Browse Items (44 total)
"Let's make him a front-rank worker.", Belomlinsky, M.
Belomlinsky, M., "Let's make him a front-rank worker.", Rutgers, 1972
"Poet: Lezunov, B. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1972
They give everything to the hero
But ignore the working team:
Here they set records
Only…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Fighting Pencil, Heroes of Socialist Labor, Satire, Socialism, Soviet Union
For Whom The Bell Tolled, Bill Maudlin
Bill Maudlin, For Whom The Bell Tolled, Library of Congress, May 27 1959
Political ‘cartoon’ of Arkansas governor Orval Eugene Faubus being held down by the Liberty Bell. The Bell has been inscribed with “Little Rock School…
Tags: African-Americans, Arkansas, Cartoons, Integration, Little Rock Schools, Orval Eugene Faubus, Racism, Segregation
I need those who fit this measure…, Cherepanov, Y.
Cherepanov, Y., I need those who fit this measure…, Rutgers, 1965
"The real interest of the party-state-managerial nomenklatura was “in maintaining at any cost their privileged position in society because it allowed…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Loyalty, Nomenklatura, Obedience, Satire, Soviet Union
The house with ghosts, Kunnap, V.
Kunnap, V., The house with ghosts, Rutgers, 1972
"Poet: Shumilin, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1972
He is just a genius for a shady business deal:
Fake names on the payroll he shows as…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Dead Souls, Fighting Pencil, Posters, Satire
The "gted" manager, Kunnap, V.
Kunnap, V., The "gted" manager, Rutgers, 1968
"Poet: Alekseyev, V. ""The Fighting Pencil” group, 1968
Sycophants and bootlickers
Are untiring as such,
And sometimes
Being praised by them too…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Nothing you can do, Kunnap, V.
Kunnap, V., Nothing you can do, Rutgers, 1968
"Poet: Tumarinson, G. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1968
“Accurate and impartial consideration of complaints from the working popula6on should be an…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Grievances, Protest, Satire, Soviet Union, The Fighting Pencil
The case of pipe supply being a pipe dream, Kunnap, V.
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
The schedule of repairs, Kunnap, V.
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
The Paper "STREAM", Kunnap, V.
Kunnap, V., The Paper "STREAM", Rutgers, 1960
"Poet: Suslov, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1960
Look! This is the method of a conveyer belt,
But it seems to resemble more of a red…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Economy, Khrushchev, Ministerial, Satire, Sovnarkhoz, The Fighting Pencil
Dreaming, Mazrukho, M.
Mazrukho, M., Dreaming, Rutgers, 1967
"He is dreaming of shifting all of his duties to an electronic brain.
But even the electronic brain cannot substitute for your personal one.
Signs…
Tags: Art, Bad Management, Cartoons, Dreaming, Electronic Brain, Satire
The Labyrinth, None
None, The Labyrinth, Rutgers & Harvard, None
"Written on the papers: “Order, Instruction, Decree, Explanation to Paragraph No. 141, Supplement to Instruction No. 638, Item 45 of Order No. 651…”
…
Tags: Art, Authoritarian, Bad Management, Cartoons, Satire, Soviet Union
The "most promising" employee, Rabinovich, Y.
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
The Guide!, Rabinovich, Y. - First photo; Tsvetkov, A. - Second photo
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
SOS, Rozantsev, V.
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
Plant director!, Semenov, B.
Semenov, B., Plant director!, Rutgers, 1974
"Poet: Shumilin, V. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1974
He took a nap, showed no reaction
To the pollution by his plant
And only then he sprang to…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Director, Plant, Pollution, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Well? Has the commission left?, Semenov, B.
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
Cantata in honor of inflated staff, Semenov, B. - First photo; Belomlinsky, M. - Second photo
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
...But the booze was in the mouth..., Sychev, I.
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
Why are you luring my people away from me, Travin, V.
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
Pigsty, Travin, V.
Travin, V., Pigsty, Rutgers, None
"Poet: Yefimovsky, Y. “The Fighting Pencil” group
—Move the cattle operation,
Build a hog pen in this site!
New boss, new consideration.
—He is…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Change, Decision-Making, Satire, The Fighting Pencil
Orders, Travin, V.
Travin, V., Orders, Rutgers, Continuum, 1981
"Poet: Yefimovski, Y.
He gave orders, many a task,
“Work harder!”—he was bellowing.
But he never left his desk
To check if team was…
Tags: Art, Authoritarian, Authoritarianism, Autocracy, Cartoons, Satire, Soviet Union
Detailed Agenda, Travin, V.
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
Bribe, Travin, V.
Travin, V., Bribe, Rutgers, 1969
"“The Fighting Pencil” group, 1969
—A bribe?!.. Never!..
—A present? Quite another matter…
The cartoon “unmasked” those officials that took…
Tags: Art, Bribery, Cartoons, Corruption, Fighting Pencil, Satire
Your application is being looked into, Travin, V.
Travin, V., Your application is being looked into, Rutgers, 1976
"Poet: Shkliarinsky, A. ""The Fighting Pencil” group, 1976
The promise is given only as a blind.
They will have to come back not once, not…
Tags: Art, Bureaucracy, Cartoons, Corruption, Fighting Pencil, Waste
Write…That we breed sturgeons, Trunev, Y.
Trunev, Y., Write…That we breed sturgeons, Rutgers, 1967
"Poet: Smirnovsky, S.
A bureaucrat can always manage in such a way.
And sturgeon is not the problem here...
This man can breed everything and…
Tags: Art, Breaucracy, Cartoons, Corruption, Pollution, Satire
We've got pluralism!, Uborevich-Borovsky, V.
Uborevich-Borovsky, V., We've got pluralism!, Rutgers, 1991
As Mikhail Gorbachev attempted to restructure the nation, the problems of unclear jurisdiction appeared in such areas as urban traffic control.
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Jurisdiction, Satire, Urban, Urban Traffic
I remember pretty well: I introduced some innovative somewhere here…, Vasiliev
Vasiliev, I remember pretty well: I introduced some innovative somewhere here…, Rutgers, 1951
For the Soviet Union, the roots of technological stagnation were in the monopoly of the state on the means of production that obliterated the…
Tags: Art, Cartoons, Innovation, Satire, Stagnation, Technology
