Posts featuring Commentary
We Have Met the Enemy, and he is Fox
Monday, October 12, 2009
A lot of people probably won’t recognize the reference to Walt Kelly’s Pogo, possibly the greatest political comic strip of all time–certainly the best illustrated. For those unfamiliar, here’s wikipedia’s article about it…
Knuckle-Dragging Neanderthals
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The title for the cartoon is taken from Representative Alan Grayson’s remark comparing the opposition in Congress to “knuckle-dragging neanderthals”…
This Hurts Me More Than It Hurts You
Saturday, September 12, 2009
I’d actually prepared a different gag in anticipation of Obama’s speech, and even though it was really good, if I do say so myself, I didn’t think it was appropriate as a response. So instead, I came up with this…
Only the Strong
Saturday, August 15, 2009
My initial idea referenced the scene from the beginning of the movie where babies that were deemed insufficiently healthy (and thus a potential liability to society) were thrown off a cliff…
Capital B
Friday, July 10, 2009
Once again, I’ve got a cartoon inspired by Glenn Greenwald’s reporting at Salon.com on the Obama Administration’s troubling disregard for civil liberties, due process, and other things (I felt) he was specifically installed to restore!
Judge, Jury & Executioner
Thursday, April 16, 2009
More disappointing news regarding President Obama trading liberty for “security.” Again, Glenn Greenwald has the scoop…
All the Better to Hear You With
Thursday, April 9, 2009
The EFF took the NSA to court over the latter’s illegal surveillance activities, and the Obama Justice Department has filed a motion calling for this court challenge to be thrown out, citing “state secrets”…
Mistakes Were Made
Monday, May 28, 2007
As with celebrity death/tribute cartoons, Memorial Day is one of those holidays where editorial cartoonists are often extremely lazy and not very clever. I loathe stuff like that, so I tried to make something commenting on the current war that would still have an appropriate attitude for the holiday…
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Tags: Hustler Magazine v. Falwell, Jerry Falwell, Larry Flynt
Bless You, Kind Sir
Sunday, April 22, 2007
Besides being an Earth Day cartoon, this one also doubles as my tribute to Kurt Vonnegut, Jr…