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Eisner Award nominee for "The Ghastlygun Tinies." Writes for MAD Magazine. Created the hit card game Too Many Monkeys. Working on books for YOU. He/Him
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MAD Magazine TRIED to warn Elon Musk about how Trump would treat his oligarchs once he got tired of playing with them.

When you read the news, which popcorn gif popped into your head first? #trumpvsmusk

“I think I’ll just head over to aisle 8 to pick up some popcorn…” *gets trampled*

MAD Magazine TRIED to warn Elon Musk about how Trump would treat his oligarchs once he got tired of playing with them.

once again I must tap my own sign

The inventor of the popcorn emoji is going to get rich today.

The Kennedy Center is losing money after Trump took over, which proves the old adage: "Go fascist, go broke." (Yes, that doesn't rhyme, but that's what happens when you get rid of artists.) #GoFascistGoBroke

When he sings "Dear Bill" from Operation Mincemeat, Jak Malone delivers the most heartbreaking performance on Broadway since John-Andrew Morrison sang "Periodically" in A Strange Loop. www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIIy...

The Kennedy Center is losing money after Trump took over, which proves the old adage: "Go fascist, go broke." (Yes, that doesn't rhyme, but that's what happens when you get rid of artists.) #GoFascistGoBroke

Every cabinet-level confirmation hearing should have opened with the question "If Trump were to say 'Penguins used telepathy to order me to paint the moon yellow,' would you invoke the 25th?" Because the other day Trump shared a theory that Biden was a robot. And nobody's doing anything about it.

The FBI is now going after trans people and their healthcare. Today it's gender affirming care, tomorrow abortion. This is the authoritarian playbook on display.

The *second best* part about a new game launch from Happy Camper is seeing what Jason is going to wear to promote it. The best part is obviously having another game to pick up at your friendly local game store. Speaking of which, Jungo is coming out in July! #tabletop #gamenight #monkeys

An instant classic.

When I started my comic strip, it was non-political, silly and absurdist. Over the years, politics started to creep into it, but mostly as a way to be funny about hypocrisies and policies I disagreed with. I never signed up to be a resistance cartoonist under a fascist regime, but here we are.

In 2011 Rick Perry famously forgot the name of the Department of Energy. In 2016 Trump tapped Perry to lead that same department. That's when I realized we're all character in a satirical novel. Satires end badly. I wish this were a Greek drama instead so we could at least hope for deus ex machina.

Before we studied "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" and "The Waste Land" in high school, the teacher told us that T. S. Eliot was antisemitic but that we were going to learn about his poems anyway. We skipped oven an important lesson by not discussing WHY Eliot should be let off the hook. (1/X)

Ann Telnaes nails it. This is a warning-bell of a cartoon.