On a sadder note, Leo Cullum, one of the great New Yorker cartoonists, passed away this weekend. He was a true gent, a swell guy, and a brilliant cartoonist, and I’ll be sad not to see him around anymore. Links to articles on his life and his passing here, and here.

I’m sure right about now David is discovering whether or not God really does have a long, white beard, and a golf bag full of lightening bolts.

Above is how time flies for me. I did this doodle this morning while drinking my coffee. Suddenly I realized it was time to run to my day job! Thus, “time” and “carrots.”

As far as cartoons go, here’s my latest in The New Yorker:

And here’s my debut on 23/6, the Huffington Post’s comic relief site, with a musing on President Bush and the Shoe Incident.

Now to the rejects!

I tried to come up with some images for The Bubble Lounge, one of my illustration clients, because I didn’t like the photo they asked me to use for a champagne delivery promo I was working on for them, but both my ideas were rejected!

Oh well! Here they are:

This one was inspired by a Japanese delivery truck logo I once saw in Tokyo.

And this one just popped into my head, inspired by a Le Monde graphic  for newspaper delivery used in their subscription ads:

This cartoon was inspired by the very desperate search to keep ahead enough of the news to submit cartoons that might still be valid for at least a few days.  At least time enough for the magazine to come out! It aint’ easy!  

Things change so quickly! For example, McCain will pull the Decency Card a few days before the debates, mystifying everyone till the day of the debate when he says, “I repudiate people when they get out of line!” (Which is true, but only for that one time that he made sure he got on TV a few days before the debates, saying “Obama is a decent family man”!) Till the debate, I thought he had simply lost his marbles again, like that time he hugged President Bush, with a beatific smile. Here is my take, the day of that repudiation, which did not anticipate its use as fodder for the debate:

I was so innocent and naive! His true love, after all, is Joe the Plumber, a guy ” who thinks Barack Obama “can tap dance – almost as good as Sammy Davis Jr.”! Now that’s a supporter McCain can be proud of….?

(maybe they’re hoping something will “happen” to Sarah by now!)

It’s been a busy week, and this is all I have to say about it! At least, for now.

I have frankly been having trouble concentrating because of them. I mean, you put the TV on with the Olympics in the background, and then someone starts running and leaping and twisting and throwing themselves around a mat in a monstrously inhuman way, and you’re totally transfixed! You say, I’ll just watch this one. Next thing you know, it’s one o’clock in the morning and you’ve gotten nothing done.