My story for the Columbia Journalism Review about the great editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant goes live on Monday.
Category: free speech
Trump is an opportunist; we are the problem
We have met the enemy and-with the help of a celebrity focused news media- he is us.
Trump and Clinton win big in primaries last night
Donald Trump wins Florida, Illinois, and North Carolina while John Kasich takes Ohio. All the sketches are over at the Washington Post:
GW Bush campaigns for Jeb in South Carolina
The Jeb! Bush campaign has decided to bet on the fact Americans have the collective memory of a gnat when it comes to a misguided war built on deception and political agendas. (cartoons from the archive:)
Recorded interview at CTNexpo
Last year I gave a presentation at the CTNexpo in Burbank, CA. This very popular annual animation conference hosted by Tina Price is packed with the biggest names in the field who hold workshops and presentations for fans and others interested in the animation field. Since the theme was “One of a Kind”, I was invited to talk about my transition from animation to editorial cartooning. Here’s a link to a recorded studio interview CTN did while I was in town. I’ll post the link to the actual presentation soon. 
The Democratic and Republican debates before the New Hampshire primary
This past Wednesday CNN hosted a Democratic town hall with the last two standing, Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders (click images to see all my sketches over at the Washington Post).
On Thursday the Democrats held their last debate before the primary
…and the Republicans held their debate. We’re down to only 8 candidates now!
Discussing free speech and Charlie Hebdo 1 year later
My excellent colleague Signe Wilkinson and I were on C-Span this weekend talking about Charlie Hebdo, free speech, and a few other things…
2015 cartoons Year in Review
A collection of animated and still editorial cartoons over at my blog at the Washington Post.
Russian cartoonist Victor Bogorad
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.
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
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.
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:
