Category Archives: Cartooning & comics

Cartoon: Objective Journalism is Coming! Objective Journalism is Coming!

Posted on October 2, 2024 by Ampersand

This cartoon was drawn by frequent collaborator Nadine Scholtes, who unlike most cartoonists (and by “most cartoonists” I mean “me”) is not afraid of drawing horses. This week, I read a newspaper report about sex workers at massage parlors. The article … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Media criticism | 3 Comments

Cartoon: The Birth Rate is Always a Crisis

Posted on October 1, 2024 by Ampersand

“Teen mothers are increasing!” has been a common “everything is getting worse!” my whole life – until recent years, when “fertility is down!” has replaced it. Like this CBS News headline: “Experts sound the alarm on declining birth rates among younger generations: … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics | 14 Comments

Comic: Election Year, Squishy Progressive Style

Posted on September 9, 2024 by Ampersand

This cartoon is less self-portrait than it is self-parody. ((Testing the footnotes plugin.)) It was conceived shortly after Joe Biden announced that he won’t be running for re-election, around when Kamala Harris announced Tim Walz, and like practically everyone else … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Elections and politics | 6 Comments

Cartoon: A Concise History of Keeping The Immigrants Out

Posted on September 7, 2024 by Ampersand

[This post is written by Becky Hawkins.] This cartoon was born over gChat over a span of about 12 hours: Becky: It’s wild how every “neat old photo” from an aggregate account on social media will have some egregiously racist … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Immigration, Migrant Rights, etc | 22 Comments

Cartoon: The Objective New York Times

Posted on August 29, 2024 by Ampersand

On August 8th, after about three weeks of the mainstream press, led by the New York Times, complaining repeatedly that Kamala Harris hasn’t been taking questions from reporters, Harris stopped on her walk to Air Force Two to take some questions … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Elections and politics, Media criticism | 5 Comments

Cartoon: Announcing My New A.I. Comics Initiative!

Posted on August 15, 2024 by Ampersand

After I finished this cartoon, someone on Reddit asked me if one of my previous cartoons was drawn by A.I.. So just in case, I’ll clarify: This comic is not really drawn by A.I.. The news that inspired this comic: Colin … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartooning & comics, Economics and the like | 30 Comments

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