Cartoons
Splendid Marbles Cartoon Caption Contest
This cartoon will probably keep me out of the children’s literature industry for good – not that I had high hopes of striking gold by spinning morally uplifting stories for tykes. (Image after jump.) But hey, this is the Splendid Marbles Cartoon Caption Contest, and the subject matter, although neither laced with profanity nor oozing [...]
Time to Vote for the Winning Cartoon Caption!
My editorial staff and I have narrowed the list of cartoon caption submissions to five finalists – after another long and arduous fight, of course. (Finalists’ captions listed after jump.) I’m going through editorial staffers like a wealthy celebrity goes through spouses – but it’s well worth the cost in careers and emotions.
The five final [...]
Cro-Magnon Fire Squad
(Cartoon after jump.)I was on the Upper East Side this morning, desperately seeking an affordable place for breakfast – it was a long but ultimately satisfying quest (I found a cheap bagel place on 80th and 3rd Avenue).
With my belly full, I headed west toward Lexington Avenue to catch the Six Train, which is [...]
Second Cartoon Portrait of President-Elect Obama
I was in a dingy, but slightly welcoming Irish bar near Penn Station in Manhattan, between 6th and 7th Avenue a few nights ago to practice my drawing skills. The place is perfect for sketching or writing.(Drawing after jump.) It’s long and narrow, with a few tables and a modestly-sized TV in the back. (The [...]
Barack Sisyphus Obama
I am not even close to being an expert on Greek mythology – it’s actually a stretch for me to say that I have more than just a casual acquaintance with the subject.
As far as the myth of Sisyphus is concerned, I just knew it to be the story of a guy pushing a [...]
McCain Campaign’s Funeral Comes Early
Mounting despair, crushing depression and childish rage. This sums up the state of mind for many staffers in McCain’s presidential campaign and members of the Republican National Committee (RNC).
As once secure Republican states turn lighter shades of red – some appear to be approaching that dreaded shade of pink as they move toward purple [...]
The Lending Tree
The Lending Tree grew from a mere sapling just after the terrorist attacks of 9/11 into a giant monster that blocked out the sun, eventually toppling under its own girth, crushing the borrowed possessions in the home that it shared a lawn with.
The reason I mention 9/11 is that Americatown went into a short and [...]
Uncle Sam? Uncle Socialist. Get the t-shirt!
No need for alarm, folks. President Bush said today that the partial nationalization of the banking system is an “essential short term measure to ensure the viability” of our highly dysfunctional financial system. Then Bush described these latest moves to stop the financial crisis on Wall Street from spreading as “unprecedented and aggressive”. Sounds like [...]
Intravenous Finance
Governments around the globe launched aggressive schemes with speed induced by shear panic over the weekend in order to stop the global financial meltdown. Central banks in Europe and America will now guarantee a veritable stew of rotten bank loans and governments will purchase equity stakes in many of these retched and limping debt-peddling institutions.
The [...]
Prophetic Cartoon - Housing Crushes Economy
I created this cartoon in 2006. The following year marked the top of the real estate market, and as it turns out, the end of excessive financial leverage. In early 2005 I began studying the effects that the explosion of exotic loan products and the deterioration of lending standards were having on home prices. I [...]
