Look how cute the NY Times op-ed is!

NYT opinion illus by Katia Fouquet

Look, is this not adorable? Great whimsical cartoon-like illustrations by Katia Fouquet, who I have never noticed until now. In the opinion section of the New York Times, no less! There are 4 different paintings, each one representing climate change in various parts of the world. From the Times: Though this is a global issue, it’s also a ...

Nutty Putty Cave Tragedy at Thanksgiving

John-Jones nutty putty cave

I feel so bad about this guy, John Jones, who died while spelunking in Nutty Putty Cave near Salt Lake City. He and his wife are so beautiful; he was in medical school and she's expecting their 2nd kid. (Utah, remember.) More than 50 people tried to help him for over a day. The 6-foot-tall, 190-pound ...

Tofu for Thanksgiving cartoon, not necessarily vegan.

Tofu Thanksgiving! With joke in corner, not by Oliphant

Thanksgiving cartoon for people who read editorial cartoons: *Hey, both my Tofu Turkey cartoon and my abortion cartoon are on the front page of Slate today, Thanksgiving! Gotta love the combination, and good feelings all over! San Francisco Chronicle joined in! Cartoon caption: TOFU FOR THANKSGIVING! Vegan, or...Bankrupt? [Toles or Oliphant would draw a small mammal here] I ...

Limited Calorie diets make monkeys cranky.

limited-calorie diet cartoon with monkey and smiley-faces

Supernanny says you always have to give a warning before you put someone in the naughty corner. Thanksgiving is only 3 days away! So this is your warning: be sure to eat enough at dinner so you aren't tempted to bite the other family or guests. It's cruel and inhumane. This blog at Sephora says that monkeys (and ...

How Democrats cheer themselves up.

the discouraged Democrats Club

For the Friday before Thanksgiving, one of my favorite cartoons this year!! You know who inspired me to do this cartoon? Two liberal cartoonists, Ted Rall and Rob Tornoe.  Ted writes about the war and other things making him itchy about Obama - he's just not a fan this year! And Rob has issues with gay ...

I support Swiss Miss and off-shore bank accounts!

IRS scares people into giving up Swiss bank accounts

Today was tough. I couldn't find anything I wanted to do a cartoon about! Then I read this. According to Yahoo News: Some 14,700 rich Americans, worried about a stepped-up U.S. crackdown on offshore tax cheats, have turned themselves in under the government's amnesty program. The Swiss Justice Department said it would hand over the names of wealthy ...