ribbing

None have more than Marchand, whose ribbing style once earned the nickname “Little Ball of Hate” from none other than former President Barack Obama.

As a series living in “the kind lane,” the characters are accepted for who they are — even if there’s gentle ribbing at times.

Kirk took the ribbing in stride, calling it a “badge of honor” to be lampooned by the long-running cartoon.

Political cartooning is a dying art, usurped by illustrations that trade intelligent ribbing for low-brow button pushing — or, equally as startling, memes that require minimal effort to make.

“We wanted the ribbing to be perfect. We did so many different variations of it with the text and the size and getting it perfect.”