Tag: political cartoon

  • Bearman Cartoon: Rob Blagojevich = Gandhi??

    According to several sources (Huffington Post, NBC, and LA Times), current (but probably not after this week) Governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich invoked the name of those he seems to put himself on par with.

    Reflecting on his feelings about his arrest on December 9, Blagojevich told NBC, “I thought about Mandela, Dr. King and Gandhi and tried to put some perspective to all this and that is what I am doing now.”

    So with this editorial cartoon and his visit to “The View”, I thought I would give a little more perspective to Mr. Blagojevich.

    110 09 Bearman Cartoon Blagojevich is like Ghandi

  • Bearman Cartoon: New way to bailout the Banks

    As the banking industry continues to stumble given the latest earnings reports, their stock takes hit after hit. I thought at what point could I just take my meager earnings and buy one of them out. End result…this editorial cartoon.

    1 23 09 Bearman Cartoon Buying Banks

  • Bearman Cartoon: Kevin Bacon bilked by Bernard Madoff

    Drew this editorial cartoon after reading on the Huffington Post that Kevin Bacon was one of the unfortunate victims of the Ponzi Scheme of Bernard Madoff. (see here and here for other accounts)

    My dad always said to be skeptical of anything that seemed too good to be true. This guy was pulling in unprecedented returns year after year and none of his clients were suspicious. At the very least the lesson learned should be don’t invest all your dough with one entity. Some of us aren’t talented (or lucky) enough to make a couple million for 6 months work on a movie set.

    Anyway, those familiar with LinkedIn know that it is a professional networking site. If Bob is connected to Jill, they are one degree of separation. If Jill is connected to Monica, then Bob and Monica are two degrees of separation. It is much like the old college game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”. So I figured Kevin might have something to trade for some work.

    BTW, Kevin is on Linkedin (at least someone claiming to be him) and I am 3 degrees of separation.

    110 09 Bearman Cartoon Kevin Bacon victim of Bernard Madoff

  • Bearman Cartoon: Larry Flynt wants a Bailout

    This week Hustler Magazine Publisher Larry Flynt and Girls Gone Wild guy Joe Francis announced at a press conference that the Porn industry needs an economic bailout. See Here, here and here.

    Well my latest cartoon thinks if Larry takes a certain angle, he might be able to get it. Insert your own joke here (ex “these hard times”, “flaccid economy”…etc etc)

    110 09 Bearman Cartoon Larry Flynt Hustler Bailout

  • Retro Cartoon: Gays vs Felons in the Military

    Speaking of Newsweek, in the most current edition they have an article about the potential end (but seemingly unlikely) of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy when it comes to gays in the service.

    This was interesting because in 2007 I was reading articles about the number of “Moral Waivers” were on the rise. Essentially someone convicted of a felony could get a waiver to join the military. I found this odd that the military was OK with felons but not homosexuals serving openly in the army, navy, air force, and marine corp. So back then I drew the below cartoon that was published in November 2007 edition of the now defunct Cincinnati Beacon monthly paper.

    Gays vs felons in the Military

  • Bearman Cartoon: 2012 and the End of Days AGAIN

    Daryl Cagle has coined the term “Yahtzee” to refer to when 5 or more editorial cartoonists do the same gag. One he has ragged on in the past is using the “I’m with stupid” shirts on a cartoon. I have no idea who he is referring to..he he. In honor of that, I like to coin my own new phrase “Blue Ribbon.” When a cartoonist is the first to latch onto a new topic.

    I did a 20 second search of google and haven’t found anything poking fun at the next set of conspiracy theory doomsday predictors – 2012. I saw the movie trailer this past week and thought it was well done. Then I made a trip to the bookstore and noticed all the books on the subject (even one that is a How To Survive 2012 book).

    The basic gist is that there is a belief that because the Mayan calendar ends in December of 2012 that somehow they predicted the end of the world. One theory is that we will have a major catastrophe caused by the shifting of the North and South poles. I have even heard Nostradamus’ name thrown out. Didn’t he predict the end of days before during the turn of the century…didn’t come true. Sadly I think this will become worse than Y2K.

    So if you see a 2012 editorial cartoon online somewhere that was published before mine, let me know and I’ll gladly hand over my Blue Ribbon.

    1 3 09 Bearman Cartoon 2012 End of the World Again

  • Bearman Cartoon: Congressional Raises

    Once again Congress will allow themselves a “cost of living” increase while their approval ratings and the economy are in the tank. This cartoon pretty much sums up the attitude.

    12 22 08 Bearman Cartoon Congressional Raise copy

  • Bearman Cartoon: Marvin Lewis & the Press

    Cincinnati Bengals coach Marvin Lewis got into a tiff about the team’s performance with a local Cincinnati Enquirer reporter at his weekly press conference.   At one point he told the reporter he wasn’t going to respond to his questions.

    12 18 08 Bearman Cartoon Cincinnati Bengals Marvin Lewis

  • Bearman Cartoon: Illegal Immigration TO Mexico

    Several articles (including one from USA Today) discuss the impact the economy is having on illegal immigration from Mexico. How long will it take for our economy to be worse and people start immigrating illegally OUT of the U.S.?

    12 11 08 Bearman Cartoon Illegal Immigration TO Mexico

  • The death of the Newspaper Cartoonist

    With all this talk of layoffs at daily newspapers all over the country, one position that doesn’t get much press is the editorial cartoonists. This Washington Post blog article brings the story to light. It even mentions Cincinnati’s own Jim Borgman as one who has been pushed out this year.

    Will we soon see a group of middle aged men marching to Washington, ink and Wacom tablets in hand, looking for their own bailouts? Is this the death of the political cartoon as we know it?