Last week for CNN, I was focused on White House chief-of-staff Mick Mulvaney's quid pro quo confession. Here the roughs from that session with my editors. This is the one we went with. My editor for the week (it rotates), Jane, suggested I throw in "get over it" to the text in the second panel... Continue Reading →

Here are several roughs I pitched for last week's CNN Opinion newsletter. A few later grew up to become real live cartoons. This is the cartoon we went with which was also the last I pitched. I started on Thursday afternoon and this was sent early Friday afternoon. I think we picked the right one.... Continue Reading →

Here are several ideas I sent to CNN for last week's opinion newsletter. I didn't know if this one works and I'm not a huge fan of the shadows concept. I knew there were better ideas coming. I kinda liked this one, but it's another play on a cliche. I didn't mind not using it.... Continue Reading →

Last Thursday, when I started working on a cartoon for CNN Opinion's newsletter, the Whistleblowergate thingy was just breaking. I thought it was our topic, but my editor was afraid that by the time the cartoon ran on Sunday, it would be outdated. That was my concern too. He was interested in some other topics,... Continue Reading →

Here are a few roughs from last week. My editors at CNN wanted something on the Democratic debate. As you will see, I threw them a few on other issues as well, but we did pick one on the intended target. I picked the infamous "mustache ride" cartoon over this one. One of my copy... Continue Reading →

I haven't posted roughs in a couple of weeks, mostly because I was a bit overwhelmed with how many there are. But, I'm going to work around that and not post each of them. I'm just going to post the ones I think pose some interest. There are a lot of duds. Most of these... Continue Reading →

These are roughs from last week. Each of these was submitted for the CNN Opinion newsletter, which was published last Sunday. The reason I'm only showing you roughs for CNN and not the cartoons for my newspaper clients is because I only draw roughs for CNN.  All the ideas I have for my newspapers are... Continue Reading →

A lot of people like to see the rough sketches, even if those roughs never go beyond being a rough. I've gotten out of the habit of posting them here but I'm going to attempt to resume it. Years ago, I saved each and every single one of them that was drawn on paper. My... Continue Reading →