Trump After Trump #38

Trump After Trump Comic Strip 4-panel strip

Big Boy Desk

One way to illustrate a dysfunctional White House is to have the president order the vice-president to assemble a toy for his doll.

One way to illustrate the unfortunate American (and human) love affair with authority is to have a top-ranking government official dutifully do what he’s told, regardless of how irrelevant the task is to citizens and how self-serving it is to the president.

My aspiration for this comic strip as a whole is for it to address problems with human nature, morality and government. Artists, however, can hardly evaluate how successful their art is; we need public feedback for that. And public feedback is hard to come by when your publishing outlet is the internet, where billions of pieces of content are competing for people’s attention each day, much of that content much more targeted to appeal to people than a comic strip like Trump After Trump.

These are my reflections this morning as I publish my 38th comic strip and wonder what it is doing in the world beyond me.

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Trump After Trump #37

Trump After Trump Comic Strip 4-panel strip

What More Could Pence Hope to Accomplish in Politics?

I continue to joke about the hypothetical future where American conservatives get everything they want. One of my favorite Onion pieces – it’s so hard to pick a favorite, so this is just one of many – is the headline from January 1, 2000, “Christian Right Ascends To Heaven.” The satirical news story that follows is set in my hometown of Tulsa, OK.

Fiction is great for thought experiments. It can be funny and thought-provoking to play out a fringe group’s having all of its dreams come true. In the case of this little story arc, Jesus has not come to take Pence home, but the next best thing has happened: abortion has finally been banned. What will he do now?

After he assembles Don’Don’s desk, that is.

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