This started as a doodle after hearing about that old tamale lady getting taken down, literally, by ICE. Then that South Park episode came out and the Kristi Noem face seemed like a rather appropriate addition. Put in a bit more effort in it, and ha. Even I can see the temptation in being a Nazi for a $50k sign on bonus. Damn my empathy and general caring about other human beings…
No worries though, this soapbox won’t come out too often. I’m not really interested in doing political cartoons, there’s folks more passionate about covering those subjects and I’d be fuckin’ depressed if that’s all I did… but this one hit a bit close to home. As a California kid I grew up with an old mexican lady who would sell tamales in our neighborhood every year. It was great. We’d buy a ton of em and load up our freezer. I’d throw a tamale in the microwave after school in the corn shell and it was amazing. I still crave them decades later.
The idea of her being hurt in anyway for any reason is appalling. I hope her family is okay.
You can have your political opinions, but if you don’t see this for what it is, absurd and cruel, than you’ve lost your humanity.
-K
