Author Archives: Ampersand

Cartoon: Triheads vs Squareheads

Posted on April 11, 2021 by Ampersand

This cartoon is a collaboration between myself (script and lettering), Becky Hawkins (classroom scenes), and Naomi Rubin (Triheads vs Squareheads scenes). If you like these cartoons, help me make more (and help me pay my swell collaborators!) by supporting my … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Teaching Cops To Be Healers

Posted on April 3, 2021 by Ampersand

This cartoon is a collaboration with Kevin Moore. Help me make more of these cartoons (and to pay collaborators like Kevin and Becky!) by supporting my Patreon! Even a $1 or $2 pledge really matters. I get a lot of … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Now!

Posted on April 2, 2021 by Ampersand

I can make these cartoons because of readers supporting my Patreon. Join us! I hope all of us who celebrate it are having a good Passover. My household held our Seder Sunday night. There were six at our table, and … Continue reading →

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Open Thread and Link Farm, Quarter-Eating Mechanical Owl Edition

Posted on March 13, 2021 by Ampersand

Biden’s COVID-Relief Bill Is a Big F**king Deal “This is how progressives have been begging their party to govern for more than a decade: Ignore the Beltway’s fetish for bipartisanship and deliver big, clear gains to the American people. The … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Covid and the Moon, a true story

Posted on March 7, 2021 by Ampersand

I can only make these cartoons because people support them on Patreon! Most only pledge a dollar or two – but collectively, they make these cartoons happen, which is awesome. Join us! One of us… one of us… one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc. | 19 Comments

Open Thread and Link Farm, I Always Feel Like Clown Eggs Are Watching Me edition

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Ampersand

Butch lesbian opens up about ‘increasing harassment’ she faces when she uses public toilets “This hostility towards butch lesbians is believed to be borne out of people challenging the rights of transgender people to use single-sex toilets.” There was never … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: It’s Always The Sick Person’s Fault

Posted on February 4, 2021 by Ampersand

Help me keep making cartoons by supporting my patreon! Today’s cartoon is another collaboration with Becky Hawkins. The conservative ideology of individualism and everyone gets what they deserve falls especially flat on its face when we look at health care … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Health Care and Related Issues | 4 Comments

Cartoon: The Bullshit Tragedy

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please support them on Patreon! Kevin Moore and I created this cartoon back in November. I started to post it in public yesterday, but on rereading, realized that in the two months since the cartoon … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Patriarchy is Everywhere

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Ampersand

If you enjoy these cartoons, support them on Patreon! My goal is to make a living from lots of tiny contributions! This is one of the few cartoons that I just straight-up swiped from somebody else. Well, sort of. Almost … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Feminism, sexism, etc | 18 Comments

Open Thread and Link Farm, Canned Milk Edition

Posted on January 17, 2021 by Ampersand

Debt and Deficits, Yet Again – Center for Economic and Policy Research “The deficit hawks will be screaming that the Biden package will over-stimulate the economy, leading to rising interest rates and inflation. There is some truth to these claims, … Continue reading →

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