Finders keepers

2025-04

Finders keepers, 2025 — cartoon by Ray Patrick

Cartoons, Trump, B&W, ROTC

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Subject

A two-panel cartoon drawn off the show. In the first a politician demands the return of the military equipment left behind. In the second a bearded fighter sits on top of that equipment with a rifle across his lap and answers with an old proverb about finders keepers.

Composition

Two panels of equal width, each with a single figure, the demand on the left and the refusal on the right. The second panel is packed with hardware while the first is nearly empty, which is the whole argument in one glance.

Palette

Black ink on white. No colour.

Handling

Crosshatching in both faces, with the machinery in the second panel drawn in hard ruled line and heavy black. One word in the reply is drawn in bold outlined capitals.

Medium and support

Ink on paper, drawn as a cartoon for the show.

Signature

Lettered ROTC TOONS at the lower left with the artist's name and a date in MMDDYY at the right.

From the artist:

Old Quran Proverb