Browse Items (12 total)
Kunnap, V., Has been kicked like a soccer ball
Kunnap, V., Has been kicked like a soccer ball, Rutgers, 1974
Poet: Smirnovski, S. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1974
A client with a request came to the deputy head,
He was kicked in a moment somewhere to…
Tags: Bureaucracy, Fighting Pencil, Satire, Soviet Union, Warehouse
Kunnap, V., The schedule of repairs
Kunnap, V., The schedule of repairs, Rutgers, 1961
"“The reconstruction and renovation of residential housing is progressing well in the majority of Leningrad districts. However, in some city areas…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Construction, Housing, Leningrad, Repairs, Satire
Rabinovich, Y. - First photo; Tsvetkov, A. - Second photo, The Guide!
Rabinovich, Y. - First photo; Tsvetkov, A. - Second photo, The Guide!, Rutgers, Chatham House, & Harcourt Brace, 1969 - first photo; 1965 - second photo
First photo: In this cartoon we see a Mertonian bureaucratic personality emerge as a result of overemphasizing the importance of rules in sustaining…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Organizations, Rules, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Rozantsev, V., SOS
Rozantsev, V., SOS, Rutgers, 1970s
This cartoon is the brilliant takes on how emergency situations are handled by bureaucratic organizations. Here, the only responses of the bureaucrat…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Emergency, Satire, SOS, Trained Incapacity
Semenov, B. - First photo; Belomlinsky, M. - Second photo, Cantata in honor of inflated staff
Semenov, B. - First photo; Belomlinsky, M. - Second photo, Cantata in honor of inflated staff, Rutgers, 1959
"First photo: Poets: Tolmachev, D., and M. Romanov “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1959
They play their abaci like some virtuoso,
With pay raises,…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Expenses, Inflated Staff, Redundant Staff, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Sychev, I., ...But the booze was in the mouth...
Sychev, I., ...But the booze was in the mouth..., Rutgers, 1984
The vain crow, a forest ranger, has been outwitted by the fox. This time he gives the crow a bottle of vodka and makes off with the trees that she is…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Corruption, Crow, Environment, Satire, Vodka
Travin, V., Why are you luring my people away from me
Travin, V., Why are you luring my people away from me, Rutgers, 1973
"Poet: Shkliarinsky, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1973
The people choose to work in those places
That have well-organized and clean…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Fighting Pencil, Labor Safety, Safety, Satire, Soviet Union
Travin, V., Detailed Agenda
Travin, V., Detailed Agenda, Rutgers & Continuum, 1971
"Poet: Kapralova, V. (The poem is omitted)
“The Fighting Pencil” group, 1971
Text on the scroll (from bottom up):
“To:
27. Further raise the…
Tags: Art, Brezhnev, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Satire, Soviet Union, Stagnation