The Alpha Wolf
February 27th, 2026 Barry Posted in Sexism & Misogyny | No Comments »
This cartoon is by me and Nadine Scholtes.
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels.
PANEL 1
A man in a yellow shirt is at a bus stop, cheerfully lecturing the other two people at the stop.
MAN: “Feminization” has warped society. If we lived as nature intended I’d be the alpha wolf!
PANEL 2
The man with a huge thought balloon, showing him imagining walking with one hand holding a bloody axe and the other around a woman’s waist. A second woman, in a maid outfit, is carrying a tray of cake and steak. A third woman looks at him adoringly.
MAN: And the alpha wolf gets the first pick of everything! The best food, the best mates!
PANEL 3
MAN: That’s how men should live. I wish I was a wolf in the wild!
PANEL 4
Inside a wolf den, two adult wolves are talking. There are four kids (three small puppies, one medium sized) and a dead rabbit.
CAPTION: Wolves in the Wild
DAD WOLF: First the little ones eat, then the rest of us will.
MOM WOLF: And then — cuddle pile!
PUPPY: Yay!
CHICKEN FAT WATCH
“Chicken fat” is an archaic cartoonists’ term for unimportant little details in the art.
PANEL 1 – The tattoo is of a German cartoon mouse named Diddl, holding a heart.
A poster says “HEY YOU! READ THIS! Wow, I can’t believe you’re reading this just because I said to.”
Another poster shows a cool woman in sunglasses holding a guitar. Text says “YET ANOTHER BAND… you’re not cool enough to know.”
A pigeon standing on the sidewalk is wearing sunglasses and smoking a cigarette.
PANEL 3 – A poster has a picture of the panel 1 pigeon, with the caption “BEWARE Bad Pigeon.”
The guy waiting at the bus stop is miming shooting himself in the head so he doesn’t have to listen to this alpha wolf prattle any more.
The woman’s tattoo now shows the character Superjhemp (a parody of Superman and other superheroes). He’s very popular in Luxembourg – “he has appeared in over 29 graphic novels that have the highest sales rate for Luxembourgish publications.”
