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: 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

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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

WATCH: Grand Inquisitor Scalia Defends Corporate Ripoffs (Cartoon)

—By Zina Saunders

| Tue May. 10, 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, Justice Scalia, the grand inquisitor of the Supreme Court, makes a ruling in favor of corporations in AT&T v. Concepcion. Here's how Mother Jones reporter Stephanie Mencimer described the landmark case last November:

AT&T v. Concepcion has been called the consumer protection equivalent of Citizens United. At stake is the ability of consumers to stop corporate ripoffs via class action lawsuits, which allow lots of people with small claims to band together and bring a suit large enough to make it worth a lawyer's time. The case could affect everything from the rights of workers to fight systemic discrimination or wage violations to the ability of cell phone customers to fight the small but lucrative rip-offs that are so common among wireless providers. As a sign of how big a case this is for corporate America, the wireless lobby has hired former Solicitor General Paul Clement, a rock star of the Supreme Court bar, to represent it on an amicus brief in the case. The parties backing AT&T include the Chamber, Comcast, Dell, and DirectTV.

As always, that's Saunders performing all the voiceovers. —The Editors