August J. Pollak is a cartoonist, illustrator, and blogger. His weekly cartoon "Some Guy With a Website" has appeared in several print and online publications including The Los Angeles Times, In These Times, and Campus Progress, as well as his own popular weblog. Pollak's work is also featured in Ted Rall's Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists.

Pollak's writing and cartooning examine the countless crimes of the Bush administration, the absurdity of modern media, and the total uselessness of pandas. In 2006 he attempted to survey several dozen right-wing pundits and bloggers to see if they would still support President Bush if he killed a kitten- an exercise which led to one right-wing blogger demanding that Pollak "purge my existence from your abused, mistreated brain."

Pollak graduated in 2003 from the animation program at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University. Born and raised in Teaneck, New Jersey, he currently lives in Washington, DC. His latest book of cartoons, Junk in the Toaster and Other Brilliant Ideas from Some Guy With a Website, was released in Fall 2007.

Blog Entries by August J. Pollak

The Obama Secret Army Job Corps

Posted June 22, 2009 | 06:17 AM (EST)


Right-wing fears of a massive army of Obama underlings ignore how beneficial that would actually be for the job market.

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Gay Rights

2 Comments | Posted June 15, 2009 | 09:45 AM (EST)


Reaching a conclusion from Obama's latest defense of the Defense of Marriage Act.

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Presidential Plugging

Posted June 8, 2009 | 07:29 AM (EST)


Brian Williams does some serious journalismin'.

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The Hope of Audacity

6 Comments | Posted June 1, 2009 | 08:02 AM (EST)


America waits patiently for the aforementioned, well, anything.


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Supreme Guide

Posted May 26, 2009 | 07:52 AM (EST)


A handy guide to the large and complicated list of various qualities desired in a Supreme Court justice.

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Disclaimer

Posted May 18, 2009 | 08:49 AM (EST)


The Catholic League's demands go both ways.

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Dinner Conversation

4 Comments | Posted May 11, 2009 | 07:57 AM (EST)


That one about the stuff that he was supposed to do but didn't? Hilarious!


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This Week in Caucasian Suffering

4 Comments | Posted May 4, 2009 | 09:37 AM (EST)


A moment of concern for the white man, America's most oppressed group.


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Blocks

Posted April 27, 2009 | 08:05 AM (EST)


The students of P.S. 12 Elementary inadvertently re-enact our Senate process.

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"It Was Just Like the Boston Tea Party!"

Posted April 20, 2009 | 09:09 AM (EST)


History is easy to repeat itself when you know absolutely nothing about history.

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Opposite Day

Posted April 13, 2009 | 08:42 AM (EST)


The next evolution in pretending to hear whatever you want.

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The Prime Directive

Posted April 6, 2009 | 07:37 AM (EST)


One major function of right-wing policy supercedes all others.


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Congressional Stupid-Off

Posted March 30, 2009 | 08:45 AM (EST)


Actual quotes from the people you chose to run the country.

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Sensitivity

Posted March 23, 2009 | 08:12 AM (EST)


The president learns a valuable lesson from his elder.

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Post Partisan

Posted March 16, 2009 | 08:41 AM (EST)


Everything Barack Obama does must be beyond partisanship. Everything.


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Going Galt

Posted March 9, 2009 | 07:12 AM (EST)


Stupid people turn to the stupidest thing ever for the stupidest idea possible.

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The Universe Did Not Exist Until January 20, 2009

Posted February 23, 2009 | 09:05 AM (EST)


If you think they said something different, you're just insane.


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A Seven-Year-Old Child Attends an Obama Press Conference

Posted February 17, 2009 | 07:16 AM (EST)


A question so obvious that a child could ask it and the media never would.


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Why We Didn't Impeach George W. Bush

Posted February 9, 2009 | 08:19 AM (EST)


How the former president avoided the major outrages.


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Disgraceful Cabinet

Posted February 2, 2009 | 08:03 AM (EST)


Imagining the horrors that could arise due to Obama's terrible cabinet choices.


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