When I'm in the hood, I usually have my hair pulled up or back in some very non-Sarah Palin do, and little or no makeup on. Clothes are a crapshoot, too. Sometimes they're too short, too hole-y, or strangely unfashionable. Comfy would be a good description. I went to an open house at a neighbor's house ...

Prison Break had a very intense episode this week.  The title,"Greatness Achieved" apparently refers to my favorite character, Brad Bellick.  Formerly a very scary, mean prison guard in Fox River, who delighted in throwing together newbies and hardcore homos, some viewers hated him because he MAY have killed a cat belonging to one of the ...

Credit: G. B. Trudeau / Universal Press Syndicate. 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 ...

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. Both of these guys aimed many of their cartoons this fall in support of Proposition 2, ...

For Illustration Friday. Subject: Vacant. Is he not vacant? Of course, it doesn't have to be a man in advertising. Could be a hedge fund manager, too. The Drawing. I had fun with this Wacom brush and the colors. This is from a very early drawing. He has a neck! I struggled with the eyes, and couldn't figure out ...

"It's a poll. And I'll call you a weenie if you say you're undecided." Well, the big day is here. I doubt anyone will be looking at cartoons today, but life goes on, 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, ...