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What´s My Political Cartoon Andrew Jackson?

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My Political cartoon “Andrew Jackson???” depicts Andrew Jackson along with vampire teeth and demon horns, on top of his head he has a fake halo, as well as money falling from above his head. In the cartoon he is saying “for the good of the common man” this does not symbolize anything but to help the viewer determine that it is Andrew Jackson. The vampire teeth are meant to represent things not being what they seem, as vampires are portrayed very human like. The demon horns enforce the idea of him being “evil”. The halo on his head symbolizes, again, that things are not what they seem, it also shows that he is a fake. The money from the sky is meant to symbolize greed and corruption. The main idea of the cartoon is to show that Andrew Jackson

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