Another entry into the Cranky Sociologists gallery. Karl Marx was much easier to play around with, because unlike most other sociologists, he is incredibly well-known — though, honestly, not through any fault of his own. No doubt he would have loved to see the revolutions he inspired, but he was far too skeptical of authority [...]
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Karl Marx
June 18th, 2013 · No Comments
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InciteEd Crowdfunding Project
June 18th, 2013 · No Comments
Here is a webcomic page I created for IncitED, a nonprofit organization that helps raise money and awareness for education projects. Props to Kevilina and Peter, who were a pleasure to work with.
Tags: cartoons · education · illustrations
Toppling Michelle Rhee
May 8th, 2013 · 1 Comment
Like a lot of illustrations I do for education sociologist Mark Garrison, this one draws on my political cartooning skills, as much as my caricature and illustration skills. The focus of Mark’s article, Infaming the Public, Part IV: Public Self-Consciousness and Assessment for Democratic Renewal is much broader than this cartoon would imply, but draws upon his [...]
Education Reform and Number Fudging
April 16th, 2013 · No Comments
These two illustrations accompany the third installment of Mark Garrison’s critique of the Common Core Standards and the politics of education reform. Such strange times we live in, when public education is under attack.
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C. Wright Mills
April 16th, 2013 · No Comments
Famous theorist of the “power elite”, C. Wright Mills is one of my favorite sociologists. SocProf writes about him at Cranky Sociologists, and the above illustration goes with it. Pay the article a visit, Mills is always worth another look.
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New Learning Curve Cartoon: Parent Trigger (Un)Happy
October 26th, 2012 · No Comments
Newly added to the Learning Curve page, a cartoon about “Won’t Back Down” and the parent trigger option it propagandizes. The real challenge of this cartoon was rendering Maggie Gyllenhaal and Viola Davis in a cartoony fashion, less caricature, more cartoon character (subtle difference, I know.) I think the top panel is successful, Maggie reads [...]
Tags: cartoons · education · unions
Penny-farthings and Suchlike
October 10th, 2012 · No Comments
I don’t know what it is that prevents me from posting a link to the new Wanderlost page here every week, but I am on an every other week habit, so I guess that will do. Page four of “Loose Ends” appeared last week and it takes a slight detour into Star Wars fantasy. But [...]
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Wanderlost “Loose Ends” Pages 2 and 3
September 30th, 2012 · No Comments
Here be the latest pages of Wanderlost story “Loose Ends.” Page 2 is like a “Where are they now?” for secondary characters, using a newspaper as a dialog prompt. Page 3 adds more romantic intrigue and domestic drama.
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Wanderlost – New Story Started This Week
September 15th, 2012 · No Comments
Posted this on Wednesday, but forgot (again) to tell this blog. Social media has got me so scattered. Anyway, here is an image link to the new page that starts a new story line for Wanderlost. And, I should note this, the FINAL story line for Wanderlost. After this, I will move on to new [...]
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Illustrations for a Kickstarter Video
August 30th, 2012 · No Comments
Now that Ben Lehman has posted the Kickstarter video for his science fiction anthology/role-playing game, Skew, I can tell you about the illustrations I done did fer ‘em. In fact, here be they. In order of appearance. To understand the narrative behind them, you should watch the video.
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