🔓 Unlocked: DMA#35: Drawing on the Edge of the Authoritarian Abyss with Ann Telnaes & Patrick Chappatte

Draw Me Anything with Jason Chatfield · Feb 23, 2026 · 46m

Hi friends,

This conversation is so important for people to hear, so I’ve decided to remove the paywall on the replay. Please feel free to share it with anyone you think might find it useful to hear.

Your pal,

Jason

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Join me for my next live video in the app on Wednesday 25th @ 12pm when I speak with fellow New Yorker cartoonist and author, Liza Donnelly.

But first, the recap…

“In an autocracy, the autocrat never picks up the phone. He doesn’t have to.”

That was the line that stuck with me after yesterday’s Draw Me Anything. It was spoken by Patrick Chappatte (Chappatte Cartoons), one of…