Cartoon Analysis: Handelsman Cartoon

The cartoon above by Pat Bagley of the Salt Lake Tribune makes a bold generalization of white American police officers discriminating against civilians by their ethnicity, particularly African-Americans, a grave problem that has sparked nationwide protest of civil rights cases, including the Ferguson case and the Zimmerman case. Judging by the different elements in this cartoon, Bagley is attacking white police officers for their hostility towards Americans of African descent in contrast to their general acceptance of people with their own skin color. The artist divides his cartoons into 2 distinct, opposite halves. One, titled “Officer Friendly” depicts a police officer (presumably white) riding in a shiny police car waving his hand in greeting

There are various aspects of the cartoon that contribute to the main focus of the cartoon to the president. The three women come in holding a sign saying “We demand equal pay” because they feel like they are not being treated the same as the men who are doing the exact same work. In response, President Obama is holding up an executive order and says, “No need to worry ladies! This executive order will make those evil Republicans pay you the same as men.” As Obama is saying this one of his advisors is trying to tell him that the ladies work for him and holding the paper with the headline

The viewpoint of the political cartoon is that no one takes Al Gore seriously. The word serious is in the cartoon and AL Gore is dressed as a penguin, which is funny. The cartoon is horatian because Al Gore dressed in a penguin suit is humorous. The content creator used sarcasm and caricature in the cartoon. The sarcastic part of the cartoon is Obama asking us to take global warming seriously. Caricature is used by Al Gore dressed as a penguin.

Whenever a cartoon is seen, it draws people’s attention because of the vivid colors, action packed scenes, and the sweet memories of childhood. Some of these cartoons are often found in newspapers and magazines as political commentary. Political cartoons originated in the late 1700s, and they have only become more popular since then. Even though political cartoons have been around since then, they began to make an impact on the world in 1914 during World War One, and still make an impact today regarding war and our perceptions of political leaders. Political cartoons are used to ease tension, as a form of propaganda, and they are used today to illustrate the Afghanistan War as well as important political figures. Cartoons during World War One made such an impact on citizens that many times, it would even influence their opinion about the war.

The cartoon depicts President Obama holding a baseball bat trying to putt a golf ball into the hole marked with a black flag which has the word economy printed on it. There are many balls surrounding the hole on the green. Behind President Obama is a large golf bag almost larger than he is. The golf bag carries the title “obamanomics” and behind the bag in the distance are spectators watching him.

The artist who made this cartoon, Doug Davis, is trying to show the audience how poor our current jury selection can be. Jurors often lack interest and jump to conclusions quickly. The artist also portrays how most jurors are not well informed about the crime. For example one of the jurors in the cartoon says “The defendant looks guilty”. The artist is trying to show how this juror is judging to quickly without any evidence or other jurors opinions. Other jurors in the cartoon are letting their personal opinions and private lives influence their decision. For instance the juror says “I’m not prejudice, but I’ve had problems with his ethnic group”. Overall, the artist is trying to depict the flaws in jury selection. The artist is suggesting

Everyone has looked at a political cartoon, and had a laugh. However, have you really analyzed what the cartoon is saying to you? What is it that the cartoonist wants you to know? Political cartoons are visuals that comment on political events or issues while possibly making you laugh. Marty Bucella’s political cartoon gives you a vivid detailed look at caricatures, and analyzes student teacher relationships and how a boy is not doing so well in school.

The target audience of this political cartoon are people living in the United States. This political cartoon uses similar techniques in order to manipulate people’s opinion of the Axis power. In the political cartoon we can see Japan and the US, who are fighting above water. This is a reference to the Battle of Midway which occurred from June 3rd until the June 7th 1942. Once again the technique of timing was used as the cartoon was published only a few days after the US had won, which grabs the viewers attention.

In mid two thousand and eight, a New York magazine had circulated a controversial political cartoon targeting the White House’s current residents, the President, and first lady. Within weeks many other news companies like CBS, NBC, and even Huffington post had some sort of written article on this controversy. This though had been one of many controversial cartoons they had circulated throughout their years of business. When they had circulated this one though they didn’t expect that big of a backlash. For them to keep their cartoon on the front page they had a lot of explaining. This led to interviews and more publicity for their cartoon in question.

Political cartoons are written for sarcastic and satirical purposes; however, most political cartoons actually represent the real thoughts of people and society on a certain issue. A cartoon can represent ideas about a public figure such as a president, a traitor, or a war hero. It can also represent an idea such as slavery or taxation. Political cartoons can represent different movements and acts as well such as the Emancipation Proclamation and the Stamp Act. While sometimes hurtful to the idea or person displayed, political cartoons unite the people with one central idea that most of them agree on. Along with the informative format of the political cartoon, most are usually funny as well and give a good laugh to those who see them. Many political cartoons are addressed throughout this essay: some funny, some serious, and some that helped educate people on what was happening in the world and what they needed to worry about in the present time they were living in.

In the poum, No Short Cuts, Mr.Carter was trying to tell the reader that there's no point in taking the easy way out because the best part of a trip is the jury and you'll just miss out. My classmates thought I did a good job and they said I like how you showed the lesson by showing how short cuts can be bad,and I like the way you showed the lesson by showing him sleeping instead of doing his homework. Another one of my classmates said I like how you did the computer and the video game. Something I need to work on is not to draw stick figures and put more colors.

In her untitled 2015 cartoon published on cartoonstgroup.com, Lisa Benson created a cartoon, that features a team mascot , referrer and a football thats says 2015 Game Ball on it. The cartoon shows a “game ball” that appears to be over inflated. The referrer on the right of the “game ball” is checking the balls pressure and goes to say “I think the pressure is fine”. The team mascot who happens to be an Elephant wearing a red jersey, with white pants, and holding his helmet in his left hand. The mascot has an angered face that is intend for the referrer who is wearing a smirk upon his

When giving an argument you would normally use words, but in some cases words cannot convey what you may feel. So an image could be better suited. Through images you can still argue ideas and persuade an audience as though you had used words. In Joe Haller’s cartoon it describes the current situation the globe has with energy and the effect it may have on individuals. The cartoon is viewed from left to right; it starts with an image of a nuclear power plant exploding!

In this political cartoon, the opinion is that Obama thinks he can fix everything. In the cartoon, terrorists are trying to kill people in America with a rocket labeled “Death to America” which is symbolism and labels. Obama thinks he can fix it with one simple solution. The solution he is using in the picture is magic or magic dust to get rid of the terrorists which is symbolism for the U.S. This is an interpretation, to what is going on in the real world.

  The cartoon is presenting that men have authority, and women should not have power. The cartoon is basically saying that giving women "rights" is against the natural order of things. Also, it explains that women's place is obeying men and their place is at home cooking and cleaning for them. So, this cartoon was presenting that women should not have any opinion in anything.