REHUGO+3

**REHUGO Entry #1**
 * CITATION:** Britt, Chris. “Jingle Bells, Romney Smells.” Cartoon. //The State Journal-Register.// 29 November 2011. //SJ-R.com//. 28 November 2011. //Political Cartoons 2011.// 29 November 2011. 
 * CATEGORY:** Political Cartoon
 * PRECIS:** Chris Britt, a political cartoonist for the State Journal-Register, in his cartoon, “Jingle Bells, Romney Smells” Britt shows why he believes none of the Republican candidates are very good. Britt shows this by listing through a Christmas carol all the things that he believes are negative about the candidates. Britt tells the audience the negative things about each candidate in order to, attempt to persuade the audience they are not good candidates. By using the song “Jingle Bells” in his cartoon Britt is able to draw in the audience with something that is familiar to them.
 * PERSONAL COMMENTARY:** I thought that Britt used a very clever way of presenting his information. I also thought that the cartoon was intended to be a bit humorous, with all the insults he listed about the candidates.

**REHUGO Entry #2** **REHUGO #3**
 * CITATION:** Ohman, Jack. “Stylin with Mitt.” Cartoon. //The Oregonian.// 28 November 2011. //Oregon Live.// 28 November 2011. //Political Cartoons 2011.// 29 November 2011. 
 * CATEGORY:** Political Cartoon
 * PRECIS:** Jack Ohman, a cartoonist for The Oregonian, in his cartoon “Stylin’ with Mitt” shows his audience how ridiculous it is that the way a candidate looks is so important. Ohman shows this by using Mitt Romney’s hair as an example of the ridiculousness. Ohman makes fun of Romney’s hair in order to, show how overly ridiculous the importance of appearance is in politics. Ohman uses Romney’s hair as an example in order to connect with the audience, because many people already make fun of his hair.
 * PERSONAL COMMENTARY:** I found this cartoon to be very funny. I totally agree with his point, that candidate’s appearances are over rated.
 * CITATION:** Beattie, Bruce. “Need Work.” Cartoon. //Creators Syndicate.// 10 February 2011. //The Association of American Editorial Columnists.// 29 November 2011. 
 * CATEGORY:** Political Cartoon
 * PRECIS:** Bruce Beattie, a political cartoonist, in his cartoon “Need Work” shows how bad the unemployment crisis is. Beattie shows the unemployment crisis by drawing two men in the show, both who are unemployed, and need work. Beattie drew these two unemployed men in order to, show how bad the unemployment crisis is. By adding a reference to the failed Spider-Man show, Beattie is able to connect with his audience, and add in some humor.
 * PERSONAL COMMENTARY:** I thought this cartoon was very interesting. I thought that it dealt with a very important subject matter that a lot of people can relate to, or at least know a lot about. However I thought that the Spider-Man comment at the bottom was a bit random, and didn’t really add much to the cartoon.

**REHUGO #4** **REHUGO #5**
 * CITATION:** Beattie, Bruce. “Sign of Economic Recovery.” Cartoon. //Creators Syndicate//. 6 Jan. 2011. //The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.// 29 November 2011. 
 * CATEGORY:** Political Cartoon
 * PRECIS:** Bruce Beattie, editorial cartoonist, in his political cartoon “Sign of Economic Recovery” argues that although people might say the economy is recovering it is still a huge problem. Beattie shows this by implying through a fastfood worker that just because he finally got a job, the economy is recovering. Beattie shows that the economy isn’t really improving in order to make the public more aware that even though it may be implied the economy is getting better, there’s still a lot of work to do. Beattie uses the example of just a regular person, in order to connect more with the audience.
 * PERSONAL COMMENTARY:** I liked this cartoon a lot. I think it showed how naive people can be, and how even though people say the economy is improving the numbers don’t necessarily match up.
 * CITATION:** Ramsey, Marshall “Santa and Congress.” Illustration. //The Clarion-Ledger//. 22 November 2011. //Marshall Ramsey.// 22 November 2011. 30 November 2011. 
 * CATEGORY:** Political Commentary
 * PRECIS:** Marshall Ramsey, a political cartoonist, in his “Santa and Congress” cartoon states that congress is no longer doing it’s job. Ramsey used Santa in his cartoon in order to show how ridiculous it was that congress couldn’t do their job. Ramsey shows that congress is not doing their job in order to try to create a change. By using irony in his cartoon with Santa Ramsey made his cartoon much simpler, and easy for the average person to understand.
 * PERSONAL COMMENTARY:** This is my favorite cartoon so far. I really liked how he used the irony with Santa. I think this made it so that even if someone didn’t keep up with politics they would get what he was saying, and I think that’s a very important thing to achieve.



**REHUGO #6**
 * CITATION:** Breen, Steve. “His Father’s Hands.” Illustration. //US News.// 19 Sept. 2011. //Middle East Protest Cartoons.// 13 Dec. 2011. 
 * CATEGORY:** Political Cartoon
 * PRECIS:** Steve Breen, a political cartoonist from Creators Syndicate, in his cartoon “His Father’s Hands”, shows the brutality of the Syrian leader, Bashar Assad. Breen pictures Assad, and his father both with bloody hands, showing how they are killers. Assad is being shown as an evil man in order to; show how bad things are in Syria. Breen uses the commonly used phrase to show the traits that have been passed down in Syrian leadership.
 * PERSONAL COMMENTARY:** I liked this cartoon because I thought it was fairly simple and easy to understand, but still had a very big point behind it.

**REHUGO #7**
 * CITATION:** Davies, Matt. “Collective Bargaining.” Illustration. //US News.// 20 Feb, 2011. //Political Cartoons February 2011.// 13 Dec. 2011. 
 * CATEGORY:** Political Cartoon
 * PRECIS:** Matt Davies, cartoonist for Tribune Media Services, in his cartoon “Collective Bargaining” shows how Gaddafi just wants to kill all the Libyan citizens when they give him trouble. Davies shows this by showing a protest, and then Gaddafi telling his general about his collective bargaining position. Davies shows this awful side of Gaddafi in order to show what a bad guy he his. Davies wants his audience to see how evil Gaddafi is.
 * PERSONAL COMMENTARY:** I choose this cartoon because I thought it was a good use of irony. Even though Gaddafi is dead I thought it was a good representation of what is going on in the world right now, because that was such a big deal for such a long time.

**REHUGO #8**
 * CITATION:** Ramirez, Michael. “Rats.” Illustration. //US News.// 30 Oct. 2011. //Middle East Protest Cartoons.// 13 Dec. 2011. 
 * CATEGORY:** Political Cartoon
 * PRECIS:** Michael Ramirez, a political cartoonist, in his cartoon “Rats”, argues that even though Gaddafi is dead, there is always something else to take his place. Ramirez shows this by drawing Gaddafi, as a rat, dead in a mousetrap, surrounded by other rats. Ramirez makes this point about they’re being some many other rats in order to; show that there’s always something else. By portraying him as a rat Ramirez catches the attention of the audience.
 * PERSONAL COMMENTARY:** I loved how Ramirez portrayed all these things as rats! I thought it was a very clever, and clear way of proving his point.

**REHUGO #9**
 * CITATION:** Handelsman, Walt. “Fire!” Illustration. 5 Nov. 2011. //Middle East Protest Cartoons.// 13 Dec. 2011. 
 * CATEGORY:** Political Cartoon
 * PRECIS:** Walt Handelsman, a political cartoonist, in his cartoon “Fire!” shows how Gaddafi deserves to go to hell. Handelsman shows Gaddafi yelling at all these things, and then ending up in hell with fire. Handelsman shows Gaddafi in hell in order to, show what a bad man he is. Handelsman uses the same “Fire” over and over again in order to keep the cartoon simple for his readers.
 * PERSONAL COMENTARY:** I felt like this cartoon was very easy to understand, and made a point. It has surprised me how many Gaddafi cartoons there are.

**REHUGO #10**
 * CITATION:** Breen, Steve. “Dangerous Animals.” 24 Oct. 2011. //Middle East Protest Cartoons.// 13 Dec. 2011. 
 * CATEGORY:** Political Cartoon
 * PRECIS:** Steve Breen, a cartoonist for Creators Syndicate, in his cartoon “Dangerous Animals” states that Gaddafi was a dangerous “animal”. Breen first says that dangerous animals were killed in Ohio, and then states one was also killed in Libya, referring to Gaddafi as a wild animal. Breen calls Gaddafi a dangerous animal in order to, show what a big deal it was for him to be killed. By putting his cartoon in the setting of a news station he makes it more understandable to a wider audience.
 * PERSONAL COMMENTARY:** I liked how simple this cartoon was. However it does require some background information to completely understand his point.