Category Archives: Cartooning & comics

Crap You Hear In A Wheelchair

This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. Becky writes: As a cartoonist in the internet age, I’m really lucky to have access to drawing tutorials as well as reference photos! I found wheelchairs really hard to draw from photos … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Disability Issues, Disabled Rights & Issues | 7 Comments

Blame Immigrants!

As many people have written, one way powerful people and institutions stay in power is by scapegoating immigrants. Dick Dowdell sums it up well: When wages stagnate, when health premiums rise faster than paychecks, when rent eats a third of … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc | 15 Comments

What Freedom Looks Like

Another collab between me and Nadine Scholtes. I have a big and overwhelming project with a deadline in just a bit over a month; I don’t expect to be participating much in Alas comments until it’s turned in, or  at … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc. | 2 Comments

Why Are You Singling Out Israel?

If you publicly criticize Israel, you’ll sooner or later be confronted with the “why are you singling out Israel” critique. “There are so many nations in the world – so picking on the world’s one and only Jewish state must … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Palestine & Israel | 22 Comments

They Think They Own The Road!

A cartoon by me and Becky Hawkins. Becky writes: In recent years, I’ve become involved with local organizing efforts around safer streets. I’ve had some galvanizing experiences, like witnessing a hit and run during a group bike ride on the way to … Continue reading

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Doin’ Discourse With Ezra and Charlie

Seemingly obligatory disclaimer: Of course I don’t approve of murdering Charlie Kirk. But we can be against assassinating a hateful bigot without whitewashing him. All of the things said by suit guy in this cartoon, are things Kirk actually said … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Civility, Civility & norms of discourse, Race, racism and related issues | 61 Comments

The Cities Are Full Of, uh, “Crime”

This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. From an article by Sara Libby in the San Francisco Chronicle: Trump and other members of his administration, while often using false or misleading statistics, have cited rampant crime as the justification … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Race, racism and related issues, Racism | 86 Comments

Slashing Medicaid: Your Loss Our Gain

My new cartoon collection, Why Must They Shove It In My Face?, is out. It’s about 200 pages of cartoony goodness, featuring 100 cartoons, plus text pieces and oodles of behind-the-scenes sketches. You can download the PDF if you join my Patreon … Continue reading

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You Only Think You Liked It!

My new cartoon collection, Why Must They Shove It In My Face?, is out! It’s about 200 pages of cartoony goodness, featuring 100 cartoons, plus text pieces and oodles of behind-the-scenes sketches. You can download the PDF if you join … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Race, racism and related issues | 15 Comments

At Least The Fruit Subscription Services Run On Time

For the record, it’s a myth that Mussolini made the trains run on time. From Snopes: The Italian railway system had fallen into a rather sad state during World War I, and it did improve a good deal during the … Continue reading

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