For School: McSweeney's and the world

McSweeney's is ... I don't really know how to describe it.  A catalogue?  Publishing house?  Writer's Coalition?  Now doubt there is a more legitimate title, but, as of now, such a name has escaped me.

Now, how does this correspond to the assignment?  Well, frankly, I forgot what exactly the assignment WAS, what with this unconscious dependency on the expectation that the internet will solve all my problems (of remembering homework), and so this may not correspond to the rubric (which doesn't exist).  HOWEVER, from what I gather, I was supposed to find an artist of some sort who creates work circa world issues, etc.; while McSweeney's is rather far from a singular artist, it does indeed provide commentaries, stories, reports, and criticisms on nearly everything you can think of, from the modern sociopolitical dilemmas faced and lives lived by "Latin-American" commonfolk ( https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/mcsweeneys-issue-46-47 ) to the trials of a very vehement seasonal decorator ( http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/its-decorative-gourd-season-motherfuckers ).  Whilst not always strictly nonfiction, McSweeney's publishings are always pertinent in one fashion or another, whether to modern events or historical happenings/cultures.  They aren't always strictly humorous, either.  Not to mention the ART (which is just awesome):

Honestly, I don't really know/keep up on many politically focused artists, so ... yeah, here you go.  If you wanna read about them/just see their stuff:

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/