"I think we timed it just right. Election fever overshadows bank failures." If you are expecting analysis of the bailout package(s) and bill, explanations of why these banks failed, why the markets have plunged to unimaginable depths, and where you should invest any money  you have left now...well, you've come to the wrong blog. I'm just ...

"I have to get off. I've been waiting all week for "Dancing With the Candidates."" I love 'em both: Dancing with the Stars, and the debates. Next up: foxtrot, with Obama and Palin.

This is part of the original post. The cartoon and the rest of it are now on my chocolate blog. There was a sad obit in the LA Times this weekend: Robert Steinberg, who founded Scharffen Berger chocolate, passed away. I found their fresh baking chocolate to be superb! The Food Paper agrees with me on the ...

"I just told him to pack his bags, get out, and send me large checks." Of course, this is a New Yorker cartoon, or SHOULD be a New Yorker one. Tell it to Mankoff. This is for the Illustration Friday topic of PACKED. I guess divorce isn't very funny, is it? Probably why I don't have many ...

It's a wonder those talented artists allow me in their group. The subject this week is CLIQUE. "We see a lot of gentlemen turn their lives around with the right Swatch watch." Remember when people thought wearing a Swatch watch meant you were in the in group? Well, I still think that way! I just love them, ...

"Chocolate happens, dear." you've got my full attention. The Drawing I've done cartoons on chocolate from the very beginning of my cartoon career, even before chocolate became acceptable and not shameful! So I had a nice little stash of them before I signed a contract for my book on chocolate, but once I added them up, it was ...