I was working on a cartoon recently that includes a public figure whose time in the spotlight will soon be ending, and it got me thinking about how that kind of farewell happens quite a bit once you’ve spent a few years cartooning. It’s simply the nature of public life that time as a comment-worthy […]

Time for another installment of “What you’re missing because newspapers are sissies.” 10. Starting off, it’s the first Heath Mello cartoon I’ve attempted since the 2000 ASUN elections. I can get away with this because I’m rural folk (Not that I could have gotten away with this). 9.

Poor Ken Svoboda. Four years ago, he dominated the city council race. Two years ago, he narrowly lost the mayoral race to Chris Beutler. And tonight, he ended up in fourth place, booted from the council by three newcomers. I’ve done quite a few cartoons about Ken over the years (with this one probably being […]

A sketch I submitted to the Journal Star on Friday, seen only by my editor and me: From the Journal Star coverage of Monday’s city council meeting: Before voting on the projects, Councilman Ken Svoboda turned the tables on Seacrest, asking him to clarify who he was representing, since he represents many entities, such as […]

Councilmembers Jon Camp and Ken Svoboda are upset! Read more about it here.

…will be the countdown of my Top 20 Rejected Cartoon Ideas of 2007. I’ve gone through all the sketches I’ve accumulated over the past year, looking at every reject, laughing along at those I wish would’ve run and those that thankfully didn’t, and chosen my 20 favorites. Starting tomorrow, I’ll count down to my absolute […]