Matt Buck's Hack Cartoons

Channel 4 News animated political cartoon on the end of Hillary Clinton and the beginning of Barack Obama. Click the picture to see the animation or press this

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Hillary Clinton has declared herself open to an offer for a vice-presidential running mate slot from her professional rival, Barack Obama. At the time this animation was made in January of this year, I thought she'd struggle to win against either Obama or Edwards and she has. Why, is more difficult to say. There are obvious and negative comparisons to be made between her skill at rhetoric and Obama’s and these do seem to have hurt her chances. However, I think there will be more than a few Americans who will feel, or come to, that a chance to advance one of America's less obviously oppressed groups, has also been missed. There is some thought on this theory from Frances Rosenbluth on the Politic blog from Yale University, which is well worth a read.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

The dead heat between Clinton and Obama is becominga real problem for the Democratic party in its efforts to win the presidency. Click the picture or see it published here.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Published on America's Super Tuesday. Or, click the picture.
UPDATED: All about Hillary and all about Barack.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Who’d really want to be idolised? Published here and here.
9th January 2008

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Well, the pollsters and the pundits got it all wrong, she won, if rather more closely than she would have imagined a fortnight ago. And that makes the race for the Democratic nomination very interesting and harder to call. McCain won for the Republican ticket. I think there's going to be a game of chicken for each party about guessing who their candidate is going to be fighting against for the actual presidential contest. Artwork coming soon...
9th January 2008

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

I lived in a America for a while when I was younger and I have had a serious interest in how the place is run ever since. My time there coincided with Bill Clinton's attempts to become President of the United States.

It was an real education for me in how elections and the selling of any candidate are undertaken. The positioning of Clinton's campaign about George Bush senior, the incumbent president of the time, was wonderfully accurate, and of course, highly successful. The Clinton campaign successfully negated Bush's trump card of 'experience' and incumbency by pointing up his 'cold' personality and inability to appear to listen to people convincingly. As this famous clip shows, Bush was certainly not naturally chatty or charming in his dealings in the media or people. This clip really highlighted it, as he completely failed to hear or connect with the question the lady asked. Stick with the film and then watch how Clinton deals with it. Particularly watch the body language he deploys as he talks and listens. I imagine Barack Obama's team have been watching a lot of these old clips too because they appear to be pulling off a similar trick in projecting the youthful and people-oriented Obama against against the clever but stumbling and cold Hillary Clinton now.

The great cartoonist Steve Brodner has an interesting interpretation of what is happening to Hillary right now, right here too - all courtesy of The New Yorker.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

It was indeed a bad day for Hillary Clinton. Published above and here.

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

A sketchbook pencil and wash cartoon caricature of Hillary, Bill and Chelsea Clinton. I wonder whether it will end up being a happy new year for the first woman of the clan?

Matt Buck’s animated drawings

Al is officially commended for his efforts to help save the planet. He might get an opportunity to finish off Hillary Clinton, as a fringe benefit, too. This would be a result for him, if you believe the stories about their previous relationship when they were last together in the White House...
Drawn 12th October 2007

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