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Rabinovich, Y., The "most promising" employee, Rutgers, 1964

"Poet: Tumarinson, G.

This boss is generous with promises—
He may make hundreds of promises...
But all his claims are simple proofs
Of his…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Empty Promises, Posters, Satire

Trunev, Y., Smokagogue, Rutgers, 1973

"Smokagogue is an acronym of two words: smoke and demagogue.

Poet: Suslov, V.

To clean the air?—He says that we must.
“I’ll put the filters…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Pollution, Posters, Satire, Smokagogue

Semenov, B., They raised a newbreed of chicken, Rutgers, 1970

"Poet: Smirnovsky, S. “The Fighting Pencil” group
They have raised long-legged chicken
That can walk this muddy trail.
They would rather do the…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Chicken, Futility, Satire, The Fighting Pencil

Kunnap, V., The case of pipe supply being a pipe dream, Rutgers, 1975

"Poet: Smirnovsky, S. The Fighting pencil” group, 1979

Memos, notices alone
Never get things done but stall.
And the pipeline, as we…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Inefficiency, Pipeline, Satire, The Fighting Pencil

Belomlinsky, M., Our department is ahead again!, Rutgers, 1981

"Poet: Yefimovsky, Y. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1981

This road has just been completed,
But it won’t stay smooth for long.
For as the…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Irony, Roads, Satire, The Fighting Pencil

Travin, V., Everything's according to plan, Rutgers, None

"Poet: Yefimovsky, Y. “The Fighting Pencil” group
The boss was curt and unrefined.
—Finish the bridge by the deadline.
—The crane is down? Not…

Tags: Art, Bridge, Cartoons, Irony, Satire, The Fighting Pencil

Semenov, B., Well? Has the commission left?, Rutgers, 1964

"“The Fighting Pencil” group, 1964

“A cement plant is situated two miles away from the town of Sukhoi
Log, Sverdlovsk region. The area around it…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Cement, Cement Plant, Pollution, Satire, The Fighting Pencil

Kovenchuk, G., And you say, go swimming!, Rutgers, 1978

"Poet: Kapralova, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1978

A solution that can be applied
To this river’s apparent plight
Is to post signs…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Pollution, Satire, Swimming, The Fighting Pencil

Kunnap, V., Save more!, Rutgers, 1972

"Poet: Alekseyev, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1972
They met the savings quotas by hook and crook, and curves,
But for the celebration they ate…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Lavish, Posters, Satire, Waste

Cherepanov, Y. - First photo; Kunnap, V. - Second photo, Good luck!, Rutgers, Continuum, Free Press, 1965 - first photo; 1967 - second photo

"Poet: Shkliarinsky, A. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1967
Young chickens better quit the squeak,
stop calling for attention:
New boss, the Fox, has…

Tags: Art, Nomenklatura, Party, Satire, Soviet Union, The Fighting Pencil