Taking Away His Incentive To Work
March 10th, 2025 Barry Posted in Becky Hawkins collaborations, Economic cartoons | No Comments »
This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins.
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels.
PANEL 1
Two well-dressed women and a panhandler wearing a blue knit hat are on a sidewalk; the panhandler is sitting on a piece of cardboard, with a cardboard sign saying “please give,” and his dog napping next to him. One of the women is handing him a dollar.
WOMAN 1: If you give him money, he won’t have any incentive to find a job.
WOMAN 2: It’s only a dollar.
PANHANDLER: Thank you.
PANEL 2
The panhandler, tossing his “please give” sign aside, grins hugely as he stares at the dollar.
PANHANDLER: Hee hee
PANEL 3
Still grinning and staring at the dollar bill, the panhandler walks past a little grocery. Someone in the shop doorway points to him and calls out.
SHOP OWNER: Hey, you — want a job?
PANHANDLER: Hee hee hah!
PANEL 4
The panhandler and his dog are enjoying the waters of some island paradise, floating on inflatable rings. He’s now wearing a bathing suit and sunglasses, although he’s still wearing his blue knit hat. A little floating table next to him has a drink with a tiny umbrella in it.
He’s still holding the dollar bill, which he’s gazing out with satisfaction.
PANHANDLER: Aaaah…
CHICKEN FAT WATCH
“Chicken fat” is obscure cartoonists’ lingo for unimportant but funny details.
In panel 3, one of the posters in the grocery window shows a canned drink with a skull on the label.
In panel 4, there’s a rubby ducky wearing sunglasses floating in the water next to them. The dog is wearing a new diamond-studded dog collar. There’s a little table floating next to the dog with a dog bone in it.
