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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Not understanding that change is what makes the future
Load More Replies...State schools are much more expensive than they were when I went to one a long time ago, but also they now offer so many more perks and amenities included in the price than the basic education that I got for my money. I am happy for my taxpayer money to subsidize education for younger people, but I’m not happy to have my taxpayer money going towards paying for all of these nonessential things. I think two things have to happen, one is that schools have to offer an option of basic, affordable education... and two is that we should increase tax subsidies as needed to make that education available to everyone who wants it.
the first comic is correct, it is unfair that some busted their ass and paid their debts while others wouldn't have to.
maybe, but unborns children won't get credit from this current "sacrifice"
Load More Replies...we can evolve and make college free without cancelling college debt. these are not mutually exclusive and these comics fail to make the point.
it's called a scholarship... or a grant.... you have to compete for them... both go unclaimed every year all over the country.... sometimes the US military will pay for an advanced degree... they will hire in second lieutenants with pre-med training or with nuclear physics degrees and send them to school for their doctorates with the proviso that you are an endentured servant for years years years after that until you pay down what you owe them... if you resign your commission before then, they smack you with a big bill... I know of companies that will hire straight-A high school kids on a work study type program... they work a year, go to school a year, and so forth until at least graduating with a master's... There are companies out there that will hire hourly workers & provide money for books & tuition for night classes... these programs take years to complete the BA or Masters, but you get a FREE education... and when you finish school, you will have banked up experience
Load More Replies...It's ironic. Just because you didn't get it doesn't mean that someone else can't.
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."
I hate that this is the world(or country. I don't know about y'all) that we live in.
he's being deported cus he Mexican. The whit dud ain't in trouble though. Even with the gun in his hands.
It' a frequent occurrence. They somehow manage to take these mass killers alive, yet minorities get killed over traffic violations.....
Load More Replies...WTF! Seriously, I think America will become Great under Biden, not under Trump
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."
One Trump supporter tried to prove it was a hoax, caught it and died.
Why isn’t the one who is worried about the virus spread wearing a mask??
EXACTLY. the kind of people I see walking around acting like this s**t is a game. MAGA fuc$kheads
Like the 700 trump fanatics who were exposed at his campaign rallies and died. No loss; they volunteered for their demise.
I'm not sure if its because the way they said it or if its actually what they said, but the blocked comments open up good dialogue on they hypocrisy in the way the sides view the protest and riots. Why is it then okay to meet in mass groups and disregard the rules set in place then completely generalize a whole group of people because they happen to support a different person? What morale ground is there to stand on at that point? Yes, Covid is real but I know people on both sides of the fence that deny it and I know people on both sides that believe it, myself included.
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."
Why would you smack him back into his home?
Load More Replies...Some moron who tries to make excuses for what's going on so it doesn't seem as bad.
Load More Replies...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
Don't go to the hospital in the States unless you are a millionaire. One man has to pay over a million dollars hospital bills after being hospitalized for a week in the USA. He will never be able to fork out this huge amount. He lost his job and has no more any insurance. This is "America" at it's best, letting people get into debt and losing their house or to die like a poisoned rat. It's very shocking that such a great nation has such a big budget for the army, not for health care. I feel truly very sad for those living lin this God forsaken country having no means to afford health care. It's a tragedy, my God help you all. The system has to be changed as the working class makes big money for the ultra-rich. The underdogs are slaves for the top dogs.
In Britain the dream is there for everyone, well maybe not the palatial room! We don't call it socialism we call it social responsibility!
Sure, Trump "beat" coronavirus. But only because he has socialized medicine paid for by the federal government. You'd think this would be enough to have everyone pushing for universal health care, but you'd be wrong. Sadly.
Even here in Germany (where I am stationed) the healthcare is pretty slow (friend displayed stroke symptoms went to ER and was told he would have to wait 2 days for an MRI because they don't do them on the weekend). Even the local that can afford it pay for private healthcare. Why would they do that if universal I so great? Who is going to pay all these extra cost or lower the wage of the doctor and nurses to afford all of this like they do in Germany?
Load More Replies...Mean while the Tardtrashian clan gets expedited testing so they can go on vacation. Great priorities we have
Yes a psychopath joined the military and was deployed to Iraq. He killed civilians and peed on their corpses while a video was taken of him doing it. Absolutely repulsive. Also his name is Joseph Chamblin. His punishment? A $500 fine and a demotion to sergeant
Load More Replies...The Trump administration has claimed that any investigation into American war crimes poses a national security threat. Trump issued an executive order on June 11 2020 effectively criminalizing anyone who works at the International Criminal Court and Americans can be sanctioned if they “materially support” the ICC. https://theconversation.com/us-punishes-international-criminal-court-for-investigating-potential-war-crimes-in-afghanistan-143886
Dude. He got caught for joints and caz he is coloured. In my country they imprison illiterate poor people for nothing and beat the confession out of them of being a terrorist, that is how they make news of they r "doing" something to curb terrorism. And then they r beaten to death for years inside the prison which r very bad. There family can't do anything . nobody stands for them . Ya life's s**t.
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.
I disagree with J.K. Rowling on a lot of stuff, but one thing she said I agree with a lot. She tweeted an article about a shooter, that was called a lone wolf, and said that he is a terrorist, not a lone shooter.
Load More Replies...God dammit. Just God dammit. I hurt so bad when I think of Tamir and Trayvon.
Now that there have been proven incidents of police aiding the domestic terrorists, we need a way to root them out of our police forces and hopefully replace them with others who respect and follow the law, not some orange con man grifter.
And a bunch of civilians carrying weapons in a public place are not a militia... they are a street gang. If they are threatening other people, then they are also a terrorist organization.
HI please stop commenting if you do not have anything good to say just stop please
Load More Replies...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
Parts of it still are! We need to do our best to keep it that way.
Load More Replies...People like this are so annoying, because you know that they aren't doing anything at all the help, period. And even though using a metal water bottle is better, the damage that one plastic water bottle causes is nominal compared to damage being done by Fortune 500 companies
Hypocrisy and victim blaming. Top 2 pictures: Victims of sexual harassment are either faking it or just too late to get justice. Bottom 2 pictures: Black people get send to jail for years for petty crimes, while a white guy ( Georg Zimmerman) who provoked and murdered an unarmed black boy walks away because he was "standing his ground".
Load More Replies...@Michal: F**k you. YES. You should always believe someone. people who fake being raped make it harder for others to tell people "yes, I have been raped" but really, it's pretty easy to see who is lying and who is telling the truth. but If I was indeed raped, or was sexually harassed I shouldn't have to give evidence. like "yes, I was raped on the 6th of november at exactly 2:33 and he continued to rape me until 2:45. he was 6ft and 4.3 inches and his blood type was O-." similarly, if someone feels unsafe, but "nothing" has happened yet, they shouldn't have to give evidence as to why they feel unsafe.
Yep, a bunch of men plotted to kidnap a woman, and our great President sided with... wait for it... the kidnappers! ...and said the woman deserved it because she’s “a disaster...”. Totally normal and presidential behavior... another day in the life of America...
Interestingly enough, the leader of the 'kidnap the governor" was a leftist DEMOCRAT! Of course, the "press" only reported that briefly then buried it.
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...
Ya f**k Google, while ur at it f**k instagram, twitter, snapchat,tik tok..... Cause I have had it with them
Google literally hides articles from the public. Even if I’m not a conservative that’s just messed up
Some history people still don't learn at school. Like Leonardo da Vinci was arrested for having gay sex.
lol, in my head I was reading that guys voice with a schwarzenegger voice
how are we wstill so dumb that we wonder what shape the frikin earth is?
Actually, though I find the rest of the comics excellent, I do disagree with destroying historical artifacts. We do need to fight against imperialism and white supremacy, but that is not the way. It is better to remember and interpret in a new way, than to forget.
The issue isn't actually what companies like Google do. It's what they *don't* do, such as actually moderating the content on their platforms or having sensible rules. It becomes a paradise for fake news, pseudo science and hate speech.
No, his voice is too annoying. I used Donald Duck's voice to make his utter idiocy somewhat bearable.
Load More Replies...You missed a few of Bushes funny looks and some of Obamas verbal pauses then this would be his most un biased comics.
If you don't have anything nice to say, please don't say anything at all.
Load More Replies...I have encountered more than 20 people with guns in stores in the US, who are they afraid of?
No idea, but I can guarantee they'll say people who wear masks are "living in fear"
Load More Replies...So from which country are aII of this pictures of peopIe with guns in supermarkets?
Load More Replies...To be honest: This is the exact impression that Europeans have about Americans and their healthcare insurance.
To be honest, I have this impression, and I *AM* American.
Load More Replies...As a Canadian, I still strugle to understand the logic of Americans not wanting universal healthcare.
I’m going to hope top panel is true and will be issued by future President Harris 🙂
omg this is my dad "the government won't be able to take care of us nearly as well as private insurance". Bruv that's not true at all
If paying gets me expedited service VS my friend waiting 3 days in a German ER for an MRI to see if he had a stroke. I will gladly pay thank you. Just like the Europeans that have an option to pay do but nobody talks about that.
Switzerland (single payer) is asking hospital patients 60 and over or with heart problems to SIGN a DNR upon ANY admission to a hospital. That way they can free up a bed FASTER. Yeah, single payer system.
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.
Social programs are not socialism. If your house were on fire, would you turn away the fireman? If you were diagnosed with cancer, would you refuse to accept Medi-Caid because you're out of work for a while and your insurance terminated? Would you make your daughter refuse a scholarship to an Ivy League school because it was provided by the government? Dems want to do better for people. Making sure they have food, health care and housing is not a socialist agenda. It's wanting to make sure your fellow countrymen are provided with the basic things to have a happy, healthy life.
Load More Replies...The funniest part is that half of these people don't even know the definitions of the big words they use to impress others.
I actually do think this is true of both sides. I refuse to believe there are 73 million terrible people in the United States, so I think we all have to try to do a better job of listening and understanding each other.
Please stop being racist. Just imagine this you are on your way home and a cop stops you the cop is black and he says let him search you you have done nothing wrong and then the cop asks you if you have any drugs on you searching you after that every time you see a cop you are in fear because you see the cops killing your race you don't like it so you peacefully protest white lives matter and you rally and protest until one day the people from say msnbc are saying your antifa and these are crimes and they need to stop rioting but wait you did not go through that the i did so yeah black lives matter, black trans lives matter, black gay lives matter , and if you are reading this and you disagree then know a 12 year old has more sense than you
Load More Replies...*sigh* does anyone know any canadians that will take me until biden gets sworn in?
I will tell you what happens Trump will probably commit suicide(not trying to be rude) and then Biden will get a Great covid response team that will enforce social distancing and masks(for all the karens out there who don't want to it will become law:D) and America will be Rid of the virus quickly with deaths going down to double digits and new cases per day going to low triple digits anyway i'm still 12
Load More Replies...I see this and I recall the Tea Party pukes saying that the Affordable Care Act would cause death panels to kill the grandparents. Now because of tRUMPS ineptitude and the retardlicians enableance of his lies, it just may happen.
uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh i feel less safe now, i already didn't feel safe because this man was handling the pandemic.......GOOD THING BIDEN WON!
Me and if I do, he will probably say, "How do you have depression? I saw you all happy with those dogs, so you are probably faking it for attention!" I would then slap him and say "My slap did not cause your injury, you being a jerk did!"
Load More Replies...at this point, nobody lives a 100% sustainable life unless they're living naked in the woods and wiping their ass with tree bark
thenib needs to make a comic of this guy just getting killed in the apocalypse. (weve seen that he becomes a sludge creature so maybe he dies like that?
how come nobody that is raging about global warming ever suggests that the Chinese should stop burning coal? They are the second largest user of coal in the world. The activists want to shut down the coal fired electrical generator plants in the US, but there never is any mention about the other countries that pollute with excess CO and CO2. Go figure...
I love that he represents the country of “Well!” Nicely done, Bors!
For the love of God, teach the truth and stop teaching White-washed European s**t.
Your reaction to facts indicate that your are fact-intolerant.
Load More Replies...So many people don't want to know the truth about our history. They want to know the cleaned up version of history.
Parents are fine with sending their kids to school with a deadly virus still very much out of control but want to 'protect' their kids from learning about the real issues such as racism.
Load More Replies...Teach about the real history of LGBTQ+ rights and the people in them. Also, teach about what the different colored skins did to make a difference and not just white people.
I suppose Washington, was not our first President. Lincoln did not sign the Emancipation Proclamation. LBJ did not sign the Civil Rights Act. Chief Pushmataha did not lead 5 Native Nations at the Battle of New Orleans. Nope, only Black people contributed to the success of this country!
you're right slave trade has been perpetrated by all races that have white skin
Load More Replies...I watched the video he didn't do anything and was targeted because of his hat. He also won a lawsuit because of the media that slandered him. Googleman1234 review your facts please then we can discuss where the miscommunication is or what you learned to the rest of the class.
Load More Replies...A teenage boy is insulted by a racist old man, but everybody blames the victim because of his race.
The snot nosed kid filed a multimillion dollar lawsuit to make matters worse.
Even if all of that did happen. Nope! There's still a LOT of work to do in the fight for equality.
No, he was protesting under the guise of giving a care. The mask was to hide his identity.
Load More Replies...Trump: ANTIFA IS BAD. IMMA LABEL THEM A TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. Trump: Listen, I know KKK has been bad in the past, but they supported me publicly and en masse. I can't just disavow them now!
I mean. Nazis Anti nazis, there are good people on both sides (but the antifas are the real baddies). ALL THE BLEEDING HEART LIBTARDS BELIEVE IN SECOND CHANCES SO WHY CANT WE GIVE THE KKK A 6TH CHANCE
Load More Replies...On the 18th of January Trump will pardon his entire family so they won't have to face any legal backlash from their actions in the past 4 years. On the same day he'll resign so Pence can pardon him on the 19th.
He goes "NO, I WILL TAKE MY MASK OFF WHEN I DESIRE! I HAVE THE RIGHT!"
Is it just me, or would that idiot just totally burn the damn house down out of spite?
The barista is the only person with an ounce of sense.
Load More Replies...This is so accurate. A WAMEN CANT NOW THANGS WAMENS ARE SPOST TBE IN KICKHEN.
Don't have kids!!!. That is the message I get everywhere I turn. God. I feel like ppl who think,read and can actually decide if they still choose to have kids they must wiher be very brave or on a helluva drug cocktail
would you go back in time to stop yourself from being born?
Load More Replies...My country is the worse. They wrongfully imprison innocents and cases takes years to reach verdict. Even divorce cases where both parties want it. It easily takes 15-20 years if ur a common person. If there is property or kids or unwilling party involved,it's easier to commit suicide cause the verdict won't be in until ur dead. If ur a celebrity than it's different story. How hasn't the world burned to the ground yet???
"How hasn't the world burned to the ground yet???" Because we haven't finished...
Load More Replies...Lost in the news...Border patrol has closed one of the horrid facilities that housed children in cages today, due, no doubt, to Joe Biden's upcoming presidency.
Everytime my mother passed a border control we pray for those who could not reach the us
i cant tell if the impostor is the orange potato thing or the spiked mouth dragon.....i sus the first one...
i just realized this is supposed to be our future if trump is still present because of the thing on their arm lol
Dow Jones Industrial Average, a collection of large companies and used to get a general idea of how the stock market is doing.
Load More Replies..."having a wife works". Dude I m a girl and know nothing. I m just basically the female version of John snow. It's just ain't gonna work
You could still take a poll and shoot all those who oppose you, oh mighty overlord.
i am a jew. almost every friend i have likes trump. i cringe at them.
Most countries that are SOCIALIST according to Americans, have a tax system where poor people pay less taxes than rich people. So yes, rich people would be worried when socialism happened in the US.
Hey don't u drag Harry Potter in your mumbo jumbo stupid world. It's the last piece of my sanity
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.
... 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 ...
Load More Replies...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.
President turdbucket supporters are more akin to a cult than political supporters. Very worrisome
that would be you supporting mentally challenged Biden and rotweiller Harris.
Load More Replies...I love these! If you see an attempt to install a dictator - make fun of that SOB as long as said SOB can't punish you for it! Make it brutal, make it cheesy, make it hilarious - but, anyway, make it, make fun of these people, expose how effed up they are acting! Thanks for this one!
I thought I knew all about America, but I was confused by so many of these. Now I don't know whether people really do act like that in the US or not.
Most do not, except on the internet, is my guess. Kinda like Brexiteers, is my guess. I've a few in-laws in the UK who see me as less-than, b/c of my genetic profile/ethnic wahtevers. To my face, it's tea and crumpets. Online? They're horrible about the exact same people I'm from!
Load More Replies...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.
... 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 ...
Load More Replies...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.
President turdbucket supporters are more akin to a cult than political supporters. Very worrisome
that would be you supporting mentally challenged Biden and rotweiller Harris.
Load More Replies...I love these! If you see an attempt to install a dictator - make fun of that SOB as long as said SOB can't punish you for it! Make it brutal, make it cheesy, make it hilarious - but, anyway, make it, make fun of these people, expose how effed up they are acting! Thanks for this one!
I thought I knew all about America, but I was confused by so many of these. Now I don't know whether people really do act like that in the US or not.
Most do not, except on the internet, is my guess. Kinda like Brexiteers, is my guess. I've a few in-laws in the UK who see me as less-than, b/c of my genetic profile/ethnic wahtevers. To my face, it's tea and crumpets. Online? They're horrible about the exact same people I'm from!
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