Leading up to the Super Bowl and shortly afterwords, editorial cartoonists dissected the big game, skewering journalistic groupthink, Deflategate and distribution of political power.
Here are nine cartoons, republished here with the permission of the cartoonists or from embeds of their tweets. The Washington Post also has a collection if you’re looking for more.
John Cole, “Flag on the wordplay!”
David Fitzsimmons, “Stupor Bowl”
Nate Beeler, “Super Bowl XLIX”
Bob Englehart, “Hyper Bowl”
Democracy Football cartoon: http://t.co/gwFhh0I2e7 #SuperBowl #DeflateGate #DeflatedBalls #KochBrothers pic.twitter.com/nF4IpBXI9X
— Rob Rogers (@Rob_Rogers) February 1, 2015
Rob Rogers, “Democracy Football”
ICYMI I solved #Deflategate http://t.co/QBDIvHsygE #SuperBowl pic.twitter.com/kxX0DVw5jn
— Rob Tornoe (@RobTornoe) February 1, 2015
Rob Tornoe, “Who’s really to blame for Deflategate controversy?”
There was a story of a man named Brady #DeflateGate #TomBrady #SuperBowlXLIX @TheBuffaloNews http://t.co/Z9PwFriRrv pic.twitter.com/4kxTjlwMzb
— Adam Zyglis (@adamzyglis) February 1, 2015
Adam Zyglis, “Deflated”
This is @varvel's latest on #DeflateGate. http://t.co/LbyfG4mwWW pic.twitter.com/h524pDyjKR
— IndyStar (@indystar) January 26, 2015
Gary Varvel, “Patriots answer deflate-gate questions”
Dream on! #DeflateGate #NewEnglandPatriots #TomBrady #SuperBowlXLIX #FantasyFootball pic.twitter.com/fAlfUHwsqC
— Rick McKee (@AUG_RickMcKee) January 23, 2015
Rick McKee, “Fantasy Football”
