10-11-24 Dem Head Cases

Democrat Headcases Cartoon published 10/11/2024 Governor Tim Walz admitted to being a ‘knucklehead’ during his debate with JD Vance. I sketched out drawing of Walz with knuckles on his head, but it wasn’t enough for a full cartoon. Then it occurred to me how many of the leading Democrats deserve a disparaging head moniker. Making fun of politicians whom one disagrees with is part of satire, so I drew this cartoon to ridicule them. There are plenty of other politicians and celebrities I could have included. Robert De Niro is a ‘hothead’ because Trump lives rent-free in his head. Maxine Waters could be portrayed as a ‘dunderhead’ and Biden’s Press Secretary, Karine Jean-Pierre, could be called a ‘bedhead’ due to her frizzy locks. I also featured Adam Schiff, since it made a good pun and AOC makes a natural ‘bonehead.’ Barack Obama smoked a lot of pot during his younger years, so he could have been shown as a ‘pothead.’ On the other hand, it makes more sense to show him as a powerful and destructive figure. Therefore I drew him as a Cenobite—a socialist Pinhead from “Hellraiser.” Since it’s October, I decided so show Hillary as a pumpkin surrounded by crazy bats. Hillary wants to eliminate free speech. She’s spooky. Biden has dementia and I could have drawn him as the ‘headless horseman,’ but this isn’t our annual Halloween cartoon (that comes later this month) so I drew him as a ‘balloon head’—in other words, an ‘air head’. The main feature here is Kamala Harris. She’s a knucklehead too, but she’s better portrayed as a ‘chucklehead’ since she laughs all the time—often at inappropriate moments. She claims to be running a campaign of joy—maybe she’s using that slogan as an excuse to leverage more silly laughter. Still, chuckling won’t help her in the polls. People want someone serious, not silly. That someone is Donald Trump. — Ben Garrison