Monthly Archives: April 2012

Who’s Got the White Guy Vote?


If you watch the television news, you might have noticed that the pundits are searching for what it is we want to hear. Veep talk? Hillary-Biden switch?  There isn’t a scandal in this race (yet), so the pundits are searching. … Continue reading

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Plastic Evolution


I think it was last week when the Internet was all over a Daily Beast article written by Ashley Judd. In the piece, she attacked the media and our society for paying attention to her “puffy face.”  Many were saying … Continue reading

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The War on Women


Last week was quite a week for the issue of women in the race for the President. It inspired me to draw the cartoon above. Whether you want to call it a War on Women or not, the GOP is … Continue reading

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Pretending Not to Know


I happened to be watching CNN last week when pundit Hillary Rosen made her major gaff, saying something to the effect that Ann Romney never worked a day in her life.  It was an unfortunate remark, and as she said … Continue reading

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Word and Image: The Art of Cartooning


Below is the transcript of a talk I gave at the Creativity Symposium at the Haystack Mountain School in Maine in 2011.  This will be produced as a monograph, and available in libraries across the country.    Speaking about creativity … Continue reading

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It’s Mitt’s Turn to Fetch the Ball


I didn’t draw any political cartoons last week. But if you think about it, everything is political. This dog talking is Santorum, and he’s saying what Mitt wishes Santorum would say. Go ahead, you get the ball. Its not my … Continue reading

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Pomp, Newt and Chickens


I don’t draw chickens much, and I certainly know very little about them. But any animal is material for a cartoonist’s muse–we can plug any idea into any situation.  Roosters, from my perspective, are comical. All bravado, swagger, pomp.  Does … Continue reading

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