Author Archives: Ampersand

Cartoon: Door to Door Policy Salesman

Posted on August 10, 2024 by Ampersand

This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. Becky says, “an unexpected challenge of drawing the big head style is that a man’s hat is the same size as his whole torso. I REALLY wanted one of the salesman to … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Economics and the like, Health Care and Related Issues | 8 Comments

Cartoon: Transphobes Are The Real Victims

Posted on August 9, 2024 by Ampersand

Once again, there’s a timelapse drawing video! Go watch me change my mind again… and again… and again! Sometimes, the drawing of a comic is just stuck in a low gear. This one, for example, took FOREVER to draw. I’m … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 3 Comments

Cartoon: Conan vs Copyright

Posted on August 8, 2024 by Ampersand

This cartoon was drawn by Nadine Scholtes. Popular cartoonist John Allison is a big fan of the character Conan the Barbarian, and was doing a Conan comic for fun in his free time, which you could read for free on his … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Free speech, censorship, copyright law, etc. | 3 Comments

Cartoon: Swing Voters

Posted on July 29, 2024 by Ampersand

This is another cartoon with a timelapse drawing video! I thought of this cartoon after listening to a news report interviewing swing voters. The swing voters they interviewed weren’t stupid, and they all seemed likable. But they were very, very … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Elections and politics | 10 Comments

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 | 33 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 | 105 Comments