If you draw cartoons in the United States it's very unlikely someone's going to shoot you for it. You do stand a better chance of getting shot in America for just walking down the street, going to school, eating a cheeseburger, being black, than you would anywhere else in the civilized industrial world. But shot,... Continue Reading →
Selective Vigilance
Commentators on Foxnews say brown people should be profiled. Conservatives argue we need to throw away political correctness and say this is "Islamic" terrorism, not just terrorism. People used to say "I'm not a racist but" right before they would say something racist. Today the go to is "political correctness." Dammit, why can't people just be... Continue Reading →
More From Comic Strip Of The Day
Mike Peterson at Comic Strip Of The Day used my cartoon today and yesterday. He also used cartoons from Matt Davies and Glenn McCoy as examples of free speech. Once again he wrote an excellent article.
Je Suis Charlie
A lot of people think it's an editorial cartoonist's job to offend. I don't agree. Several years ago after a Dutch newspaper incited wrath and death threats from Islamist extremists for running a bunch of cartoons depicting Muhammad, my employer debated running the same cartoons. It was our oped editor's idea. The editor of the... Continue Reading →