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- Tags: Satire
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
Travin, V., Orders
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
Travin, V., Pigsty
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
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., Look at the big picture
Travin, V., Look at the big picture, Rutgers, 1969
Poet: Smirnovski, S. “The Fighting Pencil” group, 1969
The picture reads: “Our building after the renovation.”
Superintendent has a heart of…
Tags: Art, Fighting Pencil, Irony, Renovation, Satire
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
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