Monthly Archives: May 2011

DSK: One More Tip of The Iceberg?

Posted on May 31, 2011 by Liza Donnelly

Most weeks, I just do cartoons that are about life, culture and are sometimes indirectly political. However, there are issues in the news that I can’t ignore, like the one above. Since I do a weekly cartoon for Womens Enews, … Continue reading →

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Less Pundit Hot Air

Posted on May 25, 2011 by Liza Donnelly

I must admit that watching the Republicans flail around trying to find candidates to come up against President Obama is kind of fun. The wild card out there–Sarah Palin–has not indicated her candidacy yet, which is a little disconcerting.  My … Continue reading →

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What’s So Funny About Graduation?

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Liza Donnelly

A lot of kids are graduating from college this weekend (poor souls), and our daughter happens to be one of them. So I thought I would share a few cartoons I have done on the subject, and about college.  Enjoy! … Continue reading →

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Bridesmaids, The Movie

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Liza Donnelly

published on womensenews.org I want to weigh in on Kristin Wiig‘s new comedy, Bridesmaids, which I got a chance to see on Saturday. I laughed a lot.  What I liked about it was not the bathroom humor, of which there … Continue reading →

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Living Your Dreams

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Liza Donnelly

This is the text of a talk that I gave this spring, along with some of the cartoons I showed, for an organization called Generations. They asked me to speak about “Living Your Dreams.” *** I’m going to talk a … Continue reading →

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Michelle, Sarah and Newt

Posted on May 12, 2011 by Liza Donnelly

So we have one confirmed candidate in the Republican party, Newt Gingrich. My first thought is, can we have a president named “Newt?”  I suppose so, since we overcame the Hussein problem. I found it interesting that Mr. Gingrich, as … Continue reading →

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Between Ears

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Liza Donnelly

published in Womensenews.org It may have taken me several decades, but I finally took control of my thinking. That’s what I like to think, anyway. I love popular culture, but now I watch it as an anthropologist-cartoonist might, with fascination, … Continue reading →

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Serious and Funny in Bed Together

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Liza Donnelly

Last night, I had the pleasure of speaking to a group of women and men, all of whom are leaders in one way or another, or in the case of the younger people, future leaders. This cartoon was the last … Continue reading →

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Are We Still Worried?

Posted on May 2, 2011 by Liza Donnelly

copyright Liza Donnelly and The New Yorker Magazine This cartoon was published in The New Yorker in the months following September 11th, 2001. I think it’s appropriate to publish here again, with news of the death of Osama Bin Laden … Continue reading →

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