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Barry Deutsch
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Cartoonist and general schmuck. I do political cartoons, SuperButch, Hereville, and Wings of Fire.

My policartoons: www.leftycartoons.com or click #PoliCartoon

SuperButch: www.superbutchcomic.com

Support the cartoons! patreon.com/barry
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Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · Aug 30
Hey, I have a new PDF collection out! It's 200 pages long and includes 100 cartoons, plus text pieces and lots of behind-the-scenes art and photos.

Everyone who joins my Patreon at the $3 level gets a copy!

www.patreon.com/posts/downlo...
My New PDF Book! (Image of book cover: "Why Must They Shove It In My Face?") 200 pages packed with cartooney goodness!
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packyanderson.bsky.social
Oh. My. God.

I read the first sentence in this essay (quoted here) and instantly fell in love.

My distaste for Hemingway knows no bounds.
barrydeutsch.bsky.social Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 1d
Reject Hemingwayism

"I can say, without fear of exaggeration, that Ernest Hemingway is the worst thing that happened to twentieth-century fiction."

open.substack.com/pub/thingoft...
November 14, 2025 at 2:14 AM
barrydeutsch.bsky.social
I always feel an irrational sense of accomplishment when I write page 123 of a script. It's not like 123 is an important landmark - the final script will be 210-220 long - but "123" is just a satisfying number.
a storm trooper is standing in front of a wall with the words `` 1 , 2 , 3 ! '' on it .
Alt: A Star Wars storm trooper makes a beat in the air with his fist while saying "1, 2, 3!"
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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aselrod.bsky.social
America is not full. But an array of right-wing activists and commentators want to deport tens of millions of people.

For them, it’s not just about illegal immigration but the idea that not everyone can really become an American.
November 13, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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barrydeutsch.bsky.social
On Reddit, half the comments about this comic are about the "B" plot with the painting pigeon. :-p
barrydeutsch.bsky.social Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 3d
What Freedom Looks Like

A cartoon by me and @nadinescholtes.bsky.social

Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon
Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry
This cartoon has four panels, all showing people talking in a park. PANEL 1 A bearded man wearing a red MAGA cap is talking to a earnest young woman. The MAGA man is angry, waving his hands in the air. WOMAN: If guns are legal at all, they need to be regulated. MAGA: GUN REGULATION IS AUTHORITARIAN! PANEL 2 An older man with a cane is handing out fliers; the same MAGA guy, furious, slaps a flier to the ground. CANE MAN: We're holding a rally for universal health care. MAGA: UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS FASCISM. PANEL 3 A nonbinary person wearing a pinback that says "THEY / THEM" is a bit bewildered as the MAGA guy points at the pinback, hiding his face like he's frightened. MAGA: PREFERRED PRONOUNS ARE TOTALITARIAN! PANEL 4 All three of the characters from the previous panels, looking panicked, are yelling in unison. The MAGA guy calmly laughs it off. THREE CHARACTERS: MASKED GOVERNMENT AGENTS ARE DISAPPEARING PEOPLE! MAGA: That's what freedom looks like. CHICKEN FAT WATCH "Chicken Fat" is a long-dormant cartoonists' term for unimportant but perhaps amusing details. Panel 1 - In the background, a pigeon paints an owl's portrait. Panel 2 - The pigeon, painting tucked under one wing, runs away from a cat. The MAGA cap now says "Make 'Merica Mate Mermen." The flier the MAGA guy slapped says "Reading this tiny print makes you special & smart!" Panel 3 - The pigeon has stopped to show the painting to the cat, who is surprised and impressed. The MAGA cap says "Make America Grout Again." Panel 4 - The cat poses as the pigeon paints its portrait. In the tree above, the owl sits next to where it's hung the pigeon's painting of the owl. The MAGA cap says "Erica's A Hen."
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
barrydeutsch.bsky.social
youtu.be/1J0cNWs1hvE?...
Graham Platner is an Embarrassing Liar
YouTube video by Rebecca Watson (Skepchick)
youtu.be
November 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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barrydeutsch.bsky.social
What Freedom Looks Like

A cartoon by me and @nadinescholtes.bsky.social

Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon
Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry
This cartoon has four panels, all showing people talking in a park. PANEL 1 A bearded man wearing a red MAGA cap is talking to a earnest young woman. The MAGA man is angry, waving his hands in the air. WOMAN: If guns are legal at all, they need to be regulated. MAGA: GUN REGULATION IS AUTHORITARIAN! PANEL 2 An older man with a cane is handing out fliers; the same MAGA guy, furious, slaps a flier to the ground. CANE MAN: We're holding a rally for universal health care. MAGA: UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS FASCISM. PANEL 3 A nonbinary person wearing a pinback that says "THEY / THEM" is a bit bewildered as the MAGA guy points at the pinback, hiding his face like he's frightened. MAGA: PREFERRED PRONOUNS ARE TOTALITARIAN! PANEL 4 All three of the characters from the previous panels, looking panicked, are yelling in unison. The MAGA guy calmly laughs it off. THREE CHARACTERS: MASKED GOVERNMENT AGENTS ARE DISAPPEARING PEOPLE! MAGA: That's what freedom looks like. CHICKEN FAT WATCH "Chicken Fat" is a long-dormant cartoonists' term for unimportant but perhaps amusing details. Panel 1 - In the background, a pigeon paints an owl's portrait. Panel 2 - The pigeon, painting tucked under one wing, runs away from a cat. The MAGA cap now says "Make 'Merica Mate Mermen." The flier the MAGA guy slapped says "Reading this tiny print makes you special & smart!" Panel 3 - The pigeon has stopped to show the painting to the cat, who is surprised and impressed. The MAGA cap says "Make America Grout Again." Panel 4 - The cat poses as the pigeon paints its portrait. In the tree above, the owl sits next to where it's hung the pigeon's painting of the owl. The MAGA cap says "Erica's A Hen."
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
barrydeutsch.bsky.social
The GOP Ending The Fillibuster Would Be Bad by @nberlat.bsky.social

www.everythingishorrible.net/p/the-gop-en...
One obvious move would be to criminalize abortion nationwide—note that the Senate could pass that without the votes of Murkowski or Collins. Another would be sweeping nationwide attacks on trans healthcare, maybe just for children, but quite possibly for adults as well. (In order to get Democratic votes, the Senate appropriations bill that was just passed notably killed a bunch of anti trans riders in the House bill). You could also expect a lot of attacks on voting rights. Congress would I think likely just eliminate what’s left of the VRA (the SC may do this…but they also may not.) Republicans might eliminate mail in voting and early voting; they could also pass nationwide and very restrictive voter ID laws. The ACA would probably be dead. It’s quite possible the Republicans would also take the opportunity to further slash Medicaid, and maybe even Medicare. I’d worry about what they’d do to Social Security too. We already know that a lot of people in the Trump White House see this moment as their last, best chance to destroy the New Deal safety net and impose a withering fascist nightmare of austerity forever. The filibuster is not constraining them much. I don’t think we want to learn the extent to which it is though.
November 13, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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bostonjerry.bsky.social
Totally unrelated:

Google CEO Sundar Pichai standing in between Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos at Trump's 2nd inauguration in January.
November 13, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Reposted by Barry Deutsch
404media.co
Google is hosting a CBP app that uses facial recognition to identify immigrants, while removing apps that report the location of ICE officials because Google sees ICE as a vulnerable group. @evystadium.bsky.social has more.

Full story by @josephcox.bsky.social here: www.404media.co/google-has-c...
November 13, 2025 at 4:41 PM
barrydeutsch.bsky.social
Reject Hemingwayism

"I can say, without fear of exaggeration, that Ernest Hemingway is the worst thing that happened to twentieth-century fiction."

open.substack.com/pub/thingoft...
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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meidastouch.com
BIG NEWS: Congresswoman-elect Adelita Grijalva will finally be sworn in as a member of Congress tomorrow.

She is likely to be the 218th vote on the Epstein discharge petition, which would force a full vote to release the Epstein files in their entirety.
November 11, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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fraying.bsky.social
But the larger point that’s getting lost is NONE OF THIS IS NECESSARY. They could simply reopen the government if they wanted. Republicans are adding this language to fuck the hemp industry at the behest of big liquor, and Democrats are capitulating because they don’t understand the issue.
November 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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jricole.bsky.social
UNICEF says Israel blocking one million syringes needed to vaccinate Gaza children flip.it/V3voye
UNICEF says Israel blocking one million syringes needed to vaccinate Gaza children
GENEVA - UNICEF said on Tuesday essential items including syringes to vaccinate children and bottles for baby formula are being denied entry into Gaza by Israel, preventing aid agencies from reaching ...
flip.it
November 11, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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katelynburns.com
the entirety of the british press talked themselves into believing this woman is trans based almost entirely on JK Rowling's judgement of the athlete's appearance.
emilymcminn-ms.bsky.social Emily Hamilton @emilymcminn-ms.bsky.social · 4d
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
screen grab of Sun Sport artilce about IOC ban for trans women including a picture of Cisgender Boxer Imame Khelife
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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emilymcminn-ms.bsky.social
Nothing illustrates the arseholery of the IOC and the British Press more than the use of the image of a not-Trans woman to illustrate a story about trans women being banned (because there are no current trans women competing at this level)
screen grab of Sun Sport artilce about IOC ban for trans women including a picture of Cisgender Boxer Imame Khelife
November 10, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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donmoyn.bsky.social
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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raptornx01.bsky.social
I mean. I was going right along with the main story and agree with the messaging whole heartedly (as opposed to half heartedly, which i now realize that they actually have an alternative to a phrase), but then i was like, wait, what, and backtracked. now i'm fully invested in the Pigeon artist.
November 11, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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barrydeutsch.bsky.social
The Absent Fatso

Read more cartoons! #PoliCartoon
Help us make more! patreon.com/barry

#FatAcceptance
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has fourteen panels, so it’s kind of a long one. PANEL 1 A drawing of Barry (the cartoonist) relaxing on a sofa, holding a tablet and talking directly at the readers with a friendly expression. BARRY: Ever notice how lots of movies and TV shows tell fat jokes without showing fat people? PANEL 2 A very fat woman with carefully-styled curly black curly hair is speaking, looking self-satisfied. Text identifies her as “Celesta Geyer, 1930s circus fat lady.” CAPTION: In ye olden days, when folks wanted to laugh at fat people, they’d go to the circus. Today we’ve got reality TV for that. CELESTA: “People laugh at me anyway, so I make them pay for the privilege.” PANEL 3 Barry is talking to us, smiling and leaning an arm on the panel border. BARRY: But some viewers find reality TV too vulgar. They want to laugh at fat jokes, but laughing directly at fat people feels too crude. PANEL 4 Barry points a remote control at the TV as he speaks. BARRY: So TV and movie writers have developed strategies for laughing at fat people without showing fat people. PANEL 5 Big, friendly looking lettering takes up most of this panel; it says THE ABSENT FATSO. Barry leans over the top of the lettering, still talking to us. BARRY: I call these strategies… LETTERING: THE ABSENT FATSO PANEL 6 A hand is holding a smartphone; on the smartphone is a picture of Homer Simpson eating a donut. Homer is speaking to us, continuing Barry’s dialog. HOMER/BARRY: Strategies like… The Animated Fatso! Cartoon fatties are always safe to laugh at! PANEL 7 A fat woman at a kitchen counter, holding a large knife. She seems to be cutting a slice of bread off a fresh baked loaf. An open laptop lies on the counter nearby; dialog is coming out of the laptop, but it doesn’t have a word balloon, making it less like dialog and more like a background element. CAPTION: Or The Off-Screen Fatso! Think of Howard’s Ma on “Big Bang Theory,” or Ugly Naked Guy on “Friends.” LAPTOP: Ma doesn’t have a neck. Just chins and fat and feet. PANEL 8 Two extremely happy looking fat women are cuddling a small baby. A laptop is on a countertop nearby. Small dialog is coming from the laptop, but no one’s paying it any attention. CAPTION: Or the ex-fatso! This character supposedly used to be fat. But they’re played by a thin actor so fat jokes about them are okay. Like Will on “Will and Grace” or Monica on “Friends.” LAPTOP: It’s a new band called “Will Is Fat.” PANEL 9 This panel shows two versions of Barry, with a lightning-bolt-shaped graphic dividing them. On the left, actual Barry, in a t-shirt that says “flashback,” snaps his fingers. On the right, imaginary thin Barry is smiling; his t-shirt says “present.” FAT BARRY: ( Annoyingly, the “ex-fatso” trope supports the myth that any fat person could simply choose to become and remain thin. ) THIN BARRY: So easy! PANEL 10 A fat woman sits at a cafe table. She’s got a drawing board propped up and looks happy. She also has a cell phone propped up; dialog comes from the phone, but she doesn’t seem to be paying it much attention. PHONE: Thor, eat a salad! PANEL 11 A fat man sits in an armchair, watching TV. His cat has jumped into his lap and is cautiously stepping onto his stomach to sniff at his nose; he smiles at the cat. TV: Look at my titties, Austin Powers. PANEL 12 We’re looking at a TV; a thermos is in front of the TV, and a sock is lying on top of the TV. On the TV, Barry is talking straight out at us, looking serious. BARRY: If a real fat person played “Fat Bastard,” some (not all) viewers would have felt uncomfortable. That reminder that fat people are people could make things less fun. PANEL 13 All the previous rows had three panels each; this row has two panels, so panels 13 and 14 are a bit larger than previous panels have been. We are looking at the inside of a dim movie theater, looking at a section of the audience. There are about a dozen people in this panel, all fat, all watching the movie – except for Barry, seating in the middle of the group, who is talking to us, and the woman seated to his left, who has turned to face Barry. BARRY: But even when Hollywood doesn’t show us, we’re still here. In the audience. Being sneered at by proxy. Can’t the studios just skip the fat jokes altogether? And also, hire more fat act– WOMAN: Ssh! PANEL 14 A well-lit, large office, with a large fancy-looking desk, and a big window overlooking a city. There are framed movie posters on the wall. An executive-looking man wearing a collared shirt and tie is sitting behind the desk, in a big leather-looking chair, and talking cheerfully into his phone. On his desk are a notebook (paper kind), an open laptop, a second phone, and a framed photo. EXECUTIVE: Just a sec, gotta turn off some internet weirdo. So I got budget numbers on that fat suit comedy…
August 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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reuterszengerle.bsky.social
“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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barrydeutsch.bsky.social
The hot dog guy meme, with a captions saying "The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are."
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Reposted by Barry Deutsch
jconley.bsky.social
Right, it would ban and criminalize virtually all hemp-derived products currently on the market. Incredibly reckless to destroy a growing industry with more than 300,000 workers with no hearings or debate of any kind in Congress.
November 11, 2025 at 2:36 AM
barrydeutsch.bsky.social
The hot dog guy meme, with a captions saying "The sooner we get past internal recriminations and back to fighting united, the better off we all are."
November 11, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Reposted by Barry Deutsch
courtneymilan.com
Hey, a lot of people are talking about changing affiliation from Democratic to Independent.

Let me tell you why you shouldn’t do that in Colorado.

One of the main ways to get a primary challenge candidate on a ballot is to caucus for your party. You need to be registered as a Dem to caucus.
November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
barrydeutsch.bsky.social
On Reddit, half the comments about this comic are about the "B" plot with the painting pigeon. :-p
barrydeutsch.bsky.social Barry Deutsch @barrydeutsch.bsky.social · 3d
What Freedom Looks Like

A cartoon by me and @nadinescholtes.bsky.social

Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon
Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry
This cartoon has four panels, all showing people talking in a park. PANEL 1 A bearded man wearing a red MAGA cap is talking to a earnest young woman. The MAGA man is angry, waving his hands in the air. WOMAN: If guns are legal at all, they need to be regulated. MAGA: GUN REGULATION IS AUTHORITARIAN! PANEL 2 An older man with a cane is handing out fliers; the same MAGA guy, furious, slaps a flier to the ground. CANE MAN: We're holding a rally for universal health care. MAGA: UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS FASCISM. PANEL 3 A nonbinary person wearing a pinback that says "THEY / THEM" is a bit bewildered as the MAGA guy points at the pinback, hiding his face like he's frightened. MAGA: PREFERRED PRONOUNS ARE TOTALITARIAN! PANEL 4 All three of the characters from the previous panels, looking panicked, are yelling in unison. The MAGA guy calmly laughs it off. THREE CHARACTERS: MASKED GOVERNMENT AGENTS ARE DISAPPEARING PEOPLE! MAGA: That's what freedom looks like. CHICKEN FAT WATCH "Chicken Fat" is a long-dormant cartoonists' term for unimportant but perhaps amusing details. Panel 1 - In the background, a pigeon paints an owl's portrait. Panel 2 - The pigeon, painting tucked under one wing, runs away from a cat. The MAGA cap now says "Make 'Merica Mate Mermen." The flier the MAGA guy slapped says "Reading this tiny print makes you special & smart!" Panel 3 - The pigeon has stopped to show the painting to the cat, who is surprised and impressed. The MAGA cap says "Make America Grout Again." Panel 4 - The cat poses as the pigeon paints its portrait. In the tree above, the owl sits next to where it's hung the pigeon's painting of the owl. The MAGA cap says "Erica's A Hen."
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 AM
barrydeutsch.bsky.social
What Freedom Looks Like

A cartoon by me and @nadinescholtes.bsky.social

Read more cartoons! --> #PoliCartoon
Support our cartoons! --> patreon.com/barry
This cartoon has four panels, all showing people talking in a park. PANEL 1 A bearded man wearing a red MAGA cap is talking to a earnest young woman. The MAGA man is angry, waving his hands in the air. WOMAN: If guns are legal at all, they need to be regulated. MAGA: GUN REGULATION IS AUTHORITARIAN! PANEL 2 An older man with a cane is handing out fliers; the same MAGA guy, furious, slaps a flier to the ground. CANE MAN: We're holding a rally for universal health care. MAGA: UNIVERSAL HEALTH CARE IS FASCISM. PANEL 3 A nonbinary person wearing a pinback that says "THEY / THEM" is a bit bewildered as the MAGA guy points at the pinback, hiding his face like he's frightened. MAGA: PREFERRED PRONOUNS ARE TOTALITARIAN! PANEL 4 All three of the characters from the previous panels, looking panicked, are yelling in unison. The MAGA guy calmly laughs it off. THREE CHARACTERS: MASKED GOVERNMENT AGENTS ARE DISAPPEARING PEOPLE! MAGA: That's what freedom looks like. CHICKEN FAT WATCH "Chicken Fat" is a long-dormant cartoonists' term for unimportant but perhaps amusing details. Panel 1 - In the background, a pigeon paints an owl's portrait. Panel 2 - The pigeon, painting tucked under one wing, runs away from a cat. The MAGA cap now says "Make 'Merica Mate Mermen." The flier the MAGA guy slapped says "Reading this tiny print makes you special & smart!" Panel 3 - The pigeon has stopped to show the painting to the cat, who is surprised and impressed. The MAGA cap says "Make America Grout Again." Panel 4 - The cat poses as the pigeon paints its portrait. In the tree above, the owl sits next to where it's hung the pigeon's painting of the owl. The MAGA cap says "Erica's A Hen."
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM