Category Archives: Cartooning & comics

(Not) All Jews Are Welcome

Check out the timelapse drawing video for this cartoon! From an October 2024 article from In These Times: U.S. Jewish Institutions Are Purging Their Staffs of Anti-Zionists In These Times interviewed 18 Jewish professionals with 16 different Jewish organizations across … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Palestine & Israel | 5 Comments

Trust Us, We’re Doctors

This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. Dylan Scott wrote an article on Vox entitled “The One Big Unanswered Question About Ozempic.” Ozempic seems to take away urges, and not only hunger related urges. And no one seems to … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Fat, fat and more fat | 29 Comments

Beware God’s Sock Puppets

This cartoon is by me and Kevin Moore. From the Bible (2 Kings 2, specifically): He went up from there to Bethel, and while he was going up on the way, some small boys came out of the city and … Continue reading

Posted in Atheism, Cartooning & comics, Religion | 6 Comments

Comic: We’ve Got Nothing Against Immigrants, Except the Immigrant Ones

I’m chuffed to again collaborate with R.E. Ryan, whose last cartoon with me was “Let’s Outlaw Being Homeless” over a year ago. I love the way his drawing recalls the style of classical cartooning. (Or so it looks to me, … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc., Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc | 1 Comment

Cartoon: They Will Never Be Shown

This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. Becky writes: I often choose which cartoon to draw based on personal grievances—I mean, I carry my wealth of life experience into my art. I worked as a cruise ship musician for a … Continue reading

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Cartoon: The End of PEPFAR

Check out the timelapse drawing video (including video of Frank Young’s coloring process). TRANSCRIPT OF CARTOON This cartoon has four panels. All of them show three people – a casually dressed woman, a politician type in a suit, and a … Continue reading

Posted in Africa, Cartooning & comics, Conservative zaniness, right-wingers, etc. | 4 Comments

(comic) Standing Aside Athwart History

This cartoon is drawn by the wonderful cartoonist Jenn Lee. (And doesn’t that carpeting in panel four look amazing?) “Athwart” is such a great word. I should look for chances to drop it into everyday conversation. (“I’m athwart live-action versions … Continue reading

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(comic) He’s Back – Get ‘Im!

Check out the video of me drawing this cartoon! Two-thirds through drawing this cartoon I had the thought “surely some other cartoonist has already done ICE arresting Jesus.” And of course, they had. For instance, Andy Marlette in 2017; Claytoonz … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc | 55 Comments

Cartoon: MALES Do That!

This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins, with an assist from Naomi Rubin, who suggested the kicker panel. — Becky writes: This is what I call the “making fun of jerks” genre of Barry-cartoon, which I enjoy drawing. This … Continue reading

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Lesbian, Gay, Bi, Trans and Queer issues, Transsexual and Transgender related issues | 2 Comments

Cartoon: Next Best Thing

This cartoon is a collaboration with Kevin Moore. Kevin writes: I really enjoyed putting in the chicken fat for this cartoon, something that in my previous work with Barry we had not explored much and that I think is a great innovation to Barry’s style. … Continue reading

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