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Hold the Malaise

2011-08-13T09:20:00.001-07:00

Obama Goes with the Flow

2011-08-10T08:25:00.001-07:00

Get Yer Sttinkin' Paws Off My Enitlements...

2011-08-02T06:37:00.000-07:00

The Road to Wu-ville

2011-07-25T19:13:00.001-07:00

News of the Hurled

2011-07-25T19:07:00.001-07:00

I Call That a Bargain

2011-07-25T18:59:00.001-07:00

Ron and Barney Go to White Castle

2011-07-25T18:56:00.000-07:00

War Powers Actor

2011-06-21T12:46:00.000-07:00

The question is no longer are Obama's Executive Power Grabs > George Bush's Executive Power Grabs but are Obama's Executive Power Grabs > Richard Nixon's.?

Cruise Issues

2011-06-17T06:39:00.000-07:00

I used to think Newt was a dumb, smart guy. I've since downgraded him.

Golf in the Political Kingdom

2011-06-08T02:52:00.000-07:00

Anyone who has played golf knows the physical and mental challenges of the game are wildly unsatisfying. That's why it's important to make as many wagers as possible when playing a match. A two dollar Nassau hardly seems worthy of the two most powerful politicians in Washington.

Battle Hymns of the Republicans

2011-05-31T12:15:00.000-07:00

Perhaps this was simply an exercise to determine which GOP contender to lose the general election I like drawing best. I'm figuring out Pawlenty (think Bobby Weir singing "Born Cross-Eyed") but I still think Ron Paul, though a work in progress, might be the most fun for a number of obvious reasons.

Chicken Fight

2011-05-31T12:09:00.000-07:00

My Pawlenty was pretty bad here. By the following week I was determined redeem ourselves (poor caricatures are always in part the fault of the caricatured).

Speaker of the Devil

2011-05-17T08:30:00.000-07:00

Yeah Newt! He's an "idea man." He "loves animals." He's "serious." He's "a dick."

Big Audio Dynamite

2011-05-11T08:55:00.000-07:00

Osama Bin Trumped

2011-05-11T07:59:00.000-07:00

Tip of the Zuckerberg

2011-05-11T07:54:00.000-07:00

Bubble Boy King

2011-05-11T03:07:00.000-07:00

Gotta Serve Somebody

2011-04-12T04:47:00.001-07:00

After Maureen Dowd's contribution to the "Encyclopedia-I-Don't-Know-The-First-Thing-About-Bob-Dylan," I became determined to add my own entry. If Not For You, Donald Trump.

Make Every Trillion Count

2011-04-12T04:29:00.000-07:00

Mission Creep Accomplished

2011-03-29T02:51:00.000-07:00

I started out trying to draw a cartoon about Congress's Constitutional dereliction of duty that is the lack of a U.S. Budget. I couldn't make it go where I wanted to so I went to a new place that ended up with Newt. As I've mentioned before, I am the son and brother of engineers, so I was drawn to this concept of kinetics.

Ivana Run for President

2011-03-29T02:48:00.001-07:00

Ultimately, Trump won't run. In large part due to what's conveyed in this cartoon. That's a shame. Not for the country, but for me and my ilk. Who would YOU rather satirize? Trump or Pawlenty?

All Things Obliterated

2011-03-15T05:52:00.000-07:00

Republicans saw Bill Clinton as a horndog who was somehow illegitimately elected. So Bill Clinton behaved like a horndog, lied about it under oath and handed a gift-wrapped scenario to the people who sought to remove him from office.

Republicans see NPR as elitist, soft on terrorism, and seriously biased against Republicans . So what does NPR do...?

Wise Gal

2011-03-08T05:43:00.000-08:00

Michelle Bachmann:DC :: Charlie Sheen:LA. And for that we are grateful.

Wild Things

2011-03-08T05:40:00.001-08:00

Let the record show, I was an early adopter of the "DUH, WINNING!" lifestyle. In cartoon form.

The Liberal Network

2011-03-08T05:37:00.001-08:00

There's always an angle to liberals feeling like Winklevii regarding Obama.

Chinese Nanny State

2011-03-08T05:31:00.000-08:00

Gipper Tripper

2011-02-08T08:33:00.000-08:00

One of my favorite 30 Rock episodes/concepts is "Reaganing." Almost every day, I express my need to/bemoan my failure at "Reaganing."

The Pit and the Congressman

2011-02-01T05:39:00.000-08:00

I know dental work can add up but $150,000!? Kucinich has always had a hell of a smile so who am I to put a price on it? He should probably be more concerned with what he'll do after being redistricted into oblivion than keeping sandwich wraps safe from olive pits.

SOTU Much Hyperbole

2011-01-26T03:33:00.000-08:00

This cartoon began while watching the Jets-Steelers and becoming increasingly irritated with Jim Nantz. Then I remembered how breathlessly annoying he is at The Masters. Next I simply applied that to the pompous language that usually accompanies the SOTU. Instant cartoon.

Paul in the Family

2011-01-26T03:26:00.000-08:00

This cartoon was begging to be drawn. I've had roommates and I've had Libertarians, but I've never had a Libertarian roommate.

Tragedies and Travesties

2011-01-13T09:25:00.000-08:00

I'm surprised but glad Obama proved me wrong on this. I finally felt like he really was a human being and especially, a father. I'm glad Congresswoman Giffords is recovering in miraculous ways. I'm sad that we can't even seem to agree that the mentally unbalanced shouldn't be sold guns.

I Found My Bill

2011-01-13T09:21:00.000-08:00

Naked Gun Control

2011-01-13T05:29:00.000-08:00

Bouncing a Gut Check

2010-11-23T03:12:00.000-08:00

So because of a fairly typical election cycle, President Obama is put on a political respirator? We're getting dumber. Quickly.

Out of Position(s)

2010-11-23T03:04:00.001-08:00

I always thought there was some modest justice to the House rules. You lose the majority, you lose a leadership post. This maneuver seems transparent and embarrassing.

Dems the Breaks

2010-11-04T03:30:00.000-07:00

I've got to improve my Rachel Maddow caricature. She does live with an artist named Mikula, after all.

Exile on K Street

2010-11-04T03:24:00.000-07:00

Sometimes you get lucky and manage to incorporate one of your two favorite rhythm guitarists of all time into a cartoon. Keef also tons of fun to draw.

Under-doggin It

2010-10-20T05:55:00.000-07:00

Obama as Gilbert Arenas? Kind of a reach. The president cares more about basketball.

Fall Guys

2010-10-20T03:29:00.000-07:00

Fall Guys

2010-10-06T07:06:00.001-07:00

Jive from the Improv

2010-10-06T05:01:00.001-07:00

They had it coming.

Delaware Credibility Gap

2010-09-23T08:28:00.000-07:00

Tea party meets Reggie Bush. Sort of.

What's the Big Idea?

2010-09-14T07:28:00.000-07:00

Newt's always been a nut---who else impeaches a president for lying under oath about a sexual affair, while conducting his very own, equally creepy affair? He spits out ideas with the rapidity of a Tommy Gun. And with similar intellectual accuracy. Best part? Dude's only faced the voters in one of the most conservative districts in Georgia and still thinks he could get elected president. Can't wait.

Takeover Time

2010-09-07T07:59:00.000-07:00

I'm very pleased Paul Ryan is one of the "Young Guns." He's the most interesting of them to draw.

Celebrimath: Word Problems

2010-09-01T08:53:00.000-07:00

Zoning Defense

2010-08-25T11:42:00.000-07:00

Dirty Little Stones

2010-08-11T09:52:00.000-07:00

Eustace Twitty

2010-08-11T09:49:00.000-07:00

Too much fun to pass up. Thanks to all the great New Yorker cartoonists I stole from and Kanye for the inspiration.

Haynesworthless

2010-08-03T03:30:00.000-07:00

Typical cartooning no-brainer. I just wish I could have actually drawn Fat Albert.

Apollo Greed

2010-08-03T03:25:00.000-07:00

Couldn't have happened to a nicer guy. Seriously, everyone talks about what a great guy Charlie Rangel is. And what a gigantic crook he is. Everybody talks about that now too.

Two American Zoetropes

2010-07-20T03:26:00.000-07:00

Before I had children and became preternaturally exhausted, I could do the Apocalypse Now>Hearts of Darkness breakout. One of my favorite movies and one of my favorite documentaries. Now I settle for being able to work it into a cartoon.

Sports Graph

2010-07-15T08:52:00.000-07:00

Mike and the Mollusk

2010-07-14T03:54:00.001-07:00

Cartoonists love crazy people. Like Michael Steele and Mel Gibson. Throw in a soothsaying octopus and it's cartooning magic.

Rake and Bake

2010-07-07T03:09:00.000-07:00

This pleased me. I got to send up "Morning Joe," connect John Boehner with long-retired tanning legend and personal hero, Zonker Harris, and draw a mushroom cloud.

Political Perspectives

2010-07-07T02:55:00.000-07:00

Most of the animations I've posted here have been entertainment-oriented. Here's a geopolitical one.

Anti-St. Christopher Meddle

2010-06-29T02:43:00.000-07:00

I do enjoy the rascal, Christopher Hitchens. I haven't put him in a cartoon in a while. Today seemed a good day to do that. He's fun to draw. Stand by for more.

Greene Technology

2010-06-25T03:38:00.000-07:00

There's a pattern emerging in my work. Since moving to Georgia I've been enjoying the Gulf of Mexico with increasing frequency. Specifically, St. George Island, Florida. I've seen the remarkable beauty and diversity of the Gulf first hand and I'm scared, sad, and angry. And yes, I have seen the enemy and he is me.

Celebrimath: Common Denominators

2010-06-16T09:46:00.000-07:00

Half Court (with the) Press

2010-06-16T09:41:00.000-07:00

The President's people like to make a point of what a great guy he is on the basketball court. His behavior towards the ink and toner-stained wretches suggests otherwise. That is, the tool who calls everything.

Steam Building

2010-06-09T09:05:00.000-07:00

Where have you gone, Walt Kelly? The enemy is us indeed. Of course, the smarter play is blaming big, bad BP. They are a grossly overcompensated collection of derelict pikers to be sure, but the current administration tact more resembles blaming the bartender for a fatal drunk driving accident than crisis leadership.

Implant Nation

2010-06-02T09:11:00.000-07:00

We have seen your future, Heidi. You can't escape the math.

Inspiration by Accusation

2010-06-01T04:08:00.001-07:00

Lost and Floundering

2010-05-25T08:21:00.000-07:00

I couldn't let LOST leave the scene without working it into ROTUNDARAMA one more time. And yes, I was cool with the finale. Not cool? All that damned oil heading toward some of my favorite places in the world. Keep calm and carry on, Eddy Teach's!

Blown Switch

2010-05-18T03:44:00.000-07:00

When composing cartoons about Arlen Specter, I like to revisit his role on the Warren Commission. He's a quirky fellow. I'm going to miss him. Perhaps.

Top Stun Gun

2010-05-12T10:16:00.000-07:00

John McCain is now in his fifth year as the poster child for leaving the scene while still universally respected. Hero>Maverick>Cautionary Tale.

Celebrimath

2010-05-12T10:02:00.000-07:00

A new animation. The Sandra Bullock story is kind of played, but it was a good exercise. .

Stand-up and Deliver

2010-05-06T09:42:00.000-07:00

The President brought the house down last Saturday night. Meanwhile, BP was bringing down the Gulf Coast. Despite my culpability as a petroleum consumer in Southeaster United States, I'm sad and irate. The nature I've enjoyed down there doesn't stand a chance.

Celebricredits

2010-05-06T08:54:00.000-07:00

I've been fooling around with some animation and I'll be posting the results here. Mostly stupid celebrity-oriented.

Too Big to Jail

2010-04-27T13:08:00.000-07:00

I enjoy wagering a milkshake or matchstick on the outcome of a sporting event. So it's easy to imagine the contempt I have for Goldman Sach's collection of game-riggers.

Tea Times

2010-04-20T04:16:00.000-07:00

Yup.

Even Stevens

2010-04-13T04:20:00.000-07:00

I love the Supreme Court and I really love Supreme Court Confirmation Silliness. They've made quite a sport of it. Not all sport of it, but not a good sport like football or golf. Ultimate Fighting is what it most resembles.

Babe Magnet and Steele

2010-04-13T04:17:00.000-07:00

I've been trying to get Michael Steele and Tiger Woods into a cartoon for some time now. And I really enjoy drawing airplanes. Inserting a "Steele Your Face" gag was really just gravy for me.

GOP in Flux

2010-04-01T09:32:00.001-07:00

This cartoon was inspired by either the release of "Hot Club Time-Machine," or falling into the demographic that would relate to it. And a homage to my generation's true wormhole film.

Reform, Rinse, Repeat

2010-04-01T09:24:00.000-07:00

Bullied Pulpit

2010-04-01T09:21:00.000-07:00

The Flighty Quinn

2010-03-09T03:04:00.000-08:00

I thought the whole Sally Quinn thing might be a bit of a force. Then I thought the Dems as dysfunctional family might be laughably obvious. Then I read that turnout in Iraq was over sixty percent. When it's it the mid-forties we'll know they have truly embraced democracy.

Sorry, Charlie

2010-03-05T03:46:00.001-08:00

I have to spend parts of a month getting our taxes together. Then I PAY AN ACCOUNTANT to prepare them. So it's not hard to create a cartoon ripping the man in charge of writing the tax laws. Especially when said man has written the laws for everyone but himself. Charlie Rangel, a Korean War hero, now joins the swollen ranks of politicians who came to Washington to do good and wound up doing well.

Of Nukes and Kooks

2010-02-23T13:32:00.000-08:00

So we have two parties. One is completely insane, the other is completely gutless. The system worked!

CNN Cartoon Clicks

2010-02-23T13:25:00.000-08:00

Final Football Fix

2010-02-23T13:20:00.000-08:00

This cartoon was draw the week after the Superbowl. I was missing the NFL yet resentful that Mel Kiper had begun ESPN's saturation coverage of the NFL draft. That and beginning to think that President Obama is all brain and no cattle.

Alabama Getaway

2010-02-23T12:44:00.000-08:00

I don't know which tanker is best for the military, I just know that this is, in the words of my father, a bunch of horseshit.

One Story

2010-02-02T11:00:00.000-08:00

These are my favorites. I find I do my best work when I can apply events that really matter to me to our usual political silliness.

CNN Cartoon Clicks

2010-02-02T10:56:00.001-08:00

Steve Jobs is fun to draw. If you asked school children to draw what a man from the future would look like, Jobs's is pretty much what they would come up with.

Peyton's Out of Place

2010-02-02T10:50:00.001-08:00

Sure Peyton Manning makes a ton more than President Obama, but to paraphrase Babe Ruth, he had a better year.

Angel of Waikiki

2010-02-02T10:36:00.001-08:00

That was a close one. Editorial cartooning almost lost a guy whose opinions are as easy to caricature as that pile of elephant scat he calls a head.

Learnable Moment

2010-02-02T10:29:00.000-08:00

John Edwards, Peter Orszag, Harry Reid, and Ben Nelson. Each one sleazy for a completely different reason.

Cameron Crazies

2010-02-02T10:25:00.000-08:00

This was a long way to go to draw Joe Lieberman with a tail.

Econ Misers

2009-12-16T04:02:00.001-08:00

Sometimes my job involves "research." Sometimes that "research" is pissing away the morning watching Heat Miser and his brother on You Tube. Sometimes something comes of it.

CNN Cartoon Clicks

2009-12-16T03:58:00.001-08:00

Lesser Predecessor

2009-12-16T03:44:00.000-08:00

People often ask me if I miss President Bush--the implication being that he created so much material for satirists that we could coast. His war with the English language was amusing, but his tenure was so awash in tragedy--both circumstances beyond his control and his often disastrous responses to them. I always welcome fresh blood. Especially arrogant fresh blood. It's also preferable to kick people when they're up.

Crash and Learn

2009-12-16T03:37:00.000-08:00

This seemed important at the time. I do wish Desiree Rogers had invoked Executive Privilege before I drew this cartoon.

CNN Cartoon Clicks

2009-12-01T09:00:00.000-08:00

Study Gall

2009-12-01T08:36:00.001-08:00

Flow Chart Smarts

2009-12-01T08:03:00.000-08:00

Psych Flops

2009-11-11T08:21:00.000-08:00

This was too much for me to resist. Funny movie, "votes" rhymes with "goats," and a chance to satirze Harry Reid's unwarranted confidence in his mental abilities.

CNN Cartoon Clicks

2009-11-11T08:19:00.001-08:00

CNN is still monkeying with the new site and I'm told my material is hard to find. That should be corrected by Friday. Meanwhile, here's last week's cartoon.

Moderation is for Moderates

2009-11-06T08:24:00.000-08:00

I couldn't work the term "Yezhovshchina" into this cartoon, so I had to settle for Man Coulter and Rush.

Stealth Health

2009-11-06T08:16:00.000-08:00

I think I could make this plan work for my family.

Fox in the Zen House

2009-10-20T04:34:00.000-07:00

Just how many un-winnable wars is this administration planning on getting into?

House of Cads

2009-10-13T13:47:00.000-07:00

Okay. I've been away. And missed the Nobel Peace Prize Panel hanging a MISSION ACCOMPLISHED banner behind President Obama. This was the last cartoon I drew before departing. It was really relevant back then.