Category: In Contempt

All the comics published under the In Contempt name from 2001-2009

Father of War (1/5/2004)

It’s true. I had only been a father for a few weeks when I drew this cartoon….

And Then What?

In Contempt: And Then What? (9/17/2001)

Posted a week after the terrorist attack on 9-11, this cartoon turned out to be one of…

Perish the School of Thought

Perish the School of Thought (4/7/2003)

When George W. Bush ended his second term as president in January 2009, he left with an…

Super Confused

Super Confused (3/31/2003)

Where the cartoon of the previous week had satirized the role of US media in propagandizing the…

War-War Jaw-Jaw

War-War Jaw-Jaw (03-24-2003)

I took the title of this cartoon from a quote attributed to Winston Churchill that was making…

Playing Doctor (3/17/2003)

Playing Doctor (3/17/2003)

Congress began debating a bill to ban so-called “partial birth” abortion procedures during the week before this…

Worst Laid Plans

Worst Laid Plans (3/3/2003)

In retrospect it looks like both of these plans turned out just swell. In the upper panel…

Passion of the Antisemite (3/1/2004)

Once upon a time Mel Gibson was a respected filmmaker. Before a drunken antisemitic rant to a…

Lowered Expectations

Lowered Expectations (2/22/2004)

I voted for Kerry in 2004, but I ain’t gonna lie: I was not thrilled. While I…

Terror Alert High

Terror Alert High (2-17-2003)

Americans lived in constant fear following September 11, 2001. (Haha, what’s that like? asks my pandemic brain.)…