Satire In Political Cartoons

Political cartoons could be defined as illustrations or cartoon strips that contain a social and/or political message in them. Political cartoons are often based on the current events around when they were written.

Originating in the 19th century, political cartoons are created and drawn as a means to deliver a message. Whether it be about politics, events or social concerns, the artist is able to express themselves creatively. The cartoons are not only meant to express the view of the creator, but are also open to interpretation. Most political cartoons have a biased point of view and uses rhetoric to persuade its audience.

They use their artistic skills as an aid to convey messages to people of all ages. Political cartoons appear all over the internet and social media. The cartoonists usually distort several of the characters’ physical features in order to emphasize a belief or criticize an idea in the society. A recent political cartoon depicts Donald Trump with a long nose. The cartoonist tried to influence the viewers into believing that Donald Trump is a liar, and he does not fit to be president. It might seem that the cartoonist drew the cartoon just to make the viewers laugh, but his goal was actually to present the reasons why US citizens should not vote for Trump. This drawing might not immediately cause the viewers to alter their attitude towards Trump, but the drawing will appear in the viewer's’ mind whenever the presidential election is mentioned. Sometimes, the cartoon might even influence the viewer to vote for Clinton instead of Donald Trump. The more entertaining a cartoon appear, the faster the picture will spread throughout social media and the internet. This will allow the cartoonist to spread his ideas to a greater amount of

Political cartoons are an illustrative technique that political cartoonist use to display a message to the viewers about government, world affairs, and politics. In 1754, publishers of the Pennsylvania Gazette published the first political cartoon illustrated by Benjamin Franklin (West, par. 1). Benjamin Franklin used his first political cartoon, titled Join or Die, to gain support from the colonies for the Crown’s war against the French (West, par. 1). Since the 1700s, illustrators use political cartoons as a medium to display political messages to its viewers (West, par. 1). On March 10, 2015, publishers of the Columbia Daily Tribune published a political cartoon, illustrated by John Darkow, titled Hillary Has A Primary Opponent (Darkow,

The cartoon uncovers the manipulation orchestrated by the Democrat's top representatives over the free-soilers. The cartoonist shows the responsibility of the Democrats for the decision on slavery in the new territories. Highlighting the smallest of the Democrats but with enough power to hold the giant Free-Soiler and lead every situation in favor of party ambitions. In the background, through the flames and the figure of a dead man, the cartoonist highlights the conflicts lived

By using a hurricane to describe the immigration politics hitting the Whitehouse, the author uses both pathos and logos to further his belief that chaos will ensue when the congress must come together to please the president, the supporters of DACA, and the immigrants. However, ethos is where the author lacks rhetorical persuasion as this cartoon is mainly driven by pathos and

The political cartoon I chose was drawn by Henry Payne. The political cartoon depicts President Obama playing golf. I chose this cartoon for many different reasons and I feel this relates to how I feel about the current politics. I will show how this cartoon applies to the current situation the government is facing.

When the word “lies” appears in bold font on the cartoon it is about how Hillary has kept the truth from the public about her emails. She deleted 33,000 highly confidential emails and hid it from the U.S. Government. When you see the bats flying out of the clock you see the bolded words crimes, which is mainly pointed towards Bill Clinton because him and Monica are running towards it on the stairs. Bill also had other crimes such as him being impeached on December 19th, 1998 for a second perjury charge and the obstruction of justice. He wasn’t removed from office because the Senate didn’t meet the 2/3’s majority needed to fully process his impeachment. When you are looking at the foundation of the house you’ll see what is holding up the Clinton’s house. The 25 million dollars that came from a country called Saudi Arabia is what Hillary was emailing them about and knew that they were supporting ISIS but she still continued to be allies with them. When you see the name Goldman Sachs the artist was talking about how it’s a global investment with banking and securities and that Hillary was involved in. Bill Gates and Soros names are near the back left-hand corner of the house and it is about his foundation the fact that he had the funding to manipulate federal elections laws and process rules more than he was supposed

The topic of the cartoon is the recent statements from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, in which he states that the election will be rigged causing him to lose. At a rally in Columbus, Ohio, Trump made his first accusation of a rigged election, saying, "And I'm telling you, November 8, we'd better be careful, because that election is going to be rigged." He also stated it was due to voter identification issues and that people will vote up to 10 times against him. Many professionals call this untrue and impossible to achieve due to our technology and higher voter security. Trump’s accusations stem from the DNC email leaks of seven party officials from earlier this year, where there was apparent favoritism to Clinton over her then-opponent Senator Bernie Sanders.

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.

For my political cartoon, I chose to do Trump's wall that he is supposedly building soon.For my picture, I have trump standing on top of the wall that has money signs on it and a plane flying by.I put the plane flying by because over 70% of immigrants go by plane so the wall is useless.I also have the money signs on the wall because the wall will 8 to 12 billion dollars.There are also cracks in the walls that symbolize the flaws in his plans.The message that my cartoon is sending is that trumps wall will be basically useless and that the money from taxes that he wastes should go to better funding.

This cartoon “Hillary’s Past” was made by Ben Garrison on September 24th, 2014, a year before Clinton announced her candidacy for President 2016. I’ve been told that since she step down to let Obama run his next term, he will endorse her and the presidential chair will be hers. But look where she is now, she had a good run and her lost shocked America. The artist probably heard the same rumor so he decided to illustrate what will follow Clinton throughout her presidential race. The artists seems to be moderate in this given situation. He doesn't portray Hillary as bad as he could. He could be a Liberal Democrat or a Conservative Republican who does not favor Clinton, but it is hard to tell. In this cartoon, Hillary Clinton is being chased after

). The setting of the cartoon is minimalist because the only background we require is for president Obama. Obama looks like he is in a office. The office is identifiable from the chair and desk. The office is representative of any president because that’s where they produce most of their work. Bush has numerous props, such as the weapons and artillery, which he carries behind his back, and grenades he has wrapped around his waist. He also carries two documents with the captions of “IRAQ” and “AFGHANISTAN” (Handelsman Cartoon). Bush steps on a banner that says “Mission Accomplished” (Handelsman Cartoon). These props add to the meaning of the cartoon because it reinforces what Handelsman tries to tell us. He strengthens the fact that Bush is

A political cartoon is considered as the junction of two elements: caricature and allusion. They use caricature to place the person in question in a way they will look funny or even foolish for their appearance is being exaggerated. According the online Merriam Webster dictionary, an allusion is when we state something that referrers to something without mentioning it. This technique works perfectly when it comes to relate a very serious political cartoons. Thus, on May 29 of this year, Michael Ramirez published a cartoon on the website of the online newspaper. In this cartoon, the cartoonist used exaggeration and labelling. In the following paragraphs we will be analyzing this cartoon deeper.

Throughout history, political cartoons have been used to express an individual or a group of people’s perspectives on certain political or social issues. Through various visual techniques, the cartoonist can portray their values and beliefs on diverse subjects, such as immigration. In the latter half of the nineteenth century, Chinese immigration in the United States rose to unprecedented numbers which prompted many xenophobic Americans to speak out. In “The Chinese Must Go,” the symbolism of the Chinese man running away with a money bag to China represents the belief that Chinese immigrants are exploiting the American economy. In “The Great Fear of the Period,” the symbolism of the Chinese man swallowing Uncle Sam conveys the idea that Chinese foreigners are destroying American culture. Ultimately, “The Chinese Must Go” and “The Great Fear of the Period” both utilize symbolism to portray the United States nativist negative perception of Chinese immigrants in the late nineteenth century.