The Autocrat's Parade
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Ann Telnaes is an editorial cartoonist and creator of the animated short “Open Windows.” Find her on Substack here.
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Oh my goodness. I keep saying you've outdone yourself so many times, I guess I'd better stop,
The barbs are getting sharper and more intense, but I did manage to print out the latest brilliant cartoon, for affixing to my kitchen wall.
Who knew? An angry, double-Pulitzer-winning cartoonist.
Look out!!!! ;-D
In the distance a line of tanks, two by two, parachuters on each side, then comes the goose-stepping masked military carrying their swastimachineguns, saluted Nazi style by the obese king with the tiny gloved hand on one side, and his immigrant hating political advisor on the other, the botoxed rarely seen queen standing next to the obese obscene king. Who else is in the stands? Well there’s the wide eyed speaker, and the treasury sec, Uday and Kusay holding bags of ill gotten gains. And there’s the North Korean wannabe press secretary, Whiskey Pete, the security woman with ice on her breasts, and a gaggle of red hatted sour faced buffoons. All showered with floating bills. All to our great shame and detriment. Wonderful cartoon perfectly capturing the moment perfectly.