Shields Cartoons
@shieldscartoons
Veteran editorial cartoonist Christopher Shields. Never give up, never surrender. Into dogs, trees, democracy and wildlife gardening. Oxford-comma skeptical. Join our patriotic bucket brigade! @fightthefire.bsky.social
Some people think it’s funny, but it’s really orange and runny.
“Socialism is what they called public power. Socialism is what they called Social Security. Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations. “Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.” — President Harry Truman, 1952
Remember, we weren’t always this way. American kings will go the way of bell bottoms and pet rocks. #america250
The Eternal Methane Flame (Cartoon for @fightthefire.bsky.social)
Freedom 250, Fairness 0 (Cartoon for @fightthefire.bsky.social)
When the Tao is lost, there is goodness. When goodness is lost, there is morality. When morality is lost, there is ritual. Ritual is the husk of true faith, the beginning of chaos. ~ Lao Tzu, from Tao te Ching, Chapter 38
Solve the mystery, find the pawns (Cartoon for @fightthefire.bsky.social)
‘Cause I’m the attacksman… 🎵 (cartoon for @fightthefire.bsky.social)
“Turn left at the vape shop …” Cartoon for @fightthefire.bsky.social
The long struggle for civil whites. (cartoon for @fightthefire.bsky.social)
SKKKOTUS Six crazy people are burning a cross on the lawn of our democracy. cartoon for @fightthefire.bsky.social
"Make yourselves sheep, and the wolves will eat you.” ~ Benjamin Franklin, 1773
We don’t need to watch the State of the Union. We’re living it.
This is awkward and I don’t know how to say this about the president of the United States of America, but here goes: it’s almost like he’s stating the complete *opposite* of what is actually happening.