Some of the comics are funny, but in a large batch like this, they feel repetive, and like a joke that has outworn its welcome. Entering some absurd market where a bit of a meme being popular could translate into the kind of money that gets my household and entire immediate family out of debt.

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Funny” but also deeply depressing which is the problem with a book of highly relevant political comics about a terrible time that only got worse. I am a regular monetary contributor to his magazine, The Nib, and I will proudly continue to do so as long as he keeps putting out fantastic work like this. The collection covers a wide range of current affair topics from Black Lives Matter to gun control to US and world politics as a whole.

Matt Bors takes the finger of funniness, the funny finger, and squishes it into the stinky open wound of today's news. On March 1st, 2021, he posted a lengthy thread [3] explaining why he ultimately decided against making the comic an NFT, saying, "I am not wealthy and you probably aren’t either. Maybe, it's just opening a lot of old wounds that I'd like to forget as our personal liberties are trampled and families ripped apart.

Mister Gotcha | The Nib

If only the "pure" (whoever they are) had been allowed to make social and political commentary or criticism, no change would have ever taken place. The comic has been popularly used as a retort to people who imply one can't make complaints about capitalism or other aspects of social life while participating in those systems. It came across as more of a sad review of today's world then a collection of comics meant to be humorous. Surveying our current dystopian hellscape, Matt Bors makes the bold declaration that We Should Improve Society Somewhat in this collection of comics from The Nib’s founding editor.As Bors notes in the intro, one of his top comics from this period made the transition into a meme, and deservedly so. We no longer support Internet Explorer, so we recommend you switch to Edge, Chrome or Firefox when browsing this platform. These are all questions that are reasonably to pose to socialists who actively participate in the consumption of goods and services which have been made available to them through capitalist production.