Tom Toles for October 04, 2020

I am fond of the “There’s no Planet B” meme (despite the comment by Toles’ alter-ego)

I’m also not of the opinion than enough climate change to make it really hard to maintain our society… or even human society at all… is equivalent to the end of the world. But I understand that few humans REALLY believe they aren’t the center of the world.

I remember when Conservatives — being conservative — took the appropriate action, prepared for the worst, and were in good shape when things went wrong unlike their thoughtless peers, but NOW …

 SURGEON GENERAL’S WARNING: Breathing The Atmosphere Of Venus Is Hazardous To Your Health. Lead Vapor May Do Permanent Serious Damage To Your Lungs.

Republicans aren’t conservatives. They’re terrorists.

When my boys become men Covid-19 and the Orange Buffoon will be distant memories (remember air raid drills?) but climate change will be a daily reality. They will be justified if they curse the memories of us.

Fossil Abuse – {4 beats/line}

The earthlings’ leaders were too deranged

to cope with the fact that the climate they’d changed, -

- so they kept the deal which they’d long since arranged

{tho’ Mother Nature was ignored and estranged,

and creatures’ shelf-life was severely shortchanged}.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Well, you know the old saying: “Chili today, hot tamale”.

It’s a cartoon cliche (or trope, meme, or whatever) to present a thirsty man or woman crawling in a hot desert. Virgil Partch (1916 – 1984), who signed his work “ViP” was basically a gag cartoonist whose art appeared in the 1940s through 1970s. He often used this cliche, as I remember, in his comic strip, “Big George!” His work was not ever politically inclined, as far as I know.

But certainly the cliche has been used many times to comment on various social issues, usually minor, and commonly in a humorous way. (The humor editor of “The New Yorker” once refused to print such cartoons as too ubiquitous.) And now it can be validly used in a serious way toward commentary about global climate change.

I’m certain Toles is aware of the traditional use of this cliche, and decided to appropriate it for good use in his own commentary. I wonder if he was once a fan of Partch’s work? Their drawing styles are so different.

There is a nice article concerning Virgil Partch at “The Comics Journal.com” by R. C. Harvey from 2013. As a teenager, I often imitated Partch’s distinctive drawing style — and the styles of Pat Olphant and George Herriman, as well — in school class presentations. (A pleasant wave of nostalgia passes over and floats me back temporarily to those days …)

Climate cycles.. there will be another ice age.

Climate change is an unproven hoax! Creation Science is very real and should be taught in schools! /s

Voting for a republican is like voting for suicide by covid and death to the environment by global warming.

Venus makes a cute comment. It’s its global warming that makes it hotter than Mercury, and Mercury has virtually no atmosphere to sustain its heat.

Looking thirsty Sam. Have a nice, cold Koch.

Very, very clever.

It’s a miracle! trump’s completely healed! Out of hospital soon!

There’s a strong scent of bullshit in the air today.

Everyone in the car will have to be quarantined for two weeks. Trump never does anything right.

Keep it up and we may terraform Earth into Venus.