I’ve been meaning to post these wonderful sketches by the Russian cartoonist Victor Bogorad ever since my return from the Memorial de Caen Dessin de Presse conference. During a panel where we discussed religion and if there are limits in cartooning Victor was sitting in the audience, busily sketching. He made a little booklet out of them which he presented to me afterwards. I find his work quietly powerful, which not many people can accomplish.
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My Harpo Halloween costume
I’m not a big fan of Halloween as a holiday but did read this interesting article at the New York Times about Halloween costume correctness on campuses today. California Institute of the Arts, the school I attended in the mid-8os was famous (or infamous) for their outrageous Halloween parties. No costume correctness there; the biggest concern there was if the costume covered anything (paint seemed to be the choice of material). This not being my style I decided on dressing up as Harpo Marx, complete with a curly wig, trench coat, and horn. I loved this character- no talking, just blowing my horn as a response.
image from marxbrothers tumbler
Prints from the Hillary Clinton Benghazi hearing
I’ve received some requests for purchasing reprints of the sketches from the Hillary Clinton Benghazi hearings; they’re now available at the Cartoonist Group. (*Looks like the store is down, please contact info@cartoonistgroup.com for purchases and questions)
Hillary testifies at House Benghazi hearing
Last Thursday former Secretary of State testified for over 9 hours in front of the House Select Committee on Benghazi. You can see all the sketches at my Washington Post blog:
Atena Farghadani
Amnesty International reports that the activist and artist Atena Farghadani has been given a “virginity test” after being observed shaking hands with her male attorney. Read my piece at the Washington Post about this latest outrageous action by the Iranian government.
Sketches from the Democratic Debate
Senator Lincoln Chafee was a gift to cartoonists last night; unfortunately I don’t think he’ll be around much longer… (see all the sketches at the Washington Post)
The Nib book
The Nib is publishing a hardbound book with some of its best political cartoons and comics journalism. There’s lots of great work by cartoonists Liza Donnelly, Matt Bors, Tom Tomorrow and Brian McFadden, to name a few and a couple of mine are in there as well. Head over to their kickstarter page to contribute:
Presenting at Idea City 2015
Just returned from Toronto where I did a presentation about free speech and women in cartooning. Click on the image below for link to the video:
Former Speaker of the House Hastert indicted
Former Illinois congressman Dennis Hastert, who was brought in as an ethical alternative to former Speaker Newt Gingrich, was indicted on federal charges of “prior misconduct” and lying to the FBI. Some cartoons from the archive:
The 7 GOP presidential dwarfs
South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says he’ll announce his candidacy for president on June 1st, which brings the official republican total to seven.
(click image to see all seven)
Another shooting and stupid speech
My latest at the Washington Post (click image for link)
Talking about free speech at the Library of Congress
Had a great turnout for our presentation at the Library of Congress on Thursday. I’ve decided my favorite fellow panelist is cartoonist Signe Wilkinson; an excellent presenter who manages to get the audience laughing even while delivering a really solid editorial punch. Now if I can just keep her alive (she’s a serial jay-walker. Had to grab her from oncoming traffic a couple of times during her Washington visit). 
Signe Wilkinson, me, and moderator Martha Kennedy
photos courtesy of Katharine Blood