Browse Items (47 total)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Kunnap, V., For high progress in education!, Rutgers, 1975

"Poet: Smirnovski, S.

Little Yegorka just ran through the text,
He did not learn his lesson—so ""D"" was the next.
The director of studies did…

Tags: Art, Cartoons, Corruption, Education, Grades, Satire, Schools

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