satire

November 20, 2024

Saturday Morning Pam-Toons. A hitherto unpublished 2020 US ‘election decision’ ‘Toon. *with Nov 21 addendum

[*Addendum, Nov 21/24. The problem with leaving this ‘toon for such a long time is I’d forgotten everything going on in my head when I sketched it. The over (outward) and under (inward) installation of the toilet paper rolls is a statement about political polarisation. In fact there are people who have stronger views about Continue reading

Pam-Toons, Political Rhetoric, Social and Political Commentary

2020, Biden, covid, election, election industry, graphic, humor, humour, industry, lock down, media, pandemic, pencil, roll, satire, satirical, sketch, tissue, toilet paper, Trump, under, USA
November 20, 2024

A look back at Covid 2020 – 2022 through Saturday Morning Pam-Toons.

What the heck was that?! A look back at Covid 2020 – 2022 through my Saturday Morning Pam-toons. Covid 5896 BC First published 7 Nov 2020. Republished 17 Jan 2022. Full post here: https://pam-mentations.com/2022/01/17/saturday-morning-pam-toons-covid-5896bc/ Plague Spreader 13 Feb 2021. Published January 17, 2022. Full post here: https://pam-mentations.com/2022/01/17/saturday-morning-pam-toons-plague-spreader/ Love-sick and isolated by covid, Mrs. Fiklesbrank finally Continue reading

Pam-Toons, Social and Political Commentary

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August 14, 2024

Thoughtlets. LV. The darker side of tea and sympathy.

Some days Miss Anne Thrawpy comes to visit. She nestles down in my front room with a hot cup of strong black tea, lips puckered and sharp eyes piercing the steam. Sometimes Miss Anne overstays her welcome. She measures my windows for blackout curtains, and paces the yard to measure for barbed wire fencing. You Continue reading

Thoughtlets

humor, humour, misanthropy, phronesis, pragmatic, satire, sympathy, wisdom
February 2, 2024

Thoughtlets. LI.

Observing an echo chamber developing at his university, my husband posted the following notice on his office door. Strangely enough, the notice raised not even a titter among his colleagues. Continue reading

Thoughtlets

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March 20, 2022

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. In Matters of Love and War — And All Matters In Between — There is No Dearth of Armchair Psychiatrists

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Pam-Toons

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January 17, 2022

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. The CDC reports an alarming number of repetitive strain injuries during the Finger-Wagging pandemic.

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Pam-Toons, Social and Political Commentary

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March 6, 2021

Saturday Morning Pam-toons. Highlights from the 2020 High Dudgeon Olympics Chicken-Neck Pole Vaulting Event

High Dudgeon Olympics Chicken-Neck Pole Vaulting Event Athletes stand beside a two meter pole marked by one millimetre increments. The athletes’ neck measurements are recorded on the pole by an official marker. Each athlete is then exposed to an individualized highly offensive opinion. The marker measures the athlete’s neck measurement at the moment of exposure. Continue reading

Pam-Toons

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