BAILOUT 12-25-09

THIS ONE DOESN'T HIT THE STREETS UNTIL DECEMBER 25TH. IT'S PRETTY MUCH SELF EXPLANATORY. I AM WONDERING IF THE NIGHT SKY SHOULD BE A DARKER BLUE.

Have You Seen Me? 11-13-08

This cartoon was originally titled 'Not Missing' and then changed to 'Have You seen Me?'
Congresswoman Lois Capps is the representative for our district. Lois' husband was elected to Congress and unfortunately passed away while in office. Lois decided to run and was elected to serve in his place. When she was running for election she signed a pledge with a group (USTL) that was promoting term limits. She agreed to serve a maximun of 3 terms and accepted a $150,000.00 campaign contribution from this organization. Lois is now in her 6th term and in that time has had ONE bill enacted.

This cartoon won the 2008 BEST ORIGINAL EDITORIAL CARTOON award from the NATIONAL NEWSPAPER ASSOCIATION for non-daily newspapers, circulation of 10,000 (or so!)

BLAH BLAH BLAH ..... 10-16-08

DEEP DIVER 10-02-08

EMBEZZLERS

The city of Lompoc seems to be having more than it's share of embezzlement cases lately.

This cartoon had quite a negative reaction from folks in the general Lompoc environs. So much so, that they called the editor of theSun to complain and point out that Santa Maria had far more embezzlement cases and general rotton behavior than found in their fair city. They even drew their own rebuttle cartoon copying this one and showing theSun as not a newspaper, but fishwrap.
I based my cartoon on a news story reported in the Santa Maria Times which pointed out the many cases of embezzlement in Lompoc. Apparently, people did not read that story, or don't retain what they read and need a cartoon drawing to get the idea to sink into their head, because no one seemed to have a reaction to the written story, but they did go ballistic at the cartoon. It's worth a thousand words, I guess.

The Flower Wars published 9-4-08

Local flower shop owners are upset that corner vendors are selling flowers and undercutting the business that the shop owners get. Shop owners believe that these corner vendors set up without proper permits and don't pay the usual fees and taxes. In one case dealt with in the county area, a corner vendor did have all necessary paperwork and was donating all profits to charity.

HAPPY STAYCATION

At this writing gas was reaching $4.50 a gallon for regular in our area which I imagine will keep a lot of people home for vacation, watching the kids play with the Water Wiggle and the Slip-N-Slide in the front yard.

They've been wanting to build a new prison in the north part of Santa Barbara County for a few years now and with the recent security upgrades at the Santa Maria Airport, it's beginning to look and feel more like a prison, itself.

THE SKY IS FALLING..........3/7/08

This cartoon ran on March 7th, 2008. The NRO had a failed satellite that was approaching the point of reentering the atmosphere. It was thought that parts of this satellite might survive reentry and crash on the surface. There was toxic volatile hydrazine fuel on board. At the same time a new NRO satellite was ready to launch into orbit from Vandenberg. It was decided the NAVY could reconfigure a missile and shoot down the errant satellite so that it would not pose a hazard to anyone below, (and so that none of the secret technology that might survive would fall into the wrong hands.) So the launch was put on hold for 2 weeks after the shootdown to give the debris time to de-orbit

Through The Roof 12-13-07

The original idea for this cartoon had just the sub-prime loans blasting up through the roofs of the houses. Then I realized it was December and this would run just prior to Christmas, so Santa dodging the bags of money which represent the loans worked out to give this the holiday flair and allow this cartoon to reflect the joys of this particular holiday season.

My Political Cartoon for theSun which ran on 1-10-08

This is another in the never ending series of cartoons about GREKA ENERGY. Why is this a never ending series? Because it's based on the never ending gas leaks and oil spills by our favorite local oil company, GREKA. When trying to decide what to draw a cartoon about, and if there are 2 issues that are under consideration, and Greka is one of them, you can always choose to go with the other issue, because Greka will spill again...and again, and again, and again.....

Now what happens?

It's my first blog don't you know. Stay tuned....or change the channel.
We'll see what happens next.
The one thing I don't really understand is where do people find the time to sit around and make these things.
Then, to find the time to sit and read them.
Aren't there more important things to do with your time?