This infrequently-updated blog supplements the series Right-Wing Cartoon Watch, currently at The Blue Herald.

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Monday, September 24, 2007

RWCW #24 (9/4/07 — 9/17/07)

The twenty-fourth installment covered two weeks. Conservatives hailed their new hero, excoriated one of their favorite old foes, manufactured some fresh slanders, recycled many lame ones, and commemorated a dreadful event.

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Henry Payne delivered a great tribute to Pavarotti:



While Gary Varvel was one of many cartoonists who drew a good remembrance for 9/11:

RWCW #23 (8/20/07 — 9/3/07)

The twenty-third installment covered two weeks, and thus offered less of a chance of toxic overload than the previous, super-sized installment. But never fear, it was just as wonky at a quarter the size. And conservative cartoonists were in fine form. Slandering Dems! Lauding a scalliwag! Shunning homosexuals! Lancing straw men and agitating for war! Apart from a few more lame attacks on Ted Kennedy or John Kerry, what more could you ask for?

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Gary Varvel delivered a nice piece:

RWCW #22 (6/4/07 — 8/19/07)

The super-sized twenty-second installment of RWCW covered a sizzlin' eleven-week period. What's most distressing is seeing the cartoons that could have been just as easily drawn at the start of that period as the finish.

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RWCW #21 (5/14/07 — 6/3/07)

In the even-larger-than-usual, twenty-first installment, covering three weeks (5/14/07 - 6/3/07), most but not all conservative cartoonists mourned Jerry Falwell and opined angrily on immigration. Gas prices were a surprisingly popular topic. Meanwhile, the usual gang lambasted Democrats for criticizing Bush, for opposing Bush, and for - voting in accord with Bush! Huh? Remember, kids, whatever the Democrats do, they're baaaaad!!!

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RWCW #20 (4/30/07 — 5/13/07)

In the twentieth installment, conservative cartoonists ranged all over the map in terms of subject matter. Iraq experienced a, err, surge in popularity again. George Tenet received some ridicule. Meanwhile, conservatives also noted the impending resignation of a Brit they loved and celebrated — the French?!?

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RWCW #19 (4/16/07—4/29/07)

The nineteenth installment covered two weeks, 4/16/07-4/29/07. The biggest topics were the Virginia Tech shootings and a Supreme Court decision on abortion — but there's always time for conservative cartoonists to attack prominent Democrats and — Rosie O'Donnell?!?

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RWCW #18 (4/1/07—4/15/07)

In the eighteenth installment: See chickenhawks squawk! See a(nother) manfactured scandal! See creative ways to attack liberals and African-Americans over Don Imus!

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RWCW #17 (3/26/07—3/31/07)

This installment of Right-Wing Cartoon Watch covered - gasp - a single week, from 3/26/07 to 3/31/07. (I know, I know, I was shocked too.)

During this week, Iran capturing British troops was easily the hottest issue - but poisoned pet food and dastardly Dems made appearances as well!

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RWCW #16 (3-27-07)

This sixteenth installment covered three weeks, from 2/26/07 to 3/25/07. This stretch provided plenty of scandals — both the real kind, and the manufactured-BS variety. With Walter Reed, Plamegate, Purge-gate, Ann Coulter, Peter Pace, and - for Republicans, the mere existence of Democrats - there was plenty of material! The litmus tests abound. If you didn't know where a conservative cartoonist stood before in regards to accuracy, hackery, and what generates his or her moral outrage, you were likely to find out!

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