The 12 Days of Wikileaks

My Mother Jones animation this week features the lyrics of all the editors at Mother Jones, with links to the stories. And, yes, that is what you think it is dripping out of the broken condom of the two Maids a Suing...

Link to the animation on Mother Jones

Portrait of Harvey Pekar

A little while back, I was asked to participate in a group tribute to Harvey Pekar; at this point there are 11 artists who have committed, and panels by Derf (The City) and Karl Krumpholz (Byron) have already gone up.  Among the other participating artists are Aaron Williams (Nodwick), Mike Keefe (Denver Post), Peter Kuper (MAD), Ben Frisch (Wonkette), Kenny Be (Westword), Phil Foglio (Girl Genius) and Jake Vest (That's Jake).


My panel is to accompany this quote from R. Crumb: “He’s the soul of Cleveland. He’s passionate and articulate, He’s grim and Jewish. I appreciate the way he embraces all that darkness.” 


At first I started a painted portrait of Pekar, but I kept drifting back, in my mind’s eye, to what it might look like as a woodcut. Finally I just scotched the painting and went full force on a woodcut, and I like how fierce it came out.


Here’s a link to all the images so far on Scholars and Rogues

The Season for Giving (In): A Christmas Carol from President Obama

And, yeah, that's ME singing the part of Obama, after applying a little audio manipulation; I think it sounds exactly like his singing voice!

This week's animation on Mother Jones

Madame Blavatsky and The Mother

Here are a couple of illustrations from a magazine that wanted me to illustrate two articles in my woodcut and my painted style. The women featured in the articles are Madame Blavatsky (who was pretty much a charlatan, as far as I can see -- read up on her on Wikipedia if you're interested) and The Mother, who was a disciple of and sort of partner to Sri Aurobindo. I'm a dyed-in-the-wool non-believer, but it was nonetheless fun to do their portraits.

Madame Blavatsky

The Mother

Animation: Republicans Take Their Toll

Just up on Mother Jones, Obama was hoping for a smooth road ahead, but after the latest battle over tax breaks for the rich, it’s clear the Republicans intend to continue to take their toll at every turn.


See the animation here on Mother Jones.