"The Three Wise Men All Chip In for a Nice Satellite Dish" Assignment for Illustration Friday: Wise. (I wasn't in Slate yet, but could have used this there, too.) Owl? Too obvious. Wise, as in smartass? Too snarky. So I went with the wisest of the wise, and I'm ready to start Christmas early, too! Hey, maybe I ...

I wrote the post below last February in my Griffith Park Blog. It's a popular post, so I thought cartoon people would like to take a look at it here. I update it below. I just couldn’t believe this article in the LA Times and many other papers today. But for one day — this Sunday — ...

It was a week ago that all the papers threw up their hands in mutual pretended concern that Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury did his Nov 5 strip early, predicting Barak Obama for the win. How to handle this delicate situation? Most papers decided to take the "risk" and run it. Not the LA Times. First the Times ...

I wanted to give a shoutout to two extremely talented and funny syndicated guys that work for a cause, and yet don't get all preachy. (And note the word funny, which most certainly does not describe most syndicated strips.)  This fall, both of these guys aimed many of their cartoons in support of Proposition 2, ...

Well, the big day is here. I doubt anyone will be looking at cartoons today, but life goes on, as do blogs and bloggers, so here I am. And no, I'm not undecided! I'm very decided! I'm really worried about Yes on Proposition 2. It's about pigs and veal, but mostly about chickens, since California is apparently ...

I hope you don't have to know Macbeth to understand this cartoon; just a rudimentary knowledge of witches is helpful, however. They do like to cook, they have unusual spices, and they're passionate. Plus, they like to stir up trouble for this election! You go, girls. The Drawing This is a rough. The lettering for the caption was ...