Halloween cartoon I did for Double X (which is the girly side of Slate.) For Double X I do some cartoons that are current events and political, but also pop culture. Even fem, on occasion! I think Octomom would fall in the category of pop, or pup culture. Boy, did she wring the public on that one. ...

I've been wondering for a while, if birds cry. My parakeet almost moans when he's afraid, or gives a little shriek, but what about sadness? Google being what it is, I found this WikiHow article instead: How to Use Clothespins for Your Canary Cage I mean, who would have thought writing such an article was necessary? I ...

For Illustration Friday: subject is frozen. Well, it would have been understandable, and all too easy to do ice cream for this subject. But it's almost Halloween! And this is a very very cold...drink. You know what the waiter is about to say, right? Cold as a witch's toes in a brass bottle. Isn't that how it ...

OH NO! JAKE IS THE NEW BACHELOR! OH, NO! They announced it tonight on Dancing with the Stars. Was that Derek in the line-up?! And some other men who looked more interesting. Jake isn't funny. I need funny in a Bachelor. It's stressful, strange, and otherwise, strangling. OH, NO! Photo from etonline.

Forget Wordless Wednesday. At least for my cartoons. I rarely like silent cartoons, and what's the point, anyway? :) In fact, I once redesigned my stationary, back when people used it, to read, "because pictures speak louder with words." Here are more words, some books for you, but all of them have pix. My Home, My Money ...

For Illustration Friday: germs. This was part of my restaurant feature series, Daily Special, running in several papers. It's usually in their restaurant section, but sometimes it's in the entertainment one. Papers still love good features! I love doing cartoons on restaurants, even though I don't get to go to that many nowadays - I feel like ...