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Budget Halloween Decor   Recently updated !

This entry was posted in comics and tagged artificial intelligence Halloween RFK Jr. Scabby the Rat on October 9, 2026 by Brian McFadden

I spend my day job driving to and all around the wealthier Boston ‘burbs, and have seen many elaborate, and undoubtedly expensive Halloween displays over the last week. You can keep your $300 12-foot skeletons, nothing beats the charm of the D.I.Y. decorations, handmade by kids of all ages.

Ages ago there were readers who’d incorporate my jokes into their Halloween displays. They’d send me photos and it was delightful. I hope they’re doing well, wherever they are.

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A.I.’s Rogue Hallucinations   Recently updated !

This entry was posted in comics and tagged Anthropic artificial intelligence ChatGPT Facebook Google OpenAI on October 2, 2026 by Brian McFadden

Since their last outburst didn’t goose their revenue, the A.I. Tech Bros. new hype message is that artificial intelligence is going “rogue” and so dangerous that it needs to be regulated. This is their way of ensuring they get federal bailout money when the bubble bursts and takes the real economy down with it.

America.gov is a real chatbot put out by the administration to tell lies to the biggest rubes on the internet. It’s dumb as shit, but still smarter than Eric Schmitt.

Once again, I left Microsoft out of the comic. Not because they’re good, but because my PC is so old that I don’t get the push notifications to use Copilot or whatever they’re calling their A.I. garbage these days.

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Ellison Television

This entry was posted in comics and tagged CBS David Ellison David Zaslav Larry Ellison media Paramount television Tony Dokoupil on September 26, 2026 by Brian McFadden

With an assist from California governor Gavin Newsom, Paramount/Skydance’s acquisition of Warner Bros. seems to be going through. So binge watch your HBO watchlists before all the shows get replaced with propaganda or Taylor Sheridan shows.

Larry Ellison funded these mergers based on the flimsy value of his tech portfolio, which is propped up by the A.I. bubble that’s going to burst any minute now. I’m not an accelerationist, but if the media collapses as a result, maybe there will be an opening for the return of independent alt-weeklies, and a desire to fill them with topical comics written by middle-aged dudes who picked the wrong career.

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Republicans’ Midterm Messaging

This entry was posted in comics and tagged 2026 Midterms Mike Johnson Republicans on September 16, 2026 by Brian McFadden

Here’s the companion comic to this one I did a couple weeks ago. Polls don’t vote, and I don’t have the time to look at them these days, so no matter what they say, it’s important to get these fascists out, or at least show empirically that they are incredibly loathed while they cling to power illegally.

If there is in fact a blowout, I’m not confident much will change. Unless you’re a very precocious 8-year-old, the same thing happened in the 2018 midterms and look where we are now: Living in an even shithole-ier country on a planet that’s burning.

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White House Mystery Meats

This entry was posted in comics and tagged Donald Trump food poisoning food supply Natalie Harp Stephen Miller Steven Cheung Susie Wiles on September 13, 2026 by Brian McFadden

These dummies are dedicated to giving everyone gastrointestinal distress by deregulating everything we eat. Relaxing USDA meat inspections is the latest non-solution to a problem that didn’t exist until they got back into power.

It took a lot of editorial control to leave RFK Jr. out of a cartoon about gross meat, but I drew him just a few weeks ago and drawing that rubbery face too often can cause a lot of eyeball damage.

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Surveillance Innovations

This entry was posted in comics and tagged Flock privacy security surveillance on September 4, 2026 by Brian McFadden

Security cameras have been around forever, but now they’re all interconnected with live feeds available to any nosy pig or Fed. Flock cameras are taking a lot of the criticism lately, at town halls and beyond, because they’ve been aggressively sold to cities and towns as a security measure, but are really just a giant data collection operation.

Until a camera or A.I. can predict crime, which they never will, these surveillance tools only help companies and governments spy on regular people. Crime is at historic lows, but unfortunately paranoia and mistrust of neighbors has risen exponentially this century. Now the fears and insecurities that built our global panopticon are in the hands of straight-up fascists, here and abroad.

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Democrats’ Midterm Messaging

This entry was posted in comics and tagged 2026 Midterms Hakeem Jeffries John Roberts SCOTUS voter suppression on August 27, 2026 by Brian McFadden

Republicans are tanking in the polls, a Democratic midterm blowout seems more and more likely despite voter suppression, but instead of projecting strength, or even competence, Hakeem Jeffries meets with Jared Kushner and attacks Democratic Socialists. Snatching defeat from the jaws of victory is all Democratic leadership knows how to do and it’s up to voters to save their asses again.

Apologies for linking to someone on Substack (Seriously get off there, Marc Andreessen pays Nazis to post.), but this article about Democrats targeting the elderly to fundraise is infuriating. It was spiked The New York Times and The Bulwark, and is further proof that leadership of the party needs to change.

For the handful of people who’ll say “YOU’RE HELPING REPUBLICANS BY ATTACKING DEMOCRATS!” Ok, boss. I draw 48-50 cartoons a year about shitty Republicans. If the Democrats can’t survive a few poorly drawn comics, that’s a them problem, not mine.

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MAHA Notices

This entry was posted in comics and tagged cyclospora FDA food supply MAHA measles RFK Jr. on August 22, 2026 by Brian McFadden

In addition to the cyclospora diarrhea lettuce that’s been sweeping the nation’s colons, salmonella, E.coli and a whole host of other pathogens are in the food supply (and the water, and the air, maybe even in fire, too). I’m not a fan of getting sick, so I’ve been avoiding lettuce and most fresh produce for months now. Craving lettuce seems insane, but burgers and tacos just ain’t right without it.

After Elon Musk’s body count from DOGE’s cuts to USAID, RFK Jr. may become a close second once all the lives lost due to his MAHA stupidity are fully calculated. Repairing the damage these idiots did in a year-and-a-half is going to take the rest of our lives, or even longer, if you’re middle-aged like me.

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