A shattered polity . . .

THE CHRONICLE HERALD has fine editorial cartoonists, Michael de Adder, and Bruce MacKinnon. Check out the gallery, some great stuff!

Get Your War On ... Off

The brilliant GYWO ended 2:11 1/20 with the end of Bush

Well, at least we still have 23/6

Zina, Zina, Zina

The second presidential debate brought to mind an old adage... ©Zina Saunders 2008. All rights reserved.

ZINA I love you! Zina Saunders is one of the freshest satiric illustrators to appear. Her site has a whole raft of new stuff. Check it out.

Maverick John McCain and Calamity Sarah Palin are out to raise a ruckus with their rootin', tootin', rabble-rousin' Wild West Show.
©Zina Saunders 2008. All rights reserved.

So Right, and So Fine

THERE ARE LOTS of really good illustrators out there. Check out a fine Canadian site, Drawn.ca, for example. Stevie may not care, but Drawn does.

However, if I had to pick a favourite, it would probably be Ron Cobb. Inspiring content, combined with incredible pen chops. I still have treasured copies of his LA Free Press cartoons, which appeared in university student papers all over North America. From there, Ron Cobb moved to Oz, and moved into movie design. Remember the tough-assed APC in Aliens? That's his.

But this isn't just my opinion. Steven Heller thinks so, too. Who the hell is Heller? Heller's a heavy in the commercial big-leagues of graphic design. Go check his piece on the DESIGNOBSERVER site, titled "Where Have You Gone R. Cobb?" and everything else on it while you're at it. Here, there be chops. The top illustration is 1973, the lower, 1967.