Roughs, Volume 220

This is another blog that only contains half of the roughs I drew last week…because I drew a lot. I drew a few roughs throughout the week and by the time we got to Friday, my CNN day, all those topics were out as we were focusing on the State of the Union. I drew about 15 roughs before I even talked to CNN on Friday because ideas kept coming to me. Not all of them were good.

I drew this last Wednesday, March 6. As you can see, I finished the drawing but got a new idea I liked better before I started coloring. I was also a little tired of the sneakers thing.

This was drawn on Monday, March 4, and passed over for this.

This was also drawn last Monday, March 4. I kinda liked it.

This was drawn last Wednesday, March 6. I didn’t like it.

This was in contention with the other soul-sucking cartoon. This was drawn last Wednesday, March 6. I really wanted to get that Tom Selleck thing in there.

This was drawn last Friday, March 8, and I immediately liked it. It became a real cartoon the next day. Now, I kinda wish I had gotten “cockadoodie” in there.

This was also drawn last Friday and became the cartoon for the CNN Opinion newsletter.

This was drawn last Friday and I liked it but wasn’t entirely convinced I should do it because it’s a bit of a cliché. I know I’ve used this concept before and I can’t get mad at someone else if it’s done tomorrow. But I decided to go with it because I still liked it. Check it out.

I liked this one but a lot of people who aren’t sports fans wouldn’t get it. Even I’m not that familiar with Jake Paul. This was drawn last Friday.

What’s wrong with this one? I knew at least one other cartoonist would use the same concept, and I was right. This was drawn last Friday.

Take note: There are ten ideas here and there will be ten more in the next blog of roughs. Most of these have not been used. There are nearly 3,000 roughs in my files from the past four years, most of which were never used. That means I don’t need ideas submitted to me. Someone sends me an idea almost every day. But I don’t draw other people’s ideas. Most of the time, like every time, they’re not good and I wouldn’t use them even if I didn’t have an ethics policy that forbid it. Also, every idea people send me is on Donald Trump. But my main point is, I’m not going to use other people’s ideas when I have tons of my own I’m not using.

It’s also a little disrespectful as it shows readers don’t respect me as a commentator and think I’m just trying to draw funny pictures. I’m expressing myself through my cartoons. I’m not looking to express you. Your ideas also don’t fit my style as I’m a very weird person. You don’t want none of this. The real irony is that if I were the kind of cartoonist who used other people’s ideas, people wouldn’t send me ideas. I bet people send Gary Larson cow ideas.

Also, stop sending me memes. I hate memes. I’m also grouchy.

There will be a second blog of roughs on Friday.

Which of these are your favorites?

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