Politics aren’t really my thing (I’ll let you guess whether I’m Republican, Democrat or Other), but since I did promise a political cartoon this week, here it is.
And whether you believe in the Iraq “war” or not, it’s certainly important to support the soldiers who are in Iraq right now.
What’s sad is that partisan politics control whether or not our soldiers have the funding they need to do their job. Politics shouldn’t have anything to do with it.
Sorry if this one’s kind of a downer. . . I think next week I’ll try to have a more upbeat, humorous cartoon—today’s isn’t really meant to be funny.
But I suppose that’s just the price cartoonists pay for making their cartoons political.
Finally, my "big project" is finished! It’s been a crazy day with a lot going on, but foliotwist.com is finally live and online! Since I’ve kept it a complete secret up until launch, here’s a quick (mostly visual) overview of what it does. . .read more
I really try not to write about US politics here on EmptyEasel, first and foremost because this is an art website after all, and secondly, because about a third of my readers are outside the United States and likely won't care. But as I've been listening to political pundits talk about possib. . . read more
Francisco Goya was a Spanish painter whose paintings took a distinctive turn throughout his life. From the ordinary to the surreal, Goya's work became increasingly violent, dark, and political, even though he began simply enough as a portrait painter to the king. Born in 1746 and apprenticed a. . . read more
Matt Glover of ChewingPencils is hosting an online contest during the month of January while he takes some time off from his blog. The contest is simple – enter a small, one-panel gag cartoon on any subject. The required dimensions are 5cm wide by 8cm tall, and that's where the difficulty come. . . read more
When it began in 1999, CafePress.com was one of the first online marketplaces to offer print-on-demand and e-commerce services to just about anyone—giving artists and other creative types the ability to sell reproductions of their art or designs by simply uploading images to the web. Now Cafe. . . read more
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