Gaffes are an inevitable part of the long campaign season for the presidency, a problem made worse when they became more expensive, requiring an extra year just to raise money. Throw in more debates, and candidates, brain weary and tongue tied, will find it hard to avoid the regrettable “inartful comment.” The last few weeks … Read More “Fetch: Gaffes” »
Category: cartoons
Not a day goes by in Portland when I don’t hear someone (probably me) complaining about the rising cost of housing in Portland. The city is growing, and new home construction cannot keep apace with the influx of new residents, many coming from more expensive real estate markets to take advantage of our relatively “cheap” … Read More “Fetch: Realtor” »
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Am I supposed to mourn a hateful man when he dies? Certainly Antonin Scalia could be much worse (consider Osama bin Laden or Ronald Reagan), but the negative impact he had on the lives affected by his jurisprudence was not minor. The next jurist to replace him will most likely be better and join in … Read More “Fetch: Scalia” »
I launched a new webcomic strip today. Or I should say, I finally gave a name and a home to a sporadically produced collection of single and multi-panel strips featuring a cat who talks to a cartoon version of myself. The name of the cat and thus the name of the strip is “Fetch”. You … Read More “New Webcomic Strip – Fetch” »
Breed if you want to. Don’t breed if you don’t want to. I’m a parent. I love my kids. I wanted to have children, so I did. I know a lot of people who don’t want to have children, and they have made the wise decision to not have them. Who needs more resentful, angry, … Read More “Great Reasons to Have Kids” »
I was recently asked by a librarian colleague to contribute a cartoon to a time capsule. Held by the Oregon Library Association, the capsule will open in 2040. Although I had the option to pick any old thing I had already done, I really liked the idea of creating a cartoon for an audience … Read More “Libraries 2040” »
The same day that Indiana Governor Mike Pence signed a state law allowing for the discrimination against LGBT workers and customers in the name of religion, he also lifted a ban on needle exchanges in response to a serious HIV epidemic. That is a good move, needle exchanges are among the most effective means of … Read More “Hoosier Phobias” »
Two hashtag campaigns launched last week on Twitter (where else?) addressing the topic of race. With #racetogether, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz thought it would be a neat idea to use coffee and his low wage workers to “start a conversation” that neither worker nor customer would ever want, regardless of their respective positions. As I … Read More “Hashtag Dissonance” »
