Halloween is the best holiday of the year.

It’s also the best holiday for dark political cartoon references. So many options: Frankenstein. Zombies. Vampires. Mummies. Witches. Ghosts.

But we all know the real stuff is the scariest stuff.

Democracy. January 6. Our country was threatened by an egomaniacal wanna-be-authoritarian president who desperately tried to overturn the election he still refuses to admit he lost.

R E L A T E D: Pick your January 6 Trump poison: Treason, tampering or manslaughter? – al.com

R E L A T E D: Trump tried to hang Mike Pence and Uncle Sam on January 6 – al.com

R E L A T E D: January 6 Capitol attack: Trump tried to burn democracy to the ground. He’s still trying – al.com

Roe v Wade. The economy. Inflation. Gun violence. Crime. The border. Medicare and Social Security. LGBTQ rights. Human rights.

Pick your poison. Just don’t eat the poison apples. Or bite into the conspiracy theory razor blades.

Vote.

Vote your heart. Vote your conscience. Vote your ghost’s conscience.

But if you lose, don’t whine and cry that the election was rigged.

That phrase has jumped the shark.

Happy Halloween.

True stories and stuff:

How I met Dr. Seuss – al.com

Robert Plant head-butted me. Thanks, David Coverdale – al.com

I was ZZ Top’s drummer for a night and got kidnapped by groupies – al.com

Check out more cartoons and stuff by JD Crowe

Alabama’s racist constitution needs a makeover: Vote ‘Yes’ to ratify Constitution of 2022 – al.com

Herschel Walker’s fake badge qualifies him for one job – al.com

Nick Saban laundry day needed after penalty-ridden Tennessee loss – al.com

Nick Saban Jimbo Fisher feud takes a turn: Awkward man hug alert – al.com

Tommy Tuberville gives bull excrement a bad name – al.com

Biden’s pot pardons: High time to end Alabama’s war on marijuana – al.com

Dead man talking: ‘I survived Alabama execution attempt’ – al.com

Bryan Harsin watch: War Eagle? Auburn’s battle cry should be ‘War Buzzard’ – al.com

Welcome to Speed Trap, Alabama: Where small towns turn into ‘little monsters’ – al.com

JD Crowe is the cartoonist for Alabama Media Group and AL.com. He won the RFK Human Rights Award for Editorial Cartoons in 2020. In 2018, he was awarded the Rex Babin Memorial Award for local and state cartoons by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Follow JD on Facebook, Twitter @Crowejam and Instagram @JDCrowepix.

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