Browse Items (14 total)
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
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
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
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
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
Good luck!, Cherepanov, Y. - First photo; Kunnap, V. - Second photo
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
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
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
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 "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