Darfur Day on the Internet
While the news media plays up the Holloway disappearance in Aruba... the Cheney shooting in Texas, and the Nicole Smith appearance before the Supreme Court, thousands upon thousands of people are being...
View ArticleDarfur Day... to Darfur Week... Part 2
A couple of weeks ago, I posted on the need to focus attention on what's happening in Darfur. The major rally is slated for April 30th in Washington DC. ...and so, with the encouragement of a few good...
View ArticleBarack O-Boomerang
The idiotic words of Australian Prime Minister John Howard, after reaching the shores of the United States, have spun back to the land down under and knocked him square in the kisser.For those of you...
View ArticleTie Estate Tax to Vet Benefits
I'm sitting in my '96 Honda Civic, listening to the Bernie Ward radio show (KGO 810 AM in San Francisco... a great show)... I'm listening to him talk about the New York Times opinion piece written by...
View ArticleFox debates: Put it back in their face
I'm not crazy about FauxNews hosting Democratic debates... frankly, I'm not crazy about FauxNews at all... I'd hope the CBC will reconsider, but if they don't, here's something I'd love to see:How...
View ArticleMY OBAMA COVER FOR THE NATION MAG!!!
I am so thrilled to announce that my cover art is featured on the brand new issue of America's longstanding liberal voice, The Nation magazine! It's an idea I've been planning for the better part of...
View ArticleObama Historic Poster Update (Over 30 new figures!)
You may recall that I created the Obama Inauguration cover for The Nation magazine... It's been a while and I've been busy on the poster for that cover. I'm almost finished... (I've added over 30 new...
View ArticleFINISHED! The Obama Civil Rights poster
While working on the additions to my Nation magazine cover for a poster I started asking questions...Why Bayard Rustin but not Paul Lawrence Dunbar? Why Malcom X and not Ralph Ellison? Why not Oprah...
View ArticleMove Your Money (updated w/ links)
Amazing and effective video, which makes the case for moving your money to a community bank... This is the lead story on Huff Post...
View ArticleF***'d Up Ad On Kos
I log on to Kos and see this bullshit... 99 Designs.They entice people to use their site with the catchphrase "Your logo sucks."They they ask why you should use one designer when you can use "our...
View Article2010: Greatest. Year. Ever.
2010 was, without question, the greatest year in the history of years. I, through the use of artwork, music videos, science, deduction and obfuscation will prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt... after...
View ArticleAnatomy of a NEW YORKER Cover: A Look Back
On the anniversary of the attacks on World Trade Center. I was thinking this might be a good time to talk about my cover idea that was used for The New Yorker on their 5th Anniversary edition. That...
View ArticleMy New Cover For THE NATION mag.
Some things resonate so strongly with me that the only way I can get it out of my system is to sit down and draw it out. Sometimes I'm channeling my joy... as with this cover I did for The Nation...
View ArticleHillary vs. Trump: Worst Case Scenario?
I’m a Bernie backer who will support the Democratic Nominee… whoever that is. I’ve wavered a bit on my support for Bernie a bit when considering the “electability” factor. We NEED to win this November....
View ArticleWords of Wisdom
Black History Month is almost over… (I always felt this should be on a month with a minimum of 31 days. Yes. Add another day to January and make it 32!). But the words of wisdom last a lifetime.I’ve...
View ArticleWOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH: A Journey Through Art & Quotes
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says:“It’s a girl.”—Shirley Chisholm When my art and quote series came to the end of Black History Month, I...
View ArticleMy New Cover for The Nation magazine!
Since a picture is supposed to be worth a thousand words, I thought I would try to be a bit literal with this artwork. I didn’t need all one thousand, but I think I got the message across.I don’t have...
View ArticleMy Poster for the Women's March on Washington
Looking back... I had already done a few things to express my feelings on Donald Trump. ...and got one of them published by [i]The Nation[/i] magazine:I was fooling around with ideas for a Hillary...
View ArticleAmerica and Guns: Art response
I’ve been focused (like many of us) on the impact of guns in our society and, as usual, I feel much more eloquent drawing those feelings out rather than typing them out. I created two posters for the...
View ArticleHARVEY MILK: Hope Will Never Be Silent
So much history. So many people. It’s the height of arrogance to think one could capture such a large part of humanity in one image. This doesn’t do that, but I tried to make it representative of how...
View ArticleI'm Here. I'm Home.
I am the son of an immigrant. I am the husband of an immigrant. I have an aunt and uncles who are immigrants. My grandparents were immigrants. My daughter is a mixed race child from a family of...
View ArticleGEORGE FLOYD Tribute in art
I've been working on a couple of things the last few days regarding George Floyd.One of them I was working with TIME magazine, but they went in a different direction on Monday (they're going to do an...
View ArticleDepraved Indifference: The Death of George Floyd
In the immediate aftermath of the George Floyd murder, I was upset and had to find a way to channel my rage and sorrow into my artwork... This was the first piece I created. I kept thinking about how...
View ArticleTRUE American Carnage: My cover for TIME Magazine
During a four-day process to create this cover, the impact of all this is really hit home.Over a 6-month period, Coronavirus takes the American lives of four Vietnam War American casualties. I kept...
View ArticleWE DID IT!! Art to celebrate the removal of the Orange Cancer.
I know a lot of people wanted the massive Blue Wave... but as the Republicans have shown us, you don't need an electoral wipe out to be effective in power. We can still take control of the Senate....
View ArticleI Remember.
I remember being told that I was overreacting.I remember being told that I was suffering from "Trump Derangement Syndrome" or "TDS." I remember being told I was being "rude."I remember being told that...
View ArticleIMPEACH & REMOVE DONALD TRUMP
I’ve finished another piece of art… I thought I would show it here… and here are my thoughts about it.I've been calling Donald Trump and his followers a Cult for a long, long time.I've NEVER lacked...
View ArticleVIA DOLOROSA: The Death of TYRE NICHOLS
In a better world, Tyre Nichols would still be with us.In a better world, IF Tyre Nichols was taken from us in this horrific fashion, EVERYONE would be shocked.We are not in that world.Disgusted,...
View ArticleTUCKER CARLSON OUT: Thinking of these people during this difficult time.
The news was SHOCKING. Like a bolt out of the blue, Tucker Carlson, who only last week was eating Bug Pizza and spreading his special brand of Clown Fascism, has been surgically removed from Fox...
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