Cartoonist A.F. Branco 5th Anniversary at Legal Insurrection (Reader Poll Best Cartoon)
Five years and over 500 cartoons later, he’s still going strong, and still comically incorrect.
Five years ago, on August 6, 2012, A.F. Branco posted his first cartoon at Legal Insurrection, a side by side of the two Dirty Harry’s:
I am pleased to announce that Antonio F. Branco will begin contributing political cartoons created exclusively for Legal Insurrection….
Recently, you have seen two of Tony’s cartoons here, one regarding Obama’s “you didn’t build that” speech and another regarding the premature announcement of the Tea Party’s demise.
Tony’s work is on par, in my estimation, with the best political cartoonists.
Since then a lot has happened. The reelection of Obama, the rise and fall of Hillary, and the election of Trump. He has chronicled it all, twice a week, over 500 cartoons in total. Some of those cartoons, and others he has published elsewhere, appear in his coffee table book, Comically Incorrect.
Along the way in November 2014, Tony and his wife had a baby, Welcome to the World, Amelia Rose Branco.
To show you how time flies, Amelia is already driving:
Tony prepared this message for Legal Insurrection readers:
The thanks go to you, Tony.
In honor of this anniversary, we’re holding a Reader Poll on the best cartoon of the first 5 Years. I selected the cartoons. It wasn’t easy to narrow the list down to a manageable number. I wanted a final list of 10, but that proved impossible because there were just too many good ones. So you have 15 to choose from.
I tried to pick cartoons that I felt transcended time, were particularly perceptive, and have aged well over time or will age well for more recent cartoons.
The Reader Poll will be open until midnight (Pacific Time), Tuesday night, August 8, 2017.
You can vote for UP TO THREE cartoons.
POLL AT BOTTOM OF POST
Here are the entries, in chronological order:
Safe Six
Monday, December 24, 2012
All Ears
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Merry Me-mas
Monday, December 16, 2013
The Pen to Serfdom
Thursday, January 16, 2014
What Difference Does it Make?
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Shrink Wrapper
Thursday, June 26, 2014
Crash of Civilization
Thursday, July 31, 2014
Radical Vocabulist
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Gone Fishing
Monday, April 13, 2015
Serving Time
Monday, April 27, 2015
Tick Tock
Monday, September 28, 2015
Assume the Position
Thursday, October 15, 2015
The Verdict
Wednesday, July 6, 2016
That Was Then
Monday, November 21, 2016
Made Obamacare Great Again
Monday, March 27, 2017
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Comments
“Screw U” (The Verdict) is very strong, and can be applied to MANY different situations. I did enjoy Safe Six….
Remember readers that we can support Branco by going to PayPal and making a contribution to him. I send $10 every once in a while.
Anziani
Two of my three favorites! You have good taste, rabid wombat. 😉
Don’t see a poll, but geez Prof, if you can’t whittle it down to 5 how do you think I can whittle those down to vote for “up” to 3? I’m thinking it’d be tough to whittle it down to my favorite 100.
I’m glad I’m not taking an exam from you, you come up with tough problems to solve.
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Branco, I’ll return your toast! (Just don’t ask what’s in my cup and I won’t ask what’s in yours.)
He is extremely talented.
“That Was Then” and “Serving Time”, both showing the double standards that are rampant in “news” and politics.
Excellent work, Mr. Branco! It was tough to pick just three from all the stellar cartoons! Keep up that ink flowing!
“Made Obamacare Great Again” was perfect! Completely illustrates the complete ineptitude of the GOPe.
Perfect!
I picked three, one of which is currently in the lead.
They are all excellent, hard to choose.
Mr. Branco is simply the best.
My three: “Crash of Civilizations”, “Tick Tock”, and “What Difference Does it Make?”
Little Amelia would have steered the nation better than obama did – and at two, certainly would have been a classier First Lady than that hideous beard he/she brought with him.
Tea Party Tribute to A.F. Branco:
http://www.teapartytribune.com/author/a-f-branco/
They are all excellent – but in particular, the “GOP Sausage Factory” hits home the hardest.
Branco: Please produce more art exposing the GOPe.
As my Krav Maga instructor put it. F***ing eh.
Happy anniversary, Mr. Branco. You are one funny talented dude.
Who?
My three.
There is a two state solution there is a two state solution and oh yeah Pontiac is going to come back and build a Firebird.
Safe Six, Radical Vocabulist, and Made Obamacare Great Again.
1. Gun control laws are ineffective and yet they still insist on what does not work.
2. Emphasizes the dangers of a radical President with a Congress that is either ineffectual in opposing him and/or wishes to go along with his agenda. We lived through that under Obama and it’s something I think we all need to remember for future elections.
3. Speaking of an ineffectual Congress! Simply infuriating, those are the two words that best describe my feelings over that failure, perhaps with a dash of bitterly disappointed thrown in for another two words!
Happy Anniversary! Excellent work containing thousands of words! Also, I enjoy when others link to your works because I feel like I knew you here first 😉
Cheers and congratulations, Mr. Branco! Keep up the good work, and, may your pens never run out of ink (nor Photoshop freeze up on you)!
I picked 3 from the list, but IMO Branco has others that should be in the list.
What’s the apostrophe for in “Two Dirty Harry’s”?
I feel like there should be an award for 5 years on this blog. A cartoon drawing of gold watch perhaps?
I’ve said before I’m in awe of both your artistic talent and your cleverness. Congrats on the five year anniversary. Here’s to 5 – or 50 – more years.
Cheers, A. F. Branco!
Congrats!
Lots of classics there in your cartoons!
For Branco’s 5th Anniversary gift.
Enjoy.
A Brief History of Fake News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZI0uyqA34Bc
“That Was Then” is my favorite! Evil would be reduced if we had honest news media.
I would appreciate if if you turned your talents toward the government bureaucratic public school system, and parents who keep turning their children over to its tender mercies.
Thank you for your excellent work!
Safe six, That was then, and Crash of Civilization. It was hard to pick. I enjoy them very much.
Thank you so very much for the comments and kudos. I feel blessed, and inspired to go another 5 years (God willing). Again, it’s been a lot of fun.
No. Really, thank you. I know that sounds hollow and often it is.