Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for July 11, 2009
July 04, 2009
July 18, 2009
Transcript:
news of the times protohominid congressman introduces anti-hyene legislation charley (i-n.j.), the only australopithecine in congress, has introduced a bill that would take strong measures to reduce the threat of hyenas in the united states. charley: we must eliminate the threat of having your skull cracked open between the powerful jaws of a hyena while you sleep! charley, a member of an extinct species from the pliocene epoch, argued his case for america's need for hyena protection. charley: what greater need is there than safety from these bone-crushing monsters? guy: there have been zero american deaths by hyenas in the last... forever! charley: anyone can use so-called statistics to make their case. i can say that the number of hyena-related deaths this year is three times that of last year! guy: that's only because three times zero is zero. this week charley's staff is on board. nerd: um... shouldn't you look into this global warming legislation? it's a risk to the whole planet... charley: what part of "your child's lifeless body torn apart in a frenzy of gnashing teeth" don't you understand? and the message is gaining traction in the media. media: let the pinheads worry about whether it's a few degrees warmer, or highway fatalities are up... we need anti-hyena patrols on every main street now! advised to carry stick with at all
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Charles Brobst Premium Member over 15 years ago
That guy in the last panel looks very Republican
MAJGK over 15 years ago
I think he kind of looks like Harry Reid or, if fatter, Ted Kennedy prattling on about global warming or trying to convince us that another trillion dollar of debt would be a good thing.
bobpeters61 over 15 years ago
Leading the Republican Party.. so easy only a caveman could do it.
NoBrandName over 15 years ago
Logic and evidence are no match for emotional appeals or repeated sound-bites.
Grover Premium Member over 15 years ago
Hyenas are no laughing matter.
millsc over 15 years ago
The guy in the last panel is Bill O’Reilly of Fox News fame. “Pinhead” is a signature insult for anyone who doesn’t share his point of view. Also note the crawl on the bottom of the screen, a Fox innovation now widely and ridiculously copied.
mcintyre63 over 15 years ago
I don’t get it. If Australophithecines are extinct, how can there be one in Congress? Why not make a comic about Homo erectus–there are at least five in the House and one in the Senate, and any comic strip with the word “erectus” is automatically funny.
jimbo1949 over 15 years ago
That idiot in the last panel looks like Joe Scarborough, and he didn’t get his Starbucks today.
sacha8uk over 15 years ago
Ok, the guy in the last panel is Bill O’Reilly, but Ruben Bolling is not very good at caricatures!
mcintyre63 over 15 years ago
sacha8uk: Ruben Bolling would be the first to admit his limitations as a caricaturist, as he did in this post (worth revisiting):
gocomics.typepad.com/tomthedancingbugblog/2008/07/the-new-yorkers.html
sacha8uk over 15 years ago
I was just saying that you could be a very good cartoonist while sucking at copying a real person’s aspect!