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The latest ObamaCare development

Henry Payne | 2.4.2011 7:00 AM

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Suki 14 years ago

Payne, damn it, why don't you just shoot yourself? If poison is cheaper, just do that, or go catch AIDS from Kurt Loder so you can have some fun on your way out of our misery.

Good morning reason!
1. anarch 14 years ago
  
  And peace on earth to men of good will.
  
  Good morning.
  1. " 14 years ago
    
    That was almost Episiarchian, Suki.
a penny a day keep Obama away 14 years ago

I kind of like it but that's my love of surrealism talking.
1. The Ghost of Salvador Dal 14 years ago
  
  Yes! That duck head rocks!
  1. Dan Cats 14 years ago
    
    You mean the muscular guns/blow-driers wearing hats?
sage 14 years ago

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
sage 14 years ago

Is this supposed to be a dig at cash for clunkers?
1. Almanian 14 years ago
  
  Also, lol!
2. Zeke 14 years ago
  
  That was funnier than the comic, but it wasn't funny.
3. El Duderino 14 years ago
  
  Cash for Clunkers is a self contained nugget of humor. Its as if they officially legislated a joke.
Ice Nine 14 years ago

DNR
SIV 14 years ago

Where's the crying Statue of Liberty?

FAIL
1. ClubMedSux 14 years ago
  
  As a strong believer that every editorial cartoon needs a tear, AND a strong believer that you can never have enough un-funny political cartoons, I offer my alternative Friday Funny.
  1. Fiscal Meth 14 years ago
    
    Do one with a dr giving some end of life counseling to obamacare.
    1. ClubMedSux 14 years ago
      
      That's far too clever for a political cartoon...
      1. Bucky 14 years ago
        
        i did especially like the "Hopey Changey" button
  2. Lisa 14 years ago
    
    good. But I would like to see it with a death panel giving the final verdict.
anarch 14 years ago

Why is the black guy at the back of the "bus"?

R___st.
1. some guy 14 years ago
  
  Actually they're twins. The one in the back just returned from Cancun.
Fist of Etiquette 14 years ago

PPACA is going to change the way we tow our cars?
1. anarch 14 years ago
  
  And our liens.
avsteele 14 years ago

Poor Payne! I actually laugh at every one of these now, just thinking what kind of slings and arrows the poor man is going to have to suffer in the comment threads.
Donald Trump 14 years ago

Why is Rosie O'Donnell being carried out on a stretcher, and what does that have to do w/ ObamaCare?
1. Meeeee 14 years ago
  
  Lol! NICE! Not very timely, but still, NICE!!
Jerry 14 years ago

It's funny, because it's a GM truck.
1. Fatty Bolger 14 years ago
  
  NOW I get it!
mr simple 14 years ago

Wait, is this a continuation of a theme from your other cartoons, like you've drawn an ambulance so often to represent obamacare that you felt it has become it's own symbol? That's meta.
1. Mensan 14 years ago
  
  I thought you meant it was the continuation of the theme of not being funny.
  1. mr simple 14 years ago
    
    That was implied.
Mango Punch 14 years ago

Payne, please start plagiarizing funnier artists.
Mango Punch 14 years ago

Payne, please save us the pain and start plagiarizing funnier cartoonists.
Mango Punch 14 years ago

That was Paynefull
1. Dan Cats 14 years ago
  
  ^ That was Payne-esque.
capitol l 14 years ago

Why make the penises carrying the gurney anthropomorphic, but not the ambulance? Why not make the ambulance frown or something...you know, for the kids.
1. Dan Cats 14 years ago
  
  O
SugarFree 14 years ago

I seriously doubt two men could carry an ambulance. Or that they would have a stretcher large enough and strong enough to do so.
1. Tim 14 years ago
  
  Yeah and the engine is the heavy end, so it would tip over if they carried it like that.
  1. SugarFree 14 years ago
    
    Exactly.
  2. Cartoon Mechanics 14 years ago
    
    Nuh uh. The 36 Million Uninsured? fell to the bottom, redistributing the weight.
  3. Fiscal Meth 14 years ago
    
    Not to mention the ambulance's Fez would have fallen off.
  4. El Duderino 14 years ago
    
    The doctor removed the engine. . . for the insurance compensation.
    1. Fiscal Meth 14 years ago
      
      +100(in medicare reimbursements of course)
Tim 14 years ago

Are modern editorial cartoons so poor because they can't be smutty and/or profane?
Because if they could be there are several excellent humorists who post here that Reason ought to try out.
1. SugarFree 14 years ago
  
  I've dealt with political cartoons going back a couple of hundred years. They were always this bad. I suspect they were used originally to make political points to the illiterate, and they never really progressed past that point.
  
  Although their main aesthetic fault is that the medium seems incapable of generating the sublime.
  1. Tim 14 years ago
    
    I'm thinking of Barrack and Michelle in Cialis bathtubs watching the Egyptian riots: " Because you never know when the time is right to fuck Mubarak over". Then they hold hands.
    Too obtuse?
    1. SugarFree 14 years ago
      
      Probably not to the right audience. It's the mass audience that is the problem. By the time that you make something that everyone can understand and inject your spin on it, it's a dead letter artistically.
      
      Despite my completely and utter inability to draw, I was made the editorial cartoonist for my high school newspaper. This decision on the teacher's part baffles me to this day.
      1. anarch 14 years ago
        
        Probably not to the right audience. It's the mass audience that is the problem. By the time that you make something that everyone can understand and inject your spin on it, it's a dead letter artistically.
        
        This is dismayingly broadly applicable to political theory.
    2. Rich 14 years ago
      
      No, and it's acute as well.
Wesley 14 years ago

Good composition. It is definitely more aesthetically pleasing than most editorial cartoons.
1. Other Derp 14 years ago
  
  I will agree with that.
Punky Romo 14 years ago

LOL< no doubt this is gonna be a good day for sure.

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1. generic Brand 14 years ago
  
  Do you base all of life's decisions on the outcome of Friday Funnies?
  
  Now that's actually hilarious.
domoarrigato 14 years ago

I haven't been around to make fun of the friday funnies in a long time - this cartoon sucks! wow i feel better now.
Other Derp 14 years ago

OK, normally I give these some credit, but apart from the premise being so overdone, the execution seems childish. A little Dr. Seuss nostalgia, but I don't think it was intentional.
Bucky 14 years ago

i like the ambulance idea but, put it out in front of "Hudson's Repairs" with the hood up and the engine sitting outside in a puddle of oil. Hudson is standing there in coveralls cleaning his hands on a dirty rag. Obama is standing there, arms crossed with a squinty-eyed look of distrust. Hudson says to him "It's all covered under your Unconstitution Warranty."
1. Bucky 14 years ago
  
  oops 'Unconstitutional Warranty'
2. Vermont Gun Owner 14 years ago
  
  That sounds pretty good.
Almanian 14 years ago

So when are you going to start NOT posting the Friday Funnies again, so we can comment on THAT.

Cause that's always a lot more fun than these awful comics. Good Lord...

Oh, happy Friday, everyone!
1. Tim 14 years ago
  
  What he said.
Mongo 14 years ago

I actually like Payne's loose rendering style. That's about it though....
heller 14 years ago

You guys just don't understand the deeper meaning of Payne's work. He is trying to represent the decay and impotency of Detroit itself through horrible editorial cartoons.
1. Paul 14 years ago
  
  Oh shit, I thought it was a cartoon about alternative transportation.
  1. O'bammy 14 years ago
    
    Light rail WILL save the future!
Paul 14 years ago

Would have been funnier had Obamacare been denied treatment.
El Duderino 14 years ago

This is the setup for the inevitable RIP Obamacare headstone.
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Obamacare will need more than that. Friday Funnies are the best. I've been checking up on some of the ones I had missed. You Really don't see a lot of people think like some of these comics do.

Comics in general to me are great. I LOVE the vintage comics probably the best though. I even have some of these comic iphone cases. These cases would fit really well with in good comic lover or Friday funnies lovers.

I wish Universal healthcare really made a lot of sense.... For many reasons it does not

Keep them coming. Thanks
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