From the archives:
Author: Ann
Chris Christie goes on and on and on…
Gov. Christie’s 107 minute press conference gave me plenty of time to do some sketching for the next animation. Here’s the sketchbook drawings, the animation poses, and then the final animation.
Bully blocking bridges and other things…
The big political story this morning is Governor Chris Christie’s bridge problem. Apparently a couple of Christie’s political hacks, obviously still in a high school state of mind, decided to stick it to a political opponent by creating a massive traffic problem on the George Washington Bridge. Christie is scheduled to make a statement today at 11am, so more on that later. Another interesting story to catch my eye early this morning was this from the LA Times:
Some of you may know I used to work for Disney, so I do have some insight about the whole issue of women and the animation industry. Too much to talk about right now, but I am looking forward to seeing what the animation blogs make of this. Meanwhile, here’s a quick sketch of Streep, one of my favorite actors:
Happy 2014
The temperatures in my area will dip to a high of 19 degrees early next week. One of my cartoonist friends who lives in South Dakota laughs when I complain of the cold- but for me, it’s freezing.
Christmas Day, 2013
Enjoying a Dean Martin Christmas morning…
Supreme Court sexism?
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has had to deal increasingly with the question whether she’ll step down from the bench while a Democratic president is still in office. Yes, she is 80 years old- the oldest member of the Court- and there’s the danger of health issues forcing a resignation during a conservative presidency. But hey, but the life expectancy of women in the US is five years more than men. That means that Justice Scalia (77) should consider stepping down as well as Justice Kennedy (77) and Breyer (75), right? At least we should expect more interviewers asking them the question only posed to Justice Ginsburg…
Edward Snowden, whistleblower
Yes, Edward Snowden is a whistleblower. Not a traitor, not a spy, and not someone who “…ought to swing from a tall oak tree”. Since the NSA ruling by Judge Richard Leon, I’ve been hearing more of the MSM use the term to describe, or at least pose the question that Snowden is a whistleblower.
Quite a different attitude than when we first learned of Edward Snowden:
A judge rules in favor of our privacy
A DC district judge ruled yesterday that the NSA’s collection of Americans’ phone records is most likely unconstitutional. This comes right after the outrageous 60 Minutes promotion/propaganda piece for the NSA last Sunday where the viewer was treated to little tidbits about Edward Snowden’s behavior so he comes across as a bit of a weirdo.
Peter O’Toole 1932- 2013
The great actor Peter O’Toole died yesterday. Absolutely love both his performances in Lawrence of Arabia (was lucky to see the restored version in 1989 while I lived in Los Angeles) and The Lion in Winter with Katharine Hepburn.
Definitely not Peter O’Toole
Another favorite from my book collection
Cover and back
Interior spread
13 years ago today
On Dec. 12, 2000 the Supreme Court issued a decision on Bush v. Gore, effectively deciding the presidential election. Here’s the cartoon I did about it, which was also part of my entry which won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001:
When politicians open their mouths
In my animated editorial cartoons I only use the actual audio of my subjects. I decided on this limitation when I first began because of time, costs, and artistic reasons. Sometimes I even get a bonus when a politician pretty much hands me my idea through his choice of words:
From my sketchbook: