cartoons Archives - Forget The Box

I figured, what better way to celebrate the Holidays than with a look back at the year that was with a little humour. I hope you all enjoy!

Have a Merry Christmas, A Happy New Year, A Happy Hanukkah, A kick-ass Kwanzaa and to my Atheist friends, have a beautiful… ordinary day!

The Arab Spring

Egypt-cartoon-updated — Watch the Dominoes Fall

uF7c1ciaRkCZvuLBjtqTfg — One toppled after another

The Economy

playdead — Corporations are sitting on close to $3,000,000,000,000...

Trickle-Down-Economics-Cart — The Republican theory of trickle down economics

Occupy Wall Street

cartoon-of-the-various-meanings-of-the-word-occupy — The Occupied and Unoccupied

Demonstrators-vs-Bankers — American Justice

Pepper-Spraying-99 — 2011 was the year of the pepper spray

The Republican Presidential Nomination

principled-pachyderm-cartoon — We all know Republican ideology

Stei111811 — An endless amount of debates

The-Pit-Crew — Does it matter who is in the driver's seat?

Obama-Smiling-Republicans_20121 — Nope, doesn't matter at all

Let’s no forget Canada in 2011

harper-majority-government — Conservatives win a majority government

thuedcar05co1_1272259cl-8 — NDP wins over a hundred seats, filled with rookies

Harper_sinking_on_melting_ice_editorial_cartoon — Harper on the environment

Deaths of 2011

cagle-Englehart_toon — The Death of Kim Jung Il

428947187 — The Death of Muammar Gaddafi

Other Events of 2011

pizza-vegetable-cartoon — According to some Republicans, Pizza sauce and French Fries are Vegetables

Delaware-Tea-Party — The Tea Party is still "hanging" around

027089-mark-knight-cartoon — The Devastation of Japan

Royal wedding — Two Billion tune in to the Royal Wedding

Cartoon_Norway_Terrorism — Terrorism in Norway

And Finally…

Anyone ever notice the only news we get exposed to these days is filled with fear and misery? 50% of the stories are either about people dying (accidents, natural disasters, wars, etc.) or people lying (politicians, businessmen, lawyers, etc.). The other 50% are filled with nonsensical gibberish about some celebrity’s affair or fashion sense. So depressingâ€¦

Unfortunately Quiet Mike is no exception. As much as I try to get people to wake up, think and question the status quo, I do have a tendency to cover some pretty discouraging topics. While my intensions I believe are for the better, the death of Jack Layton this past week has reminded me that life is short and we can all use a little humour from time to time. So with hilarity and wit in mind, I give you the First Quiet Mike Political Cartoon-A-Thon!