There’s an old urban legend that Fanta originates as “Nazi Coke,” which isn’t true actually, because as you can see, Coke was Nazi Coke. Those posters behind Max in the first frame are both closely drawn from actual promotional materials. Now we have Coke as sponsor of the Sochi Olympics, of course, in which their role is not only to help […]
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This comic owes much to Ruben Bolling of Tom the Dancing Bug and to Matt Bors, two terrific cartoonists whose work I’ve admired for years and from whom I’ve learned a lot. Also note, I’m not suggesting this is anywhere near as good as what they do. This also took me a preposterously long time to finish. I
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Inspired by recent experiences. “Recent” in this case meaning “over the last 17 years.” I was extremely proud of “Why So Sidious,” which I initially had as “Why So Serious” until I realized I was missing a prime gag. Googled it and realized about 100 people have used it before, including one particularly terrific piece of artwork by
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So yesterday, between binge watching Breaking Bad on Netflix, I had an idea for what I considered a clever little cartoon. I spent a couple hours drawing and coloring, and then uploaded it to share with my modest little base of readers. I must have struck a nerve, because today it took off on Twitter like nothing I’ve
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Still my greatest hit to date; at last count this cartoon had been viewed more than 10 million times in dozens of platforms and publications.
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Young Nell wanders the swamps and flooded ruins of what used to be New Orleans, accompanied only by her dead grandmother.
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“Paul first saw the dark thing one night when he let Duke outside. It was there in the light that spilled from the kitchen, staring at him. Paul went stiff, every instinct telling him to turn and run, but the thing was gone.”
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Yes, that’s an original image. And yes, I’m quite proud of myself. Clint Eastwood is one of my favorite actors and directors. He got famous acting in movies that glorified guns and violence, and graduated to directing introspective films about the toll violence takes on the human soul. Unforgiven is my favorite Western, and one
