Author Archives: Ampersand

Cartoon: The Conservative Guide To Fighting Poverty

Posted on July 13, 2024 by Ampersand

This is another cartoon I made a two-minute timelapse video for. Making these videos is easy and I enjoy showing them to folks, so I’ll continue doing them now and then. Two things to watch out for in the timelapse … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Economics and the like | 6 Comments  

Comic: New Solutions To The Trolley Car Problem

Posted on July 9, 2024 by Ampersand

This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. Becky writes: I had way too much fun with the details in this cartoon! In panel 4, the script said: Nearby, either on the ground or on the other end of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 9 Comments  

Cartoon: Honest Miranda Warnings

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Ampersand

The U.S. justice system is completely awful, and most Americans have no idea. And it’s not just the cops. Our entire justice system is unfairly skewed in a myriad of ways, and it feels like there’s always some new terrible … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, police brutality, Prisons and Justice and Police | 6 Comments  

Cartoon: Gender Affirmation Isn’t Just For Trans People

Posted on June 18, 2024 by Ampersand

Note: This one got revised a lot after I first posted it. If you’re curious, you can see the first version here. It’s unusual for me to do a single-panel cartoon, and when I first wrote this cartoon it was … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 13 Comments  

Cartoon: The Absent Fatso

Posted on May 31, 2024 by Ampersand

Not related to anything – I clicked on a YouTube video for a cover of Billy Joel’s “Scenes From an Italian Restaurant,” both because I love that song (sorry Billy Joel haters!) and because the name of the group – … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Fat, fat and more fat, Media criticism | 36 Comments  

Cartoon: Who Would You Rather Meet In The Forest?

Posted on May 22, 2024 by Ampersand

This cartoon is by me and Nadine Scholtes. As some of you know, a couple of weeks ago – which is approximately forty centuries in internet time – a question went viral on the web: Asking women if they’d rather be … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Feminism, sexism, etc | 104 Comments  

Cartoon: Free Speech on Campus

Posted on May 9, 2024 by Ampersand

In the first draft of this cartoon, the first panel went out of its way to make fun of Emma Camp’s New York Times article about students being afraid to say controversial things. Camp described her own freedom of speech being threatened when … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc., Palestine & Israel | 6 Comments  

Cartoon: Deux Ex Machina, Suckers!

Posted on May 7, 2024 by Ampersand

This cartoon is another collaboration with awesome cartoonist Nadine Scholtes. One odd thing about being an atheist, as many atheists have pointed out, is that although we disbelieve in all gods, many of us extra disbelieve in a particular God – whichever … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Dogs, Religion | 18 Comments  

Cartoon: Unions Have Always Done The Impossible!

Posted on May 1, 2024 by Ampersand

The last week has been kind of a bummer for me, workwise – I pulled a muscle in my thumb. (Who even knew that was a thing?) Afraid of making it worse, I decided not to draw and to minimize … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Union Issues | 3 Comments  

Cartoon: It’s All About Caring, Fatsos

Posted on April 16, 2024 by Ampersand

This is one of those “I’m almost transcribing, but people will think I’m making it up” cartoons. I have a bad habit of searching social media to see what people are saying about fat people and fat acceptance, and I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Fat, fat and more fat | 1 Comment