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Opinion | Dissecting SpongeBob as an anti-capitalist narrative

Opinion | Dissecting SpongeBob as an anti-capitalist narrative

By Sarah Liez, Staff Columnist • January 21, 2022
"SpongeBob" suggests an aversion to capitalist systems — in which trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit with little outside regulation — by pushing a number of anti-capitalist ideas throughout subtle, nuanced methods that become more apparent with age.
Three cartoons published by Post-Gazette cartoonist Steve Kelley in the last week have been criticized for perpetuating stereotypes against women.

Editorial: Post-Gazette cartoons don’t speak for Pittsburgh

By The Pitt News Editorial Board • January 23, 2019

A string of editorial cartoons published in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette this past week may have left you scratching your head — and you’re in good company. Three cartoons drawn by Post-Gazette cartoonist...

Illustration by Eli Savage | Staff Illustrator

The Post-Gazette pushes back after Rob Rogers’ firing

By Grant Burgman | News Editor • June 20, 2018

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette fired cartoonist Rob Rogers June 14 for being “unwilling to collaborate on his cartoons” after 25 years of creating editorial cartoons for the paper. Rogers claims that...

Terry Tan | Senior Staff Illustrator

Best Illustrations of 2016

By Pitt News Staff Illustrators • January 4, 2017

From politics to hamburgers, we're highlighting some of the best work by our staff illustrators from the past year.  

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