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Comics by Jack Ahasteen

Posted by Jack Ahasteen | Jul 2, 2020 | Comics |

Remington riflemen scaring away Lizer to Trump rally and residents fleeing. Sidekicks say Happy Independence Day.

Jack Ahasteen’s ‘toon for July 2, 2020

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Remington riflemen scaring away Lizer to Trump rally and residents fleeing. Sidekicks say Happy Independence Day.

CARES Act. Act of opposition. Damon and Nez playing tug of war with 20-dollar bill. Sidekicks say, Taking care of those who take care of you. Cough!

Herd imunity. Virus riding horses say, We're looking for stragglers. The ones that are not immune and not protected.

Reopening Navajo casinos. Casino clown welcomes all in. Title says Predatory capitalism.

Navajos in truck wearing face mask as they speed past city with water and large lake in front it, and fence blocking them from access: As long as we have water we have some hope the driver says. Sidekicks say control the water and you have everything. Hire good lawyers.

Warriors: On the let is Lock Down Rotact fighter in iron suit and shield. On the right is diaper guy with beverage in one hand, ice chest in the other, with Party Town USA on t-shirt.

Flatten the curve. Graph shows number of pounds of weight finally leveling off, as Navajo man with large belly sips on a Big Gulp drink and eats a sandwich.

Then and now: Then, parents blocking the door to keep kids out. Now: Kids blocking door to keep parents out. Sidekicks say, Be safe!

Navajo version of Rosie the Riveter with facemask on. NN loves the frontline workers. Thank you for protecting us.

FRONTLINE: Nez argues with pastor while everyone flees the church. Sidekicks say Stay Safe.

Self-quarantine. Remove the rez from the map.

Basketball referee: When we say don't touch anything, we don't mean the ball, in response to coronavirus watch.

Jack's Coronavirus: Casino Jackpot with hand sanitizer, alcohol-based. Bingo.

Modern Day Lii neel dozi. USA and RDC cowboys ride in to NPL: lands.

Basketball referee holds back the pack of players and fans for the February frenzy.

Holy Land. Man riding donkey being led to the foreign holy land anway from the Navajo Hopi land dispute area.

Census 2020: Census taker asks mom who's kid is he. Mom says Waylon Jennings, in Navajo.

The legend of the Sun Carrier. I'm tired. I want to be paid to carry the sun. I'm asking for $470 million with full coverage health insurance - Naataani Molina.

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Hogan under a moonlight night sky.

Fat Santa representing Navajo Nation budget during heydays of coal economy. Skinny Santa shown after coal shut-down.

Santa going down the chimney stack of the San Juan Power Plant. He complains: "This has to stop."

Happy Thanksgiving!

Emergence: Navao Nation Speaker and Naat'aanii Development shooting the New Mexico Medicaid Turkey. We're hungry. Nez runs with axe overhead saying we have no food or money. Molina looks away.

NTEC figure holding dead caged bird representiving sovereignty.

War on Diabetes. Executive branch hands out vegetables and fruit. Legislative branch hands out junk food.

Uranium Testing. USA Missile bears down on Navajo Reservation. Sidekick in cowboy hat, while running, says, Bombs away. Rez dog chases sidekick.

Pinon shortage. Sidekicks say No Pinions. No food. No money! People say it's the drought, it's the bark beetle.

Forward to 2020 Election,

War on Diabetes! Sidekicks say living on junk food tax. No longer a war on drugs. Nez holds evidence bag and cops hat and tells people to drop those dangerous food and raise your hands.

Miss Navajo dominates 2019 Navajo Nation Fair - Honoring Our Dine Way of Life.

Buy Navajo. Buy Local. DED booth. Dineh Chamber of Commerce sits to the side.

Wreck in the Park: LCR Vendors clash with Navajo Nation Parks and Wreck on cliff overlooking river.

Navajo Code Talker smikes with sunglasses on, reflecting World War II. Sidekicks say thanks for your service.

Nez and Lizer on Navajo Nation fair parade truck tossing out corn and other vegetables at crowd running away and covering their heads. Banner says, "Live Healthy without candy"

White van: Suspect human trafficking vehicle seen on rez. Black van: Smuggle corporate executivs to the rez to enhance economic growth and label it as BUY NAVAJO! BUY LOCAL!

Cavemen-like council delegates, and Nez, try to draw on a wall what their energy program looks like. One demands more light or stopping meeting.

Navajo Nation Council depicted as gold digger for gas and oil, coal and uranium while sun rises with water, solar and wind opportunities.

NNPD police chief being beaten on ground by law and order committee.

Young Navajo with American flag in lense of sunglasses and elders in the other lense. Happy Fourth of July, sidekicks say.

Mother Nasture with a storm of tribal problems facing her, all having to do with Council Delegates' use of alcohol on travel.

The straw that broke the camel's back: No money, no jobs, fed dependency, roads, no economy. NGS Closure. Jobs, revenue. Jane holds camel reigns. Damon carries NGS Closure straw and Jobs Revenue.

Happy Father's Day: Baby boomers, Gen X, Millenial, and Gen z.

Navajo Nation government bulldozer pushing vendors over cliff of Little Colorado Overlook.

School graduate gets congratulated by dad, who is shipping him away from home. Dad says, End of the road for youy son. Normally if we had livestock, grazing rights, homesite and a job I would ask you to stay. Times have changed.

Happy Mother's Day - mom holds bouquet of Navajo-grown hemp

THE ROCK. Rock holds Nez and Lizer by their shirt collars. Coming soon to a theater near you. Battling villains that keep 300K people in poverty with no jobs or economic developments. Sidekicks say, Nice photo-op, next to sign that says Welcome to the Rez. Another sidekick smiles.

People leaving rez, saying Bye Navajo, waving to sign that reads Buy Navajo.

Nez and Damon proclaim the sky is not falling after 100 days of cracked egg falls. Sidekicks say Happy Easter!

Lady Justice tries to play slot machines, with label of Twin Arrow Czsino PD on side of it. Justice says, "I hope I win!"

Three horsemen representing uranium, gas and coal storm a Go Green environmentalist riding a donkey. Coal asks, "You the replacement for conquest?"

NTEC and NNC workers careen downhil in NGS coal cart. NNC guy says I thought you knew what you were doing.

Voters as employer kicking out Tso & Tso carrying atwill employees paperwork and money.

A streaker runs away with briefcase full of money into Window Rock. Sidekicks say, We have a sleeper, now a streaker.

Council committee arrows aimed at people's heads. Sidekicks say Happy Valentine Day. That's not cupid arrows.

Shadow government. Politicians saw trump's shadow, so six more months of bad government in Washington.

Truck loaded with Nez and Lizer in front seat and a couple spooked people in back under piles of paperwork labeled tribal programs and layoffs. Sign reads, downsizing the tribal government ahead. Waste management.

Nez and Lizer ganged up against ongoing rez problems.

Government shutdown. Man buried to neck in snow. Snowman holds SOS sign. Sidekicks say, forecasting of conditions of things to come. Cars plod through snow-covered, ungraded road.

Navajo Nation government and lawyer saying we don't want to be responsible for lost jobs and environmental destruction caused by Navajo Generating Station.

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