Zina Saunders

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: The Romney Résumé [Saunders Cartoon]

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| Mon Sep. 24, 2012 11:10 AM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, Romney applies for a real job for the first time in his life. Watch Romney explain (or try and fail to explain) his tax shenanigans and those remarks from the secret video. The animation, as always, was written, animated and acted by Zina Saunders.

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WATCH: Romney's Budget Magic [Saunders Cartoon]

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| Mon Sep. 17, 2012 7:24 PM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, she shows us magician Mitt Romney sawing the government in half. "It's magic!" But the results are, uh, a bit bloody? The animation, as always, was written, animated and acted by Zina Saunders.

WATCH: The Romney Identi-Kit! [Saunders Cartoon]

Help identify the presidential candidate known as Mitt Romney.

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| Mon Sep. 10, 2012 12:11 PM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, she assembles the contradictory features of the GOP's presidential nominee. (For more on the many faces of Mitt Romney, see this epic Reddit response to a Kevin Drum blog post on Romney's shifty healthcare stance.) The animation, as always, was written, animated and acted by Zina Saunders.

WATCH: Paul Ryan's "Scout's Honor" [Saunders Cartoon]

Meet the GOP's favorite Boy Scout.

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| Mon Aug. 20, 2012 2:00 PM PDT

Editors' note: Mother Jones illustrator Zina Saunders creates editorial animations riffing on the political news and current events of the week. In this week's animation, the GOP's favorite Boy Scout recites his oath, chest bristling with his hard-earned merit badges. The animation, as always, was written, animated and acted by Zina Saunders.

WATCH: Music to the Ears of the GOP Base [Saunders Cartoon]

Paul Ryan is the VP Romney's been dreaming of.

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| Tue Aug. 14, 2012 6:34 PM PDT

WATCH: The Season for Giving (In) [Cartoon]

A Christmas carol from President Obama.

Tue Dec. 14, 2010 4:00 AM PST

WATCH: Republicans Take Their Toll on Obama [Cartoon]

700 billion for the rich and one big headache for President Obama.

Wed Dec. 8, 2010 4:00 AM PST

WATCH: Senator Kyl's START Gamble [Cartoon]

A little nuclear terrorism is a small price to pay for political gains.

Tue Nov. 30, 2010 4:00 AM PST

WATCH: The Fat Cats Give Thanks [Cartoon]
Tue Nov. 23, 2010 4:00 AM PST

WATCH: Mitch McConnell on Top Shill [Cartoon]

This week the GOP leader is cooking up a special recipe to protect and extend tax cuts for the rich.

Mon Nov. 15, 2010 3:15 PM PST

Watch: The Same Bush League All Over Again [Cartoon]

Republicans are back in the House and Bush is back in the news: time for a sing-a-long.

Tue Nov. 9, 2010 4:00 AM PST

WATCH: The Scariest Thing About the Election Results [Cartoon]

Dear Congress: Leave the "Obamacare" funny business to the cartoonists, will you?

Wed Nov. 3, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

WATCH: When Sarah Palin Attacks [Cartoon]

The GOP giantess takes back America—by force!

November/December 2010 Issue

WATCH: Obama Didn't Robo-Sign [Cartoon]

A special foreclosure sing-a-long animation!

Tue Oct. 19, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

WATCH: Citizens United, the Frankenstein [Cartoon]

Did the Supreme Court create an electoral monster?

Tue Oct. 12, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

WATCH: Karl Rove's Tea Party Genie [Cartoon]

Can the GOP get Christine O'Donnell back in the lamp?

Wed Oct. 6, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

WATCH: John Boehner's Pledge to America [Cartoon]

Chipping away at health care reform.

Wed Sep. 29, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Newt Gingrich Rides a Racist Wave [Cartoon]

But will he get carried away?

Tue Sep. 21, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Tea Party Aftermath [CARTOON]

What fortune lurks at the bottom of a teacup?

Tue Sep. 14, 2010 3:00 AM PDT

Rick Santorum's Google Problem [Cartoon]

What happens when you Google "Santorum?"

Tue Sep. 7, 2010 4:00 AM PDT

The Santorum Variations

15 sketches of Rick Santorum's Google problem.

Mon Aug. 23, 2010 4:51 PM PDT