20 Comics About What’s Really Wrong With The US, By Matt Bors

Matt Bors is a cartoonist and editor based in Portland, Oregon. His work has appeared in The Guardian, Foreign Policy, and other respected publications all over the world and the Internet. Bors also is a two-time Pulitzer Prize Finalist for his political cartoons (2012 and 2020).

He's one of those rare creators that have successfully intertwined their work and politics. In a time when many artists try to stay as neutral as possible so they won't alienate any of their audience and can appeal to as many people as they can (generate clicks), Bors continues to make bold statements, tackling some of the most difficult American social issues.

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Jaded Queen 4 years ago

True. I don't want others to be happy cause nobody let me be happy

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Bors always wanted to be a comic artist, but it wasn't until after 9/11 (he was 17 at the time) that he became political and alarmed at the direction the US was headed in. "I started drawing political cartoons for my college newspaper in the run up to the Iraq War and never stopped," he told Bored Panda.

The artist loves the medium — he has a thought balloon and a pen tattooed on his inner forearms — and believes it's a good medium to talk about anything. "I think with comics you have the ability to expose the way political arguments don't hold up and reveal how situations are absurd in a way that you just can't accomplish in a column."

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Conrad Strucker 4 years ago

i did nazi that coming

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But Bors doesn't just create comics. He also produces them. In 2013, he founded The Nib, an online magazine that shares strips on what is going down in the world. What's really interesting is The Nib is kind of owned by its readers — the independent project runs entirely on member subscriptions and donations.

"There was a hole in the publishing world that The Nib filled that is supportive of political and non-fiction cartoons and people want to support that," Bors said. "Editorial cartoons, in particular, used to be in most papers and provide hundreds of people with jobs, and now it's just a handful. So we're an outlet that makes sure this work has a home from established professionals to up-and-comers. We're fully independent, which means we can focus on comics and not the whims of a larger media company trying to grow infinitely or flip IP into movies—we just want to publish comics."

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Thomas Robb 4 years ago

I'd love to see some data about party affiliation and covid rates. I suspect there might be a pattern.

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After all these years and accomplishments, however, Matt hasn't lost his passion for the craft. It's what keeps him going. "Awards are a nice boost sometimes, especially the ones that represent a blessing from colleagues, but they are ultimately meaningless if you're not happy doing the work without them."

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Lisa loves cats 4 years ago

this makes me want to slap that guy in the sewers

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Jaded Queen 4 years ago

If ur not rich or important nobody gives jack s**t. And why should they u r just another cog in the wheel. U r nothing a nobody

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tilly kate 4 years ago

wait... does this actually happen??

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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago

Yes, a 22 year old white guy with an assaut rifle is a poor troubled boy. A 14 year old boy with a disassembled clock is a murdering terrorist. Just search Ahmed Mohamed Clock incident.

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Jaded Queen 4 years ago

I wish before we reach the 2nd panel we will be wiped out. Earth used to be so beautiful. Clean water flowing everywhere. Fruits from trees ripe for picking. Chirping birds and fluttering butterflies. I will always hate humans on a existencial level

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Jaded Queen 4 years ago

Non American. Can somebody explain?

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RATSMACKER 4 years ago

compromise between equal rights and genocide is still murder.

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jk nbt 4 years ago

protesters pulled down the statue of Frederick Douglass, prominent black anti-slavery activist and lobbyist from NY state... they pulled it down on the 168th anniversary of his most famous speech denouncing slavery... hmm... this is what sort of education you get when you pull down historical statues and erase history...

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Call Me Mars 4 years ago

Did anyone else read Trump's speech bubble in his voice? I did LOL!

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Sasha Kuleshov 4 years ago

I have encountered more than 20 people with guns in stores in the US, who are they afraid of?

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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago

To be honest: This is the exact impression that Europeans have about Americans and their healthcare insurance.

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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago

He lives in the Trumplovers reality, where libtards and antifa are pushing a socialist agenda which will lead to corruption, abuse of powers and a total disrespect of the constitution.

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Anthony Goldstein (female) 4 years ago

*sigh* does anyone know any canadians that will take me until biden gets sworn in?

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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

Who here has *not* met that guy? B/c wow, I envy you!

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Kanrry Kang 4 years ago

For the love of God, teach the truth and stop teaching White-washed European s**t.

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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago

How the magahats twist facts to make right what's wrong.

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blugeagua 4 years ago

Even if all of that did happen. Nope! There's still a LOT of work to do in the fight for equality.

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What do you think ?

The jokes explain why and how over 70 million people are totally fine with a sexist, racist, narcissistic delusional white supremacist. Trump managed to destroy in less than 4 years what Americans have been building in 200 years.

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DC 4 years ago

... and yet they have the nerve to talk like they were those who try to preserve "american values". This is so sick-minded, ... and it makes me fear ... they're not away, it's just one of them who lost his job, after constantly failing for four years straight ... there's so much more there needs something to be done about ...

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Asher Gates 4 years ago

you forgot abt his 26 rape charges, one against a child.

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This Guy 3 years ago

Trump was easily better than Biden and Obama combined, but this is going to be considered racist because Obama is black, even though I'd say the EXACT same thing if he were white! But no! By all means, insist that all whites that don't support BLM are racist!

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Scyth 4 years ago

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jk nbt 3 years ago

nope, Trump deconstructed the bad policies of Obama. Obama gave one billion dollars to the Iranians with nothing in return but a promise they will slow down on their nuclear weapon plutonium production.... an agreement they have already broken... Trump fixed many other Obama policies as ridiculous as this...

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Michał Jastrzębski 4 years ago

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Ladislav Pollo 4 years ago

This whole thing is soooo much american and stupid :D

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Joseph Sednev 3 years ago

This thing is so bias with absolute twisted truth. Same way media shows it. Sadly people who created this keep seeding devision in the country. Don’t think there will ever be a way back to unity. Poisoned society.

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Marquita 3 years ago

how? this is pretty accurate

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