graffiti says (in a high spot) “I Own A Ladder!”; “But what the graffiti says is changing from panel to panel, what gives?”; “Hi there”; a cartoon face waving and saying “Arf”; and the ubiquitous “BG.”

The building has a little cutaway at sidewalk height, with a pair of eyes staring out.

PANEL 4

The pedestrian crossing sign now has the pedestrian walking the wrong way. Ernie on the “Roommate Wanted” sign is now wearing sunglasses. A flyer with little paper tabs at the bottom says “FREE: Little paper tabs. Take one. Useful in all sorts of common applications.”

Graffiti includes “It must be AI!”; “sigh”; “Vroom”; the cartoon face is now unhappy and says “I am not AI”; a cartoon Frankenstein’s monster; and some cartoon bugs.

At the far right edge, a sad-looking Bert from Sesame Street peeks around the corner of the building.

The Implications Have Become The Monster | Barry Deutsch on Patreon

Another collaboration with Nadine Scholtes! (Nadine and I have done an AI-themed cartoon once before).

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

PANEL 1

A young man sits on a couch, smiling at a video on his phone. A black cat sleeps beside him.

MAN (thinking): OMG, this puppy video is so cute!

MAN (thinking): Like!

PANEL 2

The man suddenly looks anxious, one hand pressed to his face.

MAN (thinking): But wait—the last time I “liked” a puppy video, it turned out it was AI.

MAN (thinking): I don’t want to accidentally support slop stealing from real puppies.

Nearby, the black cat holds up a bottle of Xanax.

PANEL 3

Extreme close-up of the increasingly frantic man. Thought balloons circle around his head:

But it’s adorable!
Fake!
Cute!
But it’s fake.
Maybe it’s fake.
The poster says it’s not AI.
Exactly what an AI would say!
Was that tongue too perfectly pink?
Was there an extra claw?
Fake!
Cute!

PANEL 4

A bearded man approaches, holding out his phone for the first man to see. The first man recoils in horror.

BEARDED MAN: Honey, you look stressed! Relax and watch this puppy video.

MAN: AAAAAGH!

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In panel one, a goldfish is half out of its aquarium, picketing with a sign reading, ON STRIKE FOR BETTER PROTECTION FROM CAT. A framed portrait of Lucy from Peanuts is on the wall.

In panel two, the cat offers the stressed man a bottle labeled XANAX.

In the final panel, the goldfish’s abandoned sign now reads, OH WELL NEVER MIND. The black cat is contentedly eating the goldfish.

Adorable AI Puppies | Barry Deutsch on Patreon

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

This cartoon has four panels.

PANEL 1

On a city sidewalk, a balding man in a shirt and tie is talking insistently to a purple-haired passerby with glasses and tattoos.

MAN: Hey, pal, guess what? They’re letting millions of illegals into the country to vote for Democrats!

PANEL 2

In a kitchen, the same man has stuck his head and shoulders through a window into the kitchen, shaking a finger emphatically as he lectures a startled woman.

MAN: The Democrats’ dirty vote machine is so diabolical it’s impossible to “prove,” but everybody knows it stinks!

PANEL 3

In a park, the same man has grabbed another person by the shoulder and is shouting in their face.

MAN: Never mind “proof.” Your elections are stolen! It’s all rigged! Democracy is dead!!

PANEL 4

Close-up of a hand holding a phone. On the screen, the same man—now smiling and calm—is speaking on Fox News.

MAN: Of course there’s proof elections are crooked! Because if they aren’t, why do so many Americans think they are?

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Panel 1: Graffiti on the wall says: “I have tagged this wall, and therefore I have become immortal”; “20 percent is the new 15 percent”; “Pore Jud is Daid”; “BG”; “BG yes again”; and “The Vanishing Point is the God of Us All.” Also on the wall, a purple cartoon bunny, labeled “Evil Bunny,” is surrounded by flying knives.

In the store window, ad posters include a cigarette brand called “DIE,” a cupcake with a happy worm crawling out of it, Beaker from the Muppets, and a column of comic-book sound effects: “Bim Bam Boom Boot Toot.”

A newspaper on the sidewalk is called the Background Tribune. The headline reads “Crucial Headline In Left Corner Cropped Off. Thousands of Deaths Blamed on a Cartoonist’s Laziness. ‘Whoops’ says the jerk.” The headline on the lower left is cut off by the panel border, but in my mind it was “Whomp Whomp.”

A bottle lying in the gutter is labeled “Hootch Juice.”

Panel 2: A cereal box is labeled, “Your Childhood Cereal You Keep Eating Even Though It’s Bad,” and promises the “Same Awful Taste!” On the side of the cereal box, it says “100% 90%” and then in small letters “are both numbers.”

In a coffee mug on the counter, a mouse wearing a purple hat sits thoughtfully.

On a shelf, cookbooks include Cook Book, Schnook Book, You Can Cook! and Just Kidding, You’re Awful! There’s also a glaring bald head with a cigar.

Panel 3: A notice nailed to a tree reads: “NOTICE: People who read tiny background text will be sent to bed with no supper. —Your Mom.” Nearby, the Evil Bunny from panel one is partly emerging from a hole in the ground, smoking a joint and holding a teddy bear. Woodstock from “Peanuts” is sitting on a tree branch.

Panel 4: The Fox News logo says “Nox Fews.” The news crawl says “Muffin Man: ‘No one knows the real me’” and “Single best celebrity dies. ‘Whoopsies’ says God.” (I wrote that one the day Dolly passed away.) Thumbnails for other stories are headlined “Global Warming: FAKE” and “If global warming isn’t fake then it’s GOOD NEWS!” with a picture of a smiling sun wearing sunglasses and enjoying the beach.

Everyone Knows Elections Are Rigged | Barry Deutsch on Patreon

Another collaboration with Becky Hawkins!

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

This cartoon has six panels.

PANEL 1

A bearded man in a red cap is recording a video of himself.

JAKE: Why should taxpayers be on the hook for science research with no real-world value? If their research were worth anything, private industry would already fund it!

PANEL 2

Jake’s rant continues over a cross-section of the landscape, from farmland and suburbs to a city; his voice is coming from a little cabin. A fiber-optic cable runs underground all the way across the panel.

JAKE: Believe me, these researchers aren’t a bunch of Einsteins!

CAPTION: There wouldn’t be high-speed internet for this doofus’s videos without fiber optic cables!

PANEL 3

Under the ocean, a fiber-optic cable runs along the ocean floor. Word balloons coming from the fiber optic cable contain the icons of many internet-based services — Facebook, Zoom, Discord, Netflix, Minecraft, and more.

CAPTION: Without fiber optics, the internet would be far too slow for how we use it today.

PANEL 4

CAPTION: So where did fiber optics come from? Well…

CAPTION: 1966

In a laboratory break room, an excited scientist throws his arms wide while another scientist eats at a table.

SCIENTIST: Now that lasers exist, we can use ultrapure glass fibers to carry light long distances!

OTHER SCIENTIST: How does that do anything?

PANEL 5

CAPTION: 1960

A scientist proudly holds up a diagram of a newly invented device. Another scientist sits at a microscope.

SCIENTIST: I call it a “laser”! It’s based on the old theory of stimulated emission.

OTHER SCIENTIST: But Theo, what use is it?

PANEL 6

CAPTION: 1917

Outside a university, a pompous-looking man gestures indignantly as he reads a scientific paper. He’s speaking to a young Albert Einstein, who rolls his eyes.

MAN: Albert, where’s the practical value in this “stimulated emission” drivel? It’s a waste of taxpayer money!

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In panel 1, Jake’s video is titled “Harsh Truths with Jake.” Signs behind him read “Please love me” with three thumbs-up symbols, “Need More attention” with a notification-bell symbol, and “Buy my sponsored doodads.”

In panel 3, the octopus is simultaneously listening to headphones, drinking coffee, using a phone, and washing dishes. A whale with swims overhead, looking at her phone. A shipwreck has a figurehead wearing a snorkel and looking at a phone.

In panel 4, a note taped to the refrigerator reads: “Do NOT store experiments in the break room fridge! —Management.”

In panel 5, the technical diagram has parts labeled “SCIENCE STUFF,” “THINGY,” “MORE SCIENCE STUFF,” and “PEW! PEW!”

In panel 6, the statue pedestal reads: “Friedrich Wilhelm University. Publicly Funded. Why Is This Sign Written in English?”

A Bunch of Einsteins | Barry Deutsch on Patreon

Another collaboration with gorgeous visuals from R.E. Ryan.

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

This cartoon has four panels. The same bespectacled, bearded man appears in all four.

PANEL 1

The man walks past several masked ICE agents. Two agents are dragging an older man toward the open back of an SUV. Nearby, a distressed woman stands with a small child who is crying. An ICE agent is pointing a gun at the child.

MAN (thought): Hmmm.

PANEL 2

Outside the Supreme Court, several Supreme Court justices in black robes are drinking and celebrating around a bonfire in which the Voting Rights Act is burning. The man walks past in the background, watching them.

MAN (thought): Hmm.

PANEL 3

At a bus stop, a woman is reading a newspaper. The man stands beside her, leaning slightly to read the front page. The newspaper’s main headline says: ANOTHER COMPLETELY UNAUTHORIZED UNNECESSARY WAR

MAN (thought): Mm-hmm.

PANEL 4

We see an open laptop. On its screen, the man is appearing on a TV interview show, grinning as he holds up a copy of his book, Polarization: Both Sides Did It!

MAN: America’s biggest problem is… POLARIZATION!

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In panel 2, the burning Voting Rights Act is depicted as the “I’m Just a Bill” character from Schoolhouse Rock!

In panel 3, the newspaper is called The Daily Gab. Under the enormous war headline is a much smaller headline: “Study: No one reads smaller headlines or studies.” A sub-headline says “‘My life is pointless,’ says sub-headline writer.”

On the wall in panel 3, graffiti includes tags from all eight captains from Star Trek shows (Pike, Kirk, Janeway, Burnham, Freeman, Picard, Sisko, and Archer) plus Taggart from Galaxy Quest. Other graffiti includes “Skitter Lives!” with a spider; a huge “BG,” for “background”; and “Never obey! I order U not to obey!” It only occurs to me now, writing this transcript, that I should have made it “not 2 obey.” Oh well.

In panel 4, behind the laptop, a large orange cat is sleeping. Curled up asleep on the cat’s tail is a tiny mouse wearing a sleeping cap.

America’s Biggest Problem | Barry Deutsch on Patreon

Welcome back to Kevin Moore, whose lovely drawings we haven’t seen here in a pig’s age! (I have no idea what a “pig’s age” means.)

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON

This cartoon has four panels. They all show the same scene: A woman in an orange tracksuit, in a park, is talking to a red robot on tank treads. The robot has a television screen for a head, with a newsman’s face on the screen, and “NEWSBOT-5000” written on its side.

PANEL 1

The woman walks peacefully along the sidewalk. The newsbot extends a microphone toward her. The newsman on its screen looks extremely cheerful.

NEWSBOT: Hi! It’s me, the media! Have you noticed that you’re surrounded by CRIME?

WOMAN: I am?

PANEL 2

A closer shot. The woman looks increasingly nervous, touching a finger to her cheek. The newsbot leans eagerly toward her.

NEWSBOT: Yes! You’re VERY endangered! It’s VERY likely that someone is about to jump out and murder you RIGHT NOW!

PANEL 3

The woman looks around a bit nervously, but all is quiet. The newsbot watches her with a worried expression.

PANEL 4

The newsbot suddenly yells at the woman. Startled, she leaps into the air, her glasses flying off her face.

NEWSBOT: ANY SECOND NOW!

WOMAN: AAUGH!

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“Chicken fat” is an ancient cartooning term for fun but unimportant details in the art.

Panel 1 – The sun has a face and is smoking a cig. A tree also has a rather angry-looking face. A strange one-eyed creature—who Kevin assures me is not a minion, but a little creature that he’s been doodling his whole life—pops out of the ground. And a hostile raccoon accosts a frightened rat.

Panel 3 – The one-eyed creature is now up a tree. The tree’s face now looks like the tree is napping, including some drool. The rat is offering a bottle of booze to the raccoon.

Panel 4 – The tree’s face is now awake, surprised by the Newsbot’s yelling. The one-eyed creature is all the way on the horizon. And the raccoon and rat are happily drunk together.

Crime’s Gonna Get You! | Barry Deutsch on Patreon

Another collab with Becky Hawkins! Becky and I are both fond of creating these history cartoons. Not every cartoon in the “history” category is drawn by Becky, but I suspect most of them are.

TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels, each showing a different period of history.

PANEL 1
Present day. A close-up of a hand holding a smartphone. The phone’s screen shows a talk show called “The JAQ Off.” Large letters on the front of the desk say “JUST ASKING QUESTIONS.” The host is interviewing a blonde woman in a red dress.

BLONDE: I don’t hate transgenders — I’m just against radical gender ideology.

PANEL 2
The 2000s. Two thin women are talking in the plus-size exercise-clothing section of a store. There are two fat mannequins dressed in exercise clothes, and a sign on the wall announces a sale on XL exercise clothes.

WOMAN: I’ve got nothing against fat people! But I hate it when they glorify obesity.

PANEL 3
Three white people dressed in 1940s clothing stand on a lawn, holding protest signs. The man in the center is speaking.

MAN: I have dear friends who are Jews! But the INTERNATIONAL JEWISH CABAL will destroy America!

The woman’s sign says: I DID NOT RAISE MY BOY TO DIE FOR UNCLE SHYLOCK

The man’s sign says: HITLER HAS NOT ATTACKED US. WHY ATTACK HITLER?

The third protester’s sign says: AMERICA FOR AMERICANS*

PANEL 4
A man in nineteenth-century clothing, wearing a huge stovepipe hat and a long blue coat, strides down a street while confronting a startled woman in an enormous hoop skirt. He carries a large sign.

TOP HAT: Understand I bear no ill will for the GOOD Catholics. But I abhor papist Romanist conspiracies!

CAPTION AT BOTTOM OF STRIP: RECYCLING.

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“Chicken fat” is obscure cartoonists’ lingo for obscure details hidden in the art.

In panel one, the news chyron says “STUDY: EVERYONE IS JUDGING YOU.” Smaller print underneath says, “‘Shouldn’t You Be Working Now?’ asks Handsome Chyron Writer.” The recommended videos are titled “Hate is love,” “Vegan TERRORIST,” “This puppy hates libs,” and “Clickbaiters HATE this.”

In panel two, a poster headed “INSPIRE” continues, “…you to spend more money.” A warning sign says, “CAUTION: Pulling large pants size from bottom of pile may result in injury.” A poster showing a jogger and a dog in front of a beautiful lake scene says, “This could be YOU! …if you buy the right PANTS.”

In panel three, a poster in a store window says “DOCTORS LOVE SMOKING.” The “America For Americans” sign has a small print disclaimer: “*The white Protestant ones.”

In panel four, the horse is looking with alarm at the racist “IRISH MENACE” sign. The “Know Nothing Party” sign says in small print “*Most on-the-nose name ever.” There is a pig in a pinstriped waistcoat holding a pocket watch. A terrified-looking kitten is clinging to the hoop skirt. And several piles of horse manure litter the street, but is that chicken fat or just period detail?

Recycling | Barry Deutsch on Patreon

TRANSCRIPT

Panel 1:
A woman and a man sit on a low stone wall in a park. The woman is upset; the man listens.

WOMAN: And now the Democrat in the race is backing some anti-trans laws! I’m not sure I can vote for that.

MAN (thinking): Uh-oh. Democrats need every vote. How can I convince her to vote for the Democrat anyway?

Panel 2:
The woman and man walk through the park, the woman ahead of him.

WOMAN: Of course, the Republican is even worse. But if Democrats turn against trans people… I’m so frightened.

MAN (thinking): I’ve got to be empathetic and persuasive.

Panel 3:
Close-up of the man, looking thoughtful with his hand on his chin.

WOMAN (off-panel): Look at what happened to the UK — they’ve now got two anti-trans parties. If we let that happen here, trans rights are dead.

MAN (thinking): Okay, I think I know how to reassure her and get her vote.

Panel 4:
The man is suddenly furious, leaning toward the startled woman and pointing at her.

MAN: You’re a Trump supporting moron and you deserve to die!

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PANEL 1:
A good dog with a halo peers out a window. A hand sticks out of a hole in a tree holding a sign that says SEND CANDY.

PANEL 2:
Groucho peeks from behind some bushes. A poster nailed to a tree reads “Background gag to come and it’ll be so funny!” A bad rabbit (we know it’s bad because it’s smoking) sits beside a bad worm (also smoking). A bottle lying in the grass is labeled “BARRY BEER” and has a disturbed-looking drawing of Barry. A mouse holds a knife to a cat; the cat raises its front paws in surrender.

PANEL 4:
A giant mouse (?) in a shirt and tie sits on the wall reading a newspaper, called “Daily Blah Blah,” whose headline says “Literate Rodent Escapes Lab.”

The Art of Persuasion | Barry Deutsch on Patreon