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This week’s comic is dedicated to George C Parker.

June 30, 2022 by Jared Davis

This week’s comic is highly indebted to my armchair philosophy about capitalism. My idea goes like this: Capitalism is largely getting somebody else to pay more than you did for the thing you own. This works out well for things like oil companies because they simply pump black stuff out of the ground, which is about as close to free as it gets, and sell it for huge profit. Similarly, there are real-estate predators (flippers) that are simply trying to do this same thing. I don’t feel bad for them when the deal turns south. The boys are exploiting a loophole in the philosophy that actually goes back to the Magna Carta: One cannot sell what one does not own. The whole “wanna buy a bridge in Brooklyn” con was created by George C Parker around the turn of the twentieth century, sometimes referred to as “the Gilded Age” (which I don’t have to tell you, looks frighteningly like the present day.)

There are only two more episodes to go in this first season of GONOGO, so, once again, I am hoping to solicit feedback about the future of GONOGO. Would a monthly comic slake your thirst for below the bridge humor? Would you actually pay money to receive the comic? Would you prefer I beg for tips on a platform like Patreon? Know anyone who would be interested in mass producing plush dolls of Foggy and Smithson? I am interested in your thoughts. Thanks for reading!

Filed Under: Political Cartoon, Process, Uncategorized Tagged With: New Episodes, Roosevelt Bridge, Season 1

MK ULTRA EXTRAVAGANZA

June 3, 2022 by Jared Davis

Eagle eyed readers of GONOGO will be able to spot many references to earlier plot points featured this season in this weeks comic. Diving into the psychedelic horror that would exist in the minds of Foggy and Smithson, I wanted to highlight the paranoid and conspiracy theory driven world we are living in at the moment. I also added in a healthy dose of sixties era psychedelia art references because, lets face it, a little goes a long way, and the Federal Government is going to save money by using up the old stockpile. These last three episodes have been the most popular yet, which makes me wonder what that says about you, dear reader…
We are heading into the home stretch for season one. This was episode 22, and we are ending on episode 26. I am interested in collecting data from you folks about the future of this strip, but I will ask you all more about that in the coming weeks. Thanks again for reading, and as every Youtuber says, “Like and Subscribe!”

Filed Under: Colonel Magnolia Runsandhyde, Mayor McChez, Political Cartoon, Potomac, Process, Smithson, Teapot Rats, Washington DC Tagged With: Colonel Magnolia Runsandyde, Foggy Bottom, GONOGO Multiverse, Mayor McChez, Potomac, Season 1, Smithson, Teapot Rats, Washington DC

Expired Easter Eggs

April 21, 2022 by Jared Davis

Happy belated Easter, loyal GONOGO fans! Last weeks episode was yet another attempt to capitalize on a holiday in the publication schedule. Because of the time it takes to make this comic, it is hard to be topical. Holidays are known well enough in advance that the least I can do is try to tip my hat towards something I KNOW will be happening regardless of current developments. It doesn’t hurt that the former president (the subject of last weeks comic) is also pretty consistent…

Filed Under: Political Cartoon, Process Tagged With: Foggy Bottom, Holiday, New Episodes, Season 1

EPISODE 17: A TALKING MONKEY?!

March 24, 2022 by Jared Davis

GONOGO Fans! Today’s comic represents the last of the Season 1 reruns. Next week, Thursday March 31 we will start airing NEW comics  (with blog posts on alternate weeks)

 

Filed Under: Political Cartoon, Reruns, Tourists Tagged With: GONOGO Multiverse, Reruns, Roosevelt Bridge, Tourists

EPISODE 16: The invention of the Lincoln Log

March 17, 2022 by Jared Davis

Filed Under: Political Cartoon, Reruns, Tourists Tagged With: Foggy Bottom, GONOGO Multiverse, Roosevelt Bridge, Smithson, Tourists

EPISODE 15: His Name is Mud

March 10, 2022 by Jared Davis

Filed Under: Colonel Magnolia Runsandhyde, Political Cartoon, Reruns Tagged With: Colonel Magnolia Runsandyde, GONOGO Multiverse, Reruns

EPISODE 10: Norwegian Immigration

February 3, 2022 by Jared Davis

Filed Under: Political Cartoon, Reruns, Teapot Rats Tagged With: GONOGO Multiverse, Puns, Teapot Rats

EPISODE 9: The Scattering Storm

January 27, 2022 by Jared Davis

Filed Under: Political Cartoon, Reruns, Teapot Rats Tagged With: GONOGO Multiverse, Teapot Rats

EPISODE 7: Crack-Pots

January 13, 2022 by Jared Davis

Filed Under: Political Cartoon, Reruns, Teapot Rats Tagged With: GONOGO Multiverse, Reruns, Teapot Rats

EPISODE 6: Coincidence?

January 6, 2022 by Jared Davis

It’s pure coincidence that the rerun with the first appearance of the Teapot Rats happened on January 6th…or is it?!?!

Filed Under: Political Cartoon, Reruns, Teapot Rats Tagged With: GONOGO Multiverse, Reruns, Teapot Rats

EPISODE 5: He Has The Monopoly on Tokens of Gratitude

December 30, 2021 by Jared Davis

Filed Under: Mayor McChez, Political Cartoon, Reruns Tagged With: Foggy Bottom, GONOGO Multiverse, Mayor McChez, Reruns, Roosevelt Bridge, Smithson

Episode 2: Awash with Money

December 9, 2021 by Jared Davis

Episode 2 of the “reruns” drops today. See the Full size at GONOGOCOMIC.COM

Filed Under: Political Cartoon, Reruns Tagged With: Asinine, Foggy Bottom, Freezer, GONOGO Multiverse, Republican, Roosevelt Bridge, Smithson

Dirty Goldfish Water

November 18, 2021 by Jared Davis

GONOGO is a political cartoon. Not really, though…That is, its not the type of political cartoon that you would find next to an editorial in a newspaper (remember them?) but rather, its a strip that will occasionally dip it toe into the political waters. That metaphor isn’t quite correct either, GONOGO is like the goldfish and politics is like the water. We don’t ever really see the water, but you know its there, and without it the fish wouldn’t be able to breathe. (and I get obsessed about drawing the best plastic castle I can, but that is a different tortured metaphor.) This week’s Episode is one of those comics that lets the water get a little dirty. Like Steven Colbert I try not to say the former President’s name too much, and mentioning his least favored son came very close. But there is no getting around it, I have to make fun of the MAGA crowd. The subversive bit that I hope came across in this episode was the addition of the Abuelita (the little Spanish speaking granny that pummels Smithson). Even though I am making fun of the MAGA folks on the surface, I am also giving a nod to the Latino (I have some friends who bristle at the term Latinex) folks that are often hiding in plain sight. It seems entirely plausible to me that a little non-English speaking granny would be in with a tour group to Washington DC, and that the MAGA tourists would fail to see her. But her superpower is that she can’t be blinded by the Trump name, and sees the emperor has no clothes (or that there is a talking monkey!).  Sometimes it takes someone with a different perspective to see that the water was dirty all along…

Filed Under: Political Cartoon, Tourists

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