How Sanctions Usually Work
Cartoon by Barry
This comic is drawn by Kevin Moore.
TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON
This cartoon has four panels. Each of the panels shows an Uncle Sam type figure – actually just a really muscular bald guy wearing a tight t-shirt and a tall stovepipe hat, decorated in an American flag motif. The t-shirt has an eagle design, similar to the eagle design on the official Great Seal of the U.S.A., on front, and a eagle-plus-stars-and-bars design on the back. Sam is holding what Kevin described to me as “a mashup of different hand held Gatling guns I found on a google image search. I went with what looked the most ridiculous.”
Uncle Sam is standing on a small hill. Across a field from the hill, Sam is facing a wealthy-looking man in a suit. The wealthy guy has well-cut black hair and a large mustache.
On the field between Sam and the Mustache dude is a crowd of ordinary citizens, men, women, and children.
PANEL 1
Sam, standing on the hill, is yelling at Mustache Dude. The people standing between Sam and Mustache Dude look around nervously.
SAM: Do what I want you to do OR ELSE!
MUSTACHE: Ha! Do your worst!
PANEL 2
A closer shot of Sam, macho scowl in place, as he points his gatling gun and blasts it. There are lots of ejected bullet casings flying through the air and a huge sound effect that says “BUDDA BUDDA BUDDA.”
SAM: Have some broad economic sanctions! BAM!
PANEL 3
A shot from behind Sam; he is continuing to fire the gun. We can see a bit of the terrified crowd between Sam and Mustache Dude. Mustache Dude is shaking a fist in the air and yelling back at Sam.
SAM: Give up or I’ll sanction you some more!
MUSTACHE: Screw you! We will never give in! NEVER!
PANEL 4
Sam is standing in the field, smiling, surrounded by bleeding corpses. Sam is holding up a decapitated head, smiling at it as he talks to it. In the background, we can see Mustache Dude across the field, completely unhurt, grinning with his arms folded.
SAM: Remember, I’m doing this to help YOU.
DECAPITATED HEAD (small): oh you shouldn’t have.
MUSTACHE: Sanction me some more! I DOUBLE DARE you!
LARGE CAPTION PRINTED ALONG THE BOTTOM OF THE CARTOON: How Sanctions Usually Work.
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