Zina Saunders

Illustrator

Zina Saunders is an award-winning illustrator whose work appears in national magazines and newspapers and whose political satires have amused or outraged her audience, depending on which side of the aisle they sit.

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WATCH: Superbugs and the Factory Farms That Create Them [Cartoon]

—By Zina Saunders

| Mon Jun. 13, 2011 3:51 PM PDT

Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, Saunders heads to the factory farm, where Rep. Denny Rehberg (R-Mont.) has introduced an amendement in the house that would make it impossible for the FDA to restrict the use of antibiotics in livestock. As always, that's Saunders performing the voiceover. Sound effects are from freesound.org. —The Editors

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WATCH: Mitch McConnell's Right-Wing Circus [Cartoon]

—By Zina Saunders

| Tue Jun. 7, 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, Mitch McConnell plays ringmaster to a circus roster of freaks, frauds and ferocious phonies. As always, that's Saunders performing the voiceover. Sound effects are from freesound.org. —The Editors

WATCH: Palin Hits the Road [Cartoon]

—By Zina Saunders

| Tue May. 31, 2011 11:16 AM PDT

Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, Sarah Palin's "Lookit Me Bus Tour" is on a rampage and there's no telling what might explode if it slows down. As always, that's Saunders performing the voiceover. Sound effects are from freesound.org. —The Editors

WATCH: Newt Gingrich is Godzilla! [Cartoon]

—By Zina Saunders

| Tue May. 24, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Click here and here to see Zina Saunders' previous depictions of Newt Gingrich for motherjones.com.

Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, Godzilla Newt Gingrich lumbers onto the campaign trail and promptly makes a mess of things. As always, that's Saunders performing the voiceovers. Sound effects are from freesound.org. —The Editors

UPDATE: Zina sent along one more depiction of Newt, originally commissioned for David Corn's 2009 magazine piece "Dawn of a Newt Age".

WATCH: The Big Oil Stickup (Cartoon)

Oil companies rob Americans at the pump and in the tax code.

—By Zina Saunders

| Tue May. 17, 2011 3:00 AM PDT

Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, Big Oil preys on the American consumer at the pump and in the tax code. Yet even as gas prices remain above $4 per gallon and the deficit balloons, Senate Republicans are working to defeat a plan that would eliminate $4.4 billion in tax breaks for the oil industry. That's Saunders and Barry Schiffman performing the voiceovers. Sounds effects are from freesound.org. —The Editors

As if being used for potato chips and Hooters wasn't enough, the American Silencer Association is using an owl logo to promote silencers.

Mon Jan. 7, 2013 3:27 PM PST

When too much isn't even close to enough, how about a Grover Norquist finger puppet, or a gold-plated transvaginal ultrasound wand?

Mon Dec. 10, 2012 3:15 PM PST

Zina Saunders

Oil companies rob Americans at the pump and in the tax code.

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