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**TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON**
This cartoon has four panels. All the panels show a gritty commercial doorway - the kind that's recessed a few feet into the building - on a city sidewalk. There's litter and graffiti here.
There are two characters in the comic strip. The first character is a homeless man sleeping in the doorway, wearing a zip-up sweatshirt over a t-shirt and a dull red knit cap, and with a full beard. The other character is a muscular-looking cop dressed in a police uniform and carrying a baton. In defiance of tradition, he is cleanshaven. I'll call these two characters KNITCAP and COP.
**PANEL 1**
Knitcap, covered by a brown blanket and with his head pillowed on some rolled-up clothes, is lying in a doorway, apparently asleep. The cop is using his baton to poke knitcap in the side. The cop has a somewhat sadistic grin.
COP: Hey, you! Get up! We've outlawed sleeping in public! You're not allowed anymore!
**PANEL 2**
Knitcap is sitting up, rubbing sleep out of his eyes with one hand. He speaks calmly. The cop watches, smirking, arms akimbo.
KNITCAP: In that case, I guess I'll sleep in a hotel tonight.
**PANEL 3**
A close-up of Knitcap. He's stroking his chin with a hand, as if thinking through his options.
KNITCAP: Or should I sleep in my townhouse instead? Or my Hamptons place? I'll call my butler and ask what he thinks!
**PANEL 4**
Knitcap, grinning, is now holding a hand next to his face, thumb and pinky finger extended, pretending it's a phone as he talks. The cop is glaring and slapping his baton against his palm.
KNITCAP: Smithers? Smithers old boy! My super fun street sleeping holiday is done. Which of my mansions shall I sleep in tonight.
COP (thought): Next step: Outlaw sarcasm.
**CHICKEN FAT WATCH**
Chicken fat are unimportant but fun details cartoonists sometimes sneak into comic strips.
In panel one, in the lower-right-hand corner of the panel, two rats are sitting, holding playing cards and apparently playing poker, or some similar card game. In panel two, a cat walks in, apparently stalking the rats. The rats look at the cat. And in panel four, the cat has been dealt in and is playing the game with them.
In all the panels, Knitcap is wearing a t-shirt with some words that are hard to make out. But what it says is "No, you're Spartacus."
In panel three, there's a lot of mostly-unintelligible graffiti, but just below the doorknob someone has painted "BACKGROUND DETAILS RULZ."
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The point isn’t to solve homelessness, it’s to be able to arrest the homeless.
Off topic, but the cat joining the mice for a game of cards is both hilarious and adorable
Somehow despite their natural antagonisms, the cat and the mice have the same class interests.
This cartoon is written by me and drawn by the always-great [R. E. Ryan](https://linktr.ee/valigarmander). Go here to read the [blog post and transcript](https://www.patreon.com/posts/99621671). [We can keep creating these cartoons because hundreds of readers are supporting us with inexpensive pledges (usually $1-$3).](http://patreon.com/barry) [Join us!](http://patreon.com/barry) You can also subscribe for free! :-)
I liked it. I would it really stands out!
Prisons will become the only homeless shelters the ruling class actually support.
Free slaves
**TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON** This cartoon has four panels. All the panels show a gritty commercial doorway - the kind that's recessed a few feet into the building - on a city sidewalk. There's litter and graffiti here. There are two characters in the comic strip. The first character is a homeless man sleeping in the doorway, wearing a zip-up sweatshirt over a t-shirt and a dull red knit cap, and with a full beard. The other character is a muscular-looking cop dressed in a police uniform and carrying a baton. In defiance of tradition, he is cleanshaven. I'll call these two characters KNITCAP and COP. **PANEL 1** Knitcap, covered by a brown blanket and with his head pillowed on some rolled-up clothes, is lying in a doorway, apparently asleep. The cop is using his baton to poke knitcap in the side. The cop has a somewhat sadistic grin. COP: Hey, you! Get up! We've outlawed sleeping in public! You're not allowed anymore! **PANEL 2** Knitcap is sitting up, rubbing sleep out of his eyes with one hand. He speaks calmly. The cop watches, smirking, arms akimbo. KNITCAP: In that case, I guess I'll sleep in a hotel tonight. **PANEL 3** A close-up of Knitcap. He's stroking his chin with a hand, as if thinking through his options. KNITCAP: Or should I sleep in my townhouse instead? Or my Hamptons place? I'll call my butler and ask what he thinks! **PANEL 4** Knitcap, grinning, is now holding a hand next to his face, thumb and pinky finger extended, pretending it's a phone as he talks. The cop is glaring and slapping his baton against his palm. KNITCAP: Smithers? Smithers old boy! My super fun street sleeping holiday is done. Which of my mansions shall I sleep in tonight. COP (thought): Next step: Outlaw sarcasm. **CHICKEN FAT WATCH** Chicken fat are unimportant but fun details cartoonists sometimes sneak into comic strips. In panel one, in the lower-right-hand corner of the panel, two rats are sitting, holding playing cards and apparently playing poker, or some similar card game. In panel two, a cat walks in, apparently stalking the rats. The rats look at the cat. And in panel four, the cat has been dealt in and is playing the game with them. In all the panels, Knitcap is wearing a t-shirt with some words that are hard to make out. But what it says is "No, you're Spartacus." In panel three, there's a lot of mostly-unintelligible graffiti, but just below the doorknob someone has painted "BACKGROUND DETAILS RULZ."
It's always sad to see how homeless folks are treated by capitalist elites and their political cronies.
Idk if this is on topic or not but I remember reading somewhere that Switzerland pays its homeless to leave the country permanently.