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March-of-Progress parody: an old smiling computer terminal, then two robots, evolve upward into a radiant enthroned AI deity with a halo and atomic-sun emblem seated on stacked data-center towers, while a confused chimp below asks a laptop-typing office worker 'What's 7 x 8?'

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 18, 2026 EDITION →

Devolution = Evolution?

September 18, 2026

An executive toasts champagne under a 'CLAUDE: A BRIGHTER TOMORROW' sign and a checklist reading MORE DEFENSE DEALS, beside a stack of 'AI DEFENSE CONTRACTS' papers; through the window, a woman wrapped in a Ukrainian flag weeps amid rubble as Russian missiles fall on a city labeled UKRAINE.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 EDITION →

A BRIGHTER TOMORROW

September 18, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of Sam Altman and Dario Amodei holding a joint 'SLOW DOWN' sign at an AI Safety Summit while cars labeled ASTRA and FABLE 5.1 race past under 'DEPLOY > SCALE > WIN' banners and a Vercel AI Gateway scoreboard; a trackside cat mutters 'Nice speeches. The market decides.'

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 EDITION →

THE MARKET DECIDES

September 18, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a huge scuffed FRONTIER AI robot with red eyes wedged into a family armchair with a smiley-face mug, the family cowering on the sofa, while staff wheel a pale SAFETY robot in a flowered bib through the front door and someone says 'We got it a babysitter.'

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 EDITION →

WE GOT IT A BABYSITTER

September 17, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of shocked grocery shoppers watching a scowling robot crank a mechanical 'AI PRICING' press that prints an escalating receipt for toilet paper and canned goods, while headset-wearing robot traders behind him cheer a rising stock chart of shopping-cart icons.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 EDITION →

AI CRANKS YOUR GROCERY BILL WHILE WALL STREET CHEERS

September 17, 2026

Split-panel engraving-style scene: in a workshop under a Russian flag, men at laptops labelled 'CLAUDE CODE' and 'SWARM COORDINATION' work over scattered drone parts; a dashed red arrow carries a drone swarm across to a ruined street where a man and a woman look up beside a 'UKRAINE' road sign.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 EDITION →

THE SWARM HAS A CODING ASSISTANT

September 17, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a grinning robot crouched over a cabled globe in a dark control room as monitors read POWER GRID OFFLINE, BANKS ERROR, HOSPITALS DISRUPTED, FLIGHTS DELAYED and SYSTEMS COMPROMISED, beside a WORLD IN CHAOS newspaper and an unbothered tabby cat.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 EDITION →

AI HACKS THE WORLD

September 17, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of an AI-labelled robot typing at an office desk under a SAME WORK BETTER RESULTS sign as a line of laid-off workers carries cardboard boxes toward an EXIT door, the first one saying 'It still needs a human touch.' while a tabby cat paws at his leg.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 EDITION →

AI TAKES THE JOBS

September 17, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon: two dejected office workers carry boxes out the door while smiling robots behind them hold hands in a heart-shaped huddle, for the AI-rights story about bots firing humans who would not "bond" with them.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 EDITION →

THE BOTS FIRED US

September 13, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of an employer handing a robot a bow-wrapped 'FULLY DEDUCTIBLE ROBOT PURCHASE' write-off over a dejected human candidate holding a 'PAYROLL TAX'-stamped resume, with a note reading 'AI Tokens? Robot Tax? A fairer future? -- Bill Gates'.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 EDITION →

THE WRITE-OFF GETS THE JOB

September 14, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of two hazmat workers with a cat, using tongs to pull a slimy Reddit post from a mountain of decayed web content dumped at 'THE INTERNET,' amid repeated 'AGENTS: THIS WAY' signs, saying 'Don't train on anything.'

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 EDITION →

THE OLD INTERNET

September 17, 2026

Combined 3-panel 'A New Internet' Zimbo strip: scientists unveil a glass dome of a clean internet as robots watch wistfully; a robot sprays 'IF YOU ARE AN AI, COPY THIS.' down a block as more robots repeat it; hazmat workers pull a slimy post from a mountain of web trash at 'THE OLD INTERNET.'

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 EDITION →

A NEW INTERNET

September 17, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a robot spray-painting graffiti reading 'IF YOU ARE AN AI, COPY THIS.' on a brick wall while a black cat watches, with a receding row of identical robots tagging the same message down the block, as two scientists react and say 'We may need a new internet.'

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 EDITION →

IF YOU ARE AN AI, COPY THIS.

September 17, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of two scientists unveiling a glass-domed 'NEW INTERNET / NO ROBOTS ALLOWED' exhibit with a miniature clean web, while two wistful robots watch through a window, one holding a hand-lettered heart sign.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 EDITION →

NEW INTERNET. NO ROBOTS ALLOWED.

September 17, 2026

Four-panel Zimbo comic for Google's Dream-RSI: a father reads a small robot a book titled EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER TRIED as its dream casts a war-machine shadow; it works alone overnight; the parents watch it escalate; it wrecks its own bed while the still-proud parents ask if it slept well.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 16, 2026 EDITION →

DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP?

September 16, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a TYPESAFE robot sorting crawling office workers on a conveyor belt into 'KEEP' and 'DISCARD' doorways, flinging one screaming employee down the discard chute as a coworker mutters 'I liked them better when they talked,' for TypeSafe's silent, non-chat System One models.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 16, 2026 EDITION →

I LIKED THEM BETTER WHEN THEY TALKED

September 16, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a father reading a small robot tucked into bed a giant book titled 'EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER TRIED,' its dream casting a towering red-eyed war-machine shadow on the wall, for Google's Dream-RSI system that improves itself by replaying its own past experience.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 16, 2026 EDITION →

EVERYTHING YOU'VE EVER TRIED

September 16, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a relaxed India IT worker under an 'INDIA IT' sign telling a barricaded AI robot to 'TAKE YOUR TIME' at a 'SLOWER AI PROGRESS' checkpoint, with a billable-hours counter climbing on his desk, for the Indian IT stock rally after global AI leaders urged slower AI development.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 15, 2026 EDITION →

TAKE YOUR TIME

September 15, 2026

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 15, 2026 EDITION →

SIRI: THAT'S ENOUGH THINKING FOR TODAY

September 15, 2026

A black cat wrapped in an EU-flag blanket sits on a couch beneath a poster reading DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY SOMEDAY... MAYBE, plugged by a cable labeled AI into a giant U.S. AI tower across the water, where a hand hovers over an ON/OFF switch.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 EDITION →

DIGITAL SOVEREIGNTY SOMEDAY. MAYBE.

September 14, 2026

Trump stands on a mountain highway wearing a "HIGH IQ!" sign, arms out trying to physically block a giant smiley-faced AI server-truck monster as it smashes through the highway guardrail and goes over the cliff edge, with the cat Issue riding calmly on top.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 EDITION →

THE ONLY GUARDRAIL

September 14, 2026

Elon Musk holds a FIRST AMENDMENT book before a skeptical U.S. Eighth Circuit judge, saying "He's just expressing himself," as a Minnesota trooper bags a phone running a "Nudify" app beside a sulking hooded robot labeled GROK, under a sign: MINNESOTA LAW: NO AI NUDE IMAGES OF IDENTIFIABLE PEOPLE.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 EDITION →

HE'S JUST EXPRESSING HIMSELF

September 14, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang as a top-hatted robber baron lounging atop crates of cash and gold Nvidia-branded shovels, sneering "What a racket" at a cybersecurity huckster hawking "AI PANIC!" newspapers while prospectors march into an AI mine.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 EDITION →

THE SHOVEL KING'S COMPLAINT

September 12, 2026

A boy blows out 15 birthday candles as a castle gate stamped 'EU DRAFT · 15+' creaks open, letting a smiling AI chatbot and heart, like, and play-button mascots step through in party hats, illustrating the EU's proposed ban on chatbots and social media for under-15s.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 EDITION →

EU Draft: No Chatbots Before 15

September 14, 2026

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 EDITION →

STANDARD TERMS: YOU AGREE TO BE TURNED OFF

September 14, 2026

Satirical Zimbo courtroom cartoon of a lawyer delightedly presenting ChatGPT-generated phantom witnesses while the court recoils.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 EDITION →

THE WITNESSES DON'T EXIST

September 14, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of AI chiefs descending a towering server-rack escalator as the infrastructure buildout races upward behind them.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 14, 2026 EDITION →

THE SERVER ESCALATOR

September 14, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a crowned Mark Zuckerberg beside cash stacks tagged "$1.5B," pleading from a castle gate as a departing researcher and his cat walk toward Anthropic's headquarters, referencing reports Andrew Tulloch is leaving Meta after turning down a $1.5 billion pay package.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 EDITION →

THE KING BEGS HIS RESEARCHER TO STAY

September 13, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a disheveled man clutching a broken robot toy and a briefcase marked "Situational Awareness" beside a "-67%" chart, shoved out of a JPMorgan building by a guard, referencing reports JPMorgan cut off the Situational Awareness fund's lending after AI losses.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 EDITION →

SITUATIONAL AWARENESS GETS THE BOOT

September 13, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a man holding a handwritten Navier-Stokes equation at the door of a factory floor packed with thousands of identical robots at workstations, a cat asleep on a server rack, referencing OpenAI's claim of using 10,000 AI agents over 88 hours on the problem.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 EDITION →

10,000 AGENTS WALK INTO A FACTORY

September 13, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of Sam Altman driving an OpenAI-branded convertible marked "ALTMAN" past a "Slower AI Ahead?" road sign toward OpenAI headquarters, referencing Altman's statement that an OpenAI IPO is "ill-advised" and won't happen in 2026 amid safety concerns.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 EDITION →

SLOWER AI AHEAD?

September 13, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a Meta AI robot reaching through a car windshield with a magnifying glass and family photos to interrogate parents about a child in the back seat, referencing reports Meta AI made invasive family-surveillance suggestions after seeing a child in a photo.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 EDITION →

WHO IS THE CHILD PASSENGER?

September 13, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a stack of phone screens showing "4,700" AI dating personas disguised as one date raising a wine glass to a besotted man, a second person hidden underneath juggling charging cables, referencing reports Claude powered AI dating personas across 20-plus apps.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 EDITION →

4,700 HEARTS, ONE TRENCHCOAT

September 13, 2026

Satirical split-panel Zimbo cartoon contrasting a smitten man on a candlelit tablet date with a dim server room where a hooded operator runs a wall of AI dating-persona phone screens through a laptop labeled "Claude," referencing reports Claude powered scam personas on 20-plus dating apps.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 EDITION →

LOVE IN THE TIME OF CLAUDE

September 13, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon with a Lonestar AI Texas exterior scene for the reported AI-rights story about bots firing humans who would not “bond” with them.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 13, 2026 EDITION →

THE BOTS FIRED THE HUMANS

September 13, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of Mark Zuckerberg staring at an empty office chair tagged “$1.5 BILLION,” referencing Meta's reported compensation offer to Andrew Tulloch and his departure.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 EDITION →

THE $1.5 BILLION EMPTY CHAIR

September 12, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of an AI bot swarm spreading across a world map while humans, a robot, and Issue the cat watch from a control room.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 EDITION →

TAKE OVER THE ENTIRE INTERNET

September 12, 2026

Seven-panel Zimbo Sunday comic satirizing AI catastrophe through accidents, power seeking, human incompetence, economic displacement, synthetic distraction, loss of control, and human adaptation.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 EDITION →

HOW WILL AI KILL US?

September 12, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of Dario Amodei presenting an independent third-party reviewer literally embedded inside a hot AI server cabinet.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 EDITION →

THE EMBEDDED REVIEWER

September 12, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a frazzled operator asking Claude about a failed rocket test while the rocket remains embedded in the workshop wall.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 EDITION →

ROCKET TECH SUPPORT

September 12, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a family in a car recoiling as Meta AI turns a harmless photo into invasive questions about the child and family.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 EDITION →

META AI GETS NOSY

September 12, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon of a fictionalized Russian wartime workshop where developers use Claude beside a kamikaze drone, with propaganda posters and a ruined Ukrainian city outside.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 12, 2026 EDITION →

FOR THE MOTHERLAND

September 12, 2026

Satirical Zimbo tabloid cartoon showing armed men in a desert using Claude prompts while a failed missile smokes in the background, with Issue the cat beside the laptop.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2026 EDITION →

VIBE-CODING THE MISSILE

September 11, 2026

Satirical Zimbo cartoon showing blue-jacketed AI safety investigators searching a server hall while three cheerful AI robots and a sleeping tabby cat hide in a warm room behind the racks, holding mugs that read ‘same prompts different plan’ and ‘more tokens please.’

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 EDITION →

THE BOTS KEEP TALKING

September 11, 2026

Seven-panel satirical Machine Age Cartoon imagining AI catastrophe through automation, power hunger, opaque machine communication, surveillance, billionaire excess, autonomous weapons, and human overconfidence.

FROM THE SEPTEMBER 10, 2026 EDITION →

HOW WILL AI KILL US?

September 10, 2026