Category Archives: Environmental issues

Cartoon: Top Ten Reasons Americans Want Enormous Cars

Posted on May 14, 2025 by Ampersand

This cartoon is by me and Becky Hawkins. (The final panel, which I love, was all Becky’s idea.) (I want it on the record that I did not, as a writer, request that Becky draw eight characters into the final … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: The Myth of Plastic Recycling

Posted on May 1, 2025 by Ampersand

This cartoon was written by me and drawn by Becky Hawkins. Becky’s drawing soundtrack for this cartoon was the audiobook of Woodworking by Emily St. James. The audiobook is a three-for-one enjoyable experience of trans artistry since there are two … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Compromising the Centrist Way

Posted on January 5, 2025 by Ampersand

This cartoon is drawn by Becky Hawkins, who writes: I chose to draw this cartoon because the image of a “centrist” listing all of the concessions that leftists should make in order for conservatives to begin to engage in basic effing self-preservation … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Capitalism can Innovate Around Anything!

Posted on February 22, 2022 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please support them! Each $2 pledge really helps! Do it or I’ll buy a puppy from a puppy farm instead of going to a shelter! This cartoon was inspired by a Paul Krugman column that … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Oil and Gas are So Cheap!

Posted on November 21, 2021 by Ampersand

Help us make more cartoons by supporting my Patreon! This cartoon was inspired by one of AOC’s tweets. I read that and thought of the cartoon idea. And then pretty much immediately started work drawing it. The Union of Concerned … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: The Existence of Trains Debate

Posted on August 19, 2019 by Ampersand

Help me keep drawing these cartoons by supporting my Patreon! Each $1 pledge helps. This one was a bit challenging to draw – I normally like having my characters move around a bit and “talk with their hands” and so … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: Climate Change and the Politics of Personal Purity

Posted on March 24, 2019 by Ampersand

Help me make more cartoons by supporting my Patreon! A $1 pledge means so much to me. Wow, this one took forever to make. It didn’t take long because of the drawing — the cross-hatching on the large figure took … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: How The Climate Change Hoax Works

Posted on January 20, 2019 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please support my Patreon! A $1 pledge helps keep me drawing cartoons. I drew this one back in June, but as far as I can tell, I never got around to posting on “Alas.” Oops! … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: If Global Warming Is Real, Then Explain All This Snow!

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Ampersand

If you like these cartoons, please help me make more by supporting my patreon. A $1 pledge really matters to me. I wrote this cartoon months ago… and then realized that it shouldn’t be released until after the first snowfall … Continue reading →

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Cartoon: If Global Warming Were Real

Posted on November 14, 2017 by Ampersand

If you enjoy these comics, and you can spare it, please support them on Patreon. Even $1 matters a lot to me. Transcript of cartoon Panel 1 A white man wearing a collared shirt and glasses, sitting at a desk. … Continue reading →

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