From the Hollywood Reporter, a news item they claim is exclu. (their ridiculous made up half word, not mine.) According to a source involved with casting, the network approached Facebook creator Mark Zuckerberg to join the dance card for the show's 11th cycle but was unable to secure him. The network also lobbied ...

My political cartoons for Slate have all been moved to The Opposite of Wrong, where I skewer all the cartoons! Sorry, sometimes you gotta be plain and simple in a blog. Sarah Palin has just resigned as Governor, so she won't be around to undress anymore. I drew this cartoon when she still had ...

"Add hair of Sarah, eyerolls of McCain, wool of Obama, and Biden's slip of the tongue...and we get a pretty tasty election!" © D. Barstow, 2008 I hope you don't have to know Macbeth to understand this cartoon; just a rudimentary knowledge of witches is helpful, however. They do like to cook, they have unusual spices, ...

"What's a 5-letter word for a woman who's both a barracuda and a pitbull?" I don't know, tell me. I don't do crossword puzzles, I do Soduku. (Actually, my favorites are logic problems.) But you know who they're talking about, right? And the word they might be thinking of? Only a few more days left to love ...

"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.

I am all kinds of thrilled that I've been invited to submit cartoons about the election to a major publication!! I don't think I've ever done any political cartoons until recently. (My father used to suggest that if I did them, I would be a "real" cartoonist,  but fortunately - I think it wasn't until he ...