15 Funny, Witty, Sad GMO Cartoons

There's something to be said for saying it with sketch. In honor of No-To-GMO Month (October), here are fourteen politically poignant cartoons about Genetically Modified Organisms and the hands that spin the wheel. 

This one's just plain sad.

 Mother Nature, that bitch!

 "... being this is a head of corn, the most popular GMO in the world and might give you a strange new allergy someday, you've gotta ask yourself a question..." 

- I'll have a Double McModified Burger with extra Extra-Hormones-Added cheese, please.

- Anything to drink, sir?

- Orange juice, please. No High-Fructose Corn Syrup.

- I do apologize, sir. We stopped offering High-Fructose Corn Syrup-free OJ in the early 90s.

 If you say it like this: G'MOctoberr, it kinda sounds French. What? GMOs are illegal in France or are otherwise clearly labelled? Even in animal food? C'est quoi ce bordel?

 "I'm not a doctor, but I did show up on-time for my job at Monsanto."

3) example natural genetic modification. Maybe the only GMO that can eat YOU! Vote for Pedro.

Bes' not ta drink 'em all up, mon!

I find it ironic that the President and First Lady campaign so hard for children's health, but President Obama approved the Monsanto Act with a smile on his face. C'est quoi ce bordel?

 "If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face--for ever." - George Orwell, 1984

This one's not terribly funny. However, what's striking about it is the date. Regardless of recent media coverage, we've been publicly fighting to label GMOs for 14 years. Fun fact: GMOs first hit food stores in 1994 with the Flvr Savr, extended-shelf-life tomato. Not so popular any more, thanks to the modern conception of Flavor Saver being that greasy patch of hair cultivating beneath the lower lip. Mmmm... two weeks, still tasty.

There are others, but Monsanto is the largest agri-business adversary out there, more thanks to its totalitarian take on business. In my last post, I discussed how Monsanto offered the earthquake-ravenged Haiti bean and corn seeds in a faux-philanthropic gesture. The "fine print" was that Haitian farmers would be forced to buy Monsanto pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers, etc. to ensure "healthy" crop growth; then purchase more patented seeds and -cides the very next season, and every one after that. Further, if their seeds blew (literally in the wind) onto other farmer's land, Monsanto would undoubtably financially screw the already-impoverished farmer for patent infringement. Just like it does farmers in America. 

I'd like to point out that this cartoon is utterly misleading. Most chickens bred for food (particularly for fast food) are de-beaked. Get it right, CartoonStock.com! 

 Monsanto misleads the public, and it's called "misinformation." They get a slap on the wrist. An individual misleads the public and it's lible, fraud, or both. He faces a prison sentence and fines... which are actually enforced.

Insert any 1984 quote here. 

An old Kool Cigarettes poster I Photoshoped and used in my previous post about GMOs, connecting it to when doctors, scientists, and the public were 100% sure cigarettes weren't harmful.

I kindly beg all cartoonists who happen to see their cartoons on this post (woohoo, people read this!) to please not sue me. I mean, you're not Monsanto, right? Right? ...

Much love.