I’m building a political cartoon arc that speaks to the people everyone else has forgotten — the voters who are done with performative politics and ready to rebuild, quietly and seriously.
Through 3 six-panel series (and growing), I show the parallel awakenings of MAGA and Woke Americans — not to each other’s flaws, but to their shared betrayal. From there, they move toward reluctant cooperation.
Collaborate or feature this work through your channels to reach Americans ready to engage from the middle.
“The Awakening of the Woke”
They marched for justice. They voted with purpose. They believed in something better.
The Woke generation wasn’t born from privilege or apathy — it was built from protest, passion, and principle. They wanted a world that was more fair, more kind, more conscious. And for a while, it felt like progress was finally being made.
But the deeper they went, the more the cracks began to show.
Words like “equity,” “representation,” and “inclusion” became currency — not values. Corporate sponsors, celebrity hashtags, and carefully scripted candidates told them exactly what they wanted to hear — while behind closed doors, very little actually changed.
Student debt ballooned. Housing costs soared. Foreign wars expanded. And the people who promised change? They padded their resumes, their portfolios, and their polling numbers.
What began as a moral movement slowly became a marketing campaign.
And then the disillusionment set in.
This isn’t a story about flipping sides or giving up. It’s a story about waking up — about realizing that being “on the right side of history” means little if history keeps repeating itself.
This cartoon series doesn’t mock idealism. It mourns what was done to it. And it dares to ask: what happens when the Woke stop performing and start rebuilding?
The answer, as it turns out, may be the same one their so-called opponents have already begun to discover:
That truth is louder than branding. That justice isn’t handed down — it’s built together. And that real change doesn’t begin in party headquarters. It begins at a table — across from someone you were once told to hate.
“Voices of Promise”(The Idealism)
We believed in justice. We believed we were being heard.
“The Curtain Falls”(The Betrayal)
We believed the words. But we watched what they did.
“Off the Podium”(Facing the Truth)
We were never enemies. Just two sides of a broken promise.
“Identity Inc.”(Realization of Exploitation)
“They didn’t co-opt our values. They monetized them.”
“The Bubble Bursts”(Disillusionment Becomes Anger)
Part 2 – The Awakening of the Woke
I’m building a political cartoon arc that speaks to the people everyone else has forgotten — the voters who are done with performative politics and ready to rebuild, quietly and seriously.
Through 3 six-panel series (and growing), I show the parallel awakenings of MAGA and Woke Americans — not to each other’s flaws, but to their shared betrayal. From there, they move toward reluctant cooperation.
Part 1 – When MAGA Loyalty Meets Reality
Part 2 – The Awakening of the Woke Here
Part 3 – Come Together
Collaborate or feature this work through your channels to reach Americans ready to engage from the middle.
“The Awakening of the Woke”
They marched for justice.
They voted with purpose.
They believed in something better.
The Woke generation wasn’t born from privilege or apathy — it was built from protest, passion, and principle. They wanted a world that was more fair, more kind, more conscious. And for a while, it felt like progress was finally being made.
But the deeper they went, the more the cracks began to show.
Words like “equity,” “representation,” and “inclusion” became currency — not values.
Corporate sponsors, celebrity hashtags, and carefully scripted candidates told them exactly what they wanted to hear — while behind closed doors, very little actually changed.
Student debt ballooned. Housing costs soared. Foreign wars expanded.
And the people who promised change?
They padded their resumes, their portfolios, and their polling numbers.
What began as a moral movement slowly became a marketing campaign.
And then the disillusionment set in.
This isn’t a story about flipping sides or giving up.
It’s a story about waking up — about realizing that being “on the right side of history” means little if history keeps repeating itself.
This cartoon series doesn’t mock idealism. It mourns what was done to it.
And it dares to ask: what happens when the Woke stop performing and start rebuilding?
The answer, as it turns out, may be the same one their so-called opponents have already begun to discover:
That truth is louder than branding.
That justice isn’t handed down — it’s built together.
And that real change doesn’t begin in party headquarters.
It begins at a table — across from someone you were once told to hate.
“Voices of Promise” (The Idealism)
We believed in justice. We believed we were being heard.
“The Curtain Falls” (The Betrayal)
We believed the words. But we watched what they did.
“Off the Podium” (Facing the Truth)
We were never enemies. Just two sides of a broken promise.
“Identity Inc.” (Realization of Exploitation)
“They didn’t co-opt our values. They monetized them.”
“The Bubble Bursts” (Disillusionment Becomes Anger)
“When slogans became sedatives.”
“Hard Conversations” (Facing Reality Together)
“Real change starts when the scripts stop.”
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