For Illustration Friday - I don't remember the subject now! Cartoon Caption: Bird says to cat, "I really wish you'd read Cats Who Hate Birds and the Birds who Love them." Obviously, the bird is hoping to make the cat like him, and not in an eating way, but you won't really get this cartoon unless you ...

Thin people look younger. Take heed, Los Angeles. Topic for Illustration Friday: skinny. This is also Wordless Wednesday, but forget that idea right now. I will never be wordless. Back when people designed stationary I designed some for editors that said at the bottom, ...because pictures speak louder with words. A cartoon is not an illustration, and ...

I went to Marty Murphy's memorial service on Monday at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. This is only the 2nd funeral I've ever been to since I've been a grownup, and my first time at this famous cemetery. We signed in and met Marty's sister and nephew, and some people said some nice things about him. ...

More observations on The Bachelorette, Jillian Harris style: Thinking more about Ed, he is funny as hell,  from his dolphin anecdote to the throwaway lines that the Editor allowed to sneak in. Funny and a hard worker and very handsome. Jillian chose well. HOWEVER - the more I consider the Final Rose, I really think she was ...

By "friends," I mean my favorite TV shows, but no, I'm not exaggerating. I look forward to certain shows all day or all week. And then I get a little nerdy, and run over to TWOP (Television Without Pity) to see what those guys have to say about it. (Diff shows draw different commenters. Some ...

The Illustration Friday request this week was for island. Oh, this was too easy. Every cartoonist has a closet full of desert island cartoons. "Dear Islander, enclosed are the five books you wanted most..." I'm still fooling around with my Wacom and different programs to color the scanned in drawings. I used Photoshop Elements for this one. ...