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The NRA and the Republican Doggie!

Since the Orlando massacre there has been talk on the left about gun control, while the right seems unmoved by arguments to limit assault weapons or ban sales of guns to people on the “no-fly” list. It isn’t hard to see why.

I like the image of the NRA as a pig in a business suit – much the same image that I often use for Wall Street. The pig is a symbol of greed and the NRA is all about money and self interest around their gun issues. Here’s another one with NRA piggies that I drew some time ago.

and here’s another one …

My pigs are influenced by my old Muppet days and I guess I have a pig style that some people see as too similar to my elephants. Whenever I draw pigs in cartoons I’ll get an e-mail from somebody who thinks my pig is a short snouted elephant – some people must suffer from pig-blindness.

The videos of my drawing the new NRA piggy and doggie are below. Note that I ran into a problem with Photoshop when I tried to put in the image of the $100 bill. I thought using a $100 bill was funny and enhanced the message of the cartoon; it created a natural, visual focal point drawing the eye up to the money. Its all about the money. Photoshop blocks images of bank notes as a barrier to counterfeiters, and this has been a problem for me with past cartoons. In the videos you’ll see me struggle with this again. I use money scans rarely enough that I always forget how I worked around it the last time. You’ll see me struggle a bit and figure it out in the video.

Here I am drawing the piggy/doggie cartoon …

and here I am coloring the piggy/doggie cartoon …

 

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Orlando Shooting

Such a horror. I drew this one quickly this morning. Our hearts and prayers are with the victims and their families.

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Tennessee Bathroom Bill?

Here’s my new Tennessee flag, commemorating the legislature’s top priority, a prospective special session to regulate transgender access to bathrooms.

The Tennessee legislature is all in a lather to hold a special session to make a bathroom bill much like North Carolina’s infamous bathroom bill. Read about it here in my local newspaper, the Tennessean.

2000px-Flag_of_Tennessee.svgWhat conservative Republicans have in common is an insatiable passion for regulating all things sexual. That’s the Tennessee flag at the right. The story behind the flag is fascinating. In the 1800’s Tennessee hired a graphic designer to make a new flag. The three stars in the center stand for Western, Middle and Eastern Tennessee. The stripe at the right means nothing – the designer just thought it made the flag look better. Gotta love history.

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North Carolina Bathroom Bill Lawsuit

As ugly as the North Carolina Bathroom bill is, I welcome the departure from Trump/Hillary cartoons. I worried a bit that showing the Statue of Liberty’s butt would be too rude for editors to stomach, but there is something about her being entirely green that seems to make her statuesque butt not seem to stand out as quite so rude. I know editors don’t like bare butts, and cartoons with butts don’t get printed much – still, as a cartoonist it is my responsibility to draw bare butts when the news compels me to do so. Here’s today’s cartoon …

You can watch me draw this one in real time in the video below. There were thunderstorms in Nashville that played havoc with my Twitch feed, so I wasn’t getting many comments from fans and I didn’t have much to say. Perhaps this is a good one to watch at double speed with no sound.

The next YouTube video shows me coloring the cartoon in Photoshop …

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More Nathan Bedford Forrest

This week the State of Tennessee’s Department of Transportation rejected a request from Nashville’s Metro Council (City Council) to plant foliage that would block the view of the atrocious Nathan Bedford Forrest statue that commuters see every day from Interstate 65.

I’m starting to enjoy Nathan as a cartoon character! I think I’ll use him some more in my local, Nashville Scene cartoons (the newest cartoon is below).

Cagle-Nathan2

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My Fourteen Cartoons on Marriage Equality – In One Day

Last week’s Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage in all fifty states had a direct impact on thirteen states where gay marriage was banned – including my new red-state home, Tennessee.  I drew Bert and Ernie celebrating as the grooms on top of a wedding cake with the flag of the thirteen laggard states, and a general version of the cartoon for fourteen total cartoons.

Tennessee has a lousy state flag. The three stars in the center of the flag represent the union of Western, middle and Eastern Tennessee, and the stripe at the right of the flag represents nothing, it is there for aesthetic purposes – to look pretty. There’s not a lot of backstory to the Tennessee flag.  The other flags are even worse. There is a clear relationship between red-states that reject marriage equality and poorly designed state flags. Take a look …

 

Tennessee

Arkansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Georgia

Michigan

Mississippi

Missouri

Nebraska

North Dakota

Ohio

South Dakota

Texas

And a general, all fifty states cartoon …

 

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USA Marriage Equality Celebration

USA Marriage Equality Celebration © Daryl Cagle,CagleCartoons.com,USA,America,Marriage Equality,SCOTUS,Supreme Court,law,wedding,homosexual,LGBT,Bert,Ernie,Muppets,Sesame Street,wedding cake,flags,Gay Marriage

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Arkansas Marriage Equality Celebration

Arkansas Marriage Equality Celebration © Daryl Cagle,CagleCartoons.com,Arkansas,Marriage Equality,SCOTUS,Supreme Court,law,wedding,homosexual,LGBT,Bert,Ernie,Muppets,Sesame Street,wedding cake,flags,Gay Marriage

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Georgia Marriage Equality Celebration

Georgia Marriage Equality Celebration © Daryl Cagle,CagleCartoons.com,Georgia,Marriage Equality,SCOTUS,Supreme Court,law,wedding,homosexual,LGBT,Bert,Ernie,Muppets,Sesame Street,wedding cake,flags,Gay Marriage

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Kentucky Marriage Equality Celebration

Kentucky Marriage Equality Celebration © Daryl Cagle,CagleCartoons.com,Kentucky,Marriage Equality,SCOTUS,Supreme Court,law,wedding,homosexual,LGBT,Bert,Ernie,Muppets,Sesame Street,wedding cake,flags,Gay Marriage

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Louisiana Marriage Equality Celebration

Louisiana Marriage Equality Celebration © Daryl Cagle,CagleCartoons.com,Louisiana,Marriage Equality,SCOTUS,Supreme Court,law,wedding,homosexual,LGBT,Bert,Ernie,Muppets,Sesame Street,wedding cake,flags,Gay Marriage

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Michigan Marriage Equality Celebration

Michigan Marriage Equality Celebration © Daryl Cagle,CagleCartoons.com,Michigan,Marriage Equality,SCOTUS,Supreme Court,law,wedding,homosexual,LGBT,Bert,Ernie,Muppets,Sesame Street,wedding cake,flags,Gay Marriage