I'm Moving

I'm driving across the country right now. It'll be a bit before I get some internet access so for the next two weeks you can read my new comics at gocomics.com and serializer.net.

New Toon: the smoker

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I was going to write a 500 word essay on my nuanced stance on smoking bans, but I'm packing all my belongings away and need to get this laptop in a box.

New Toon: Passionately Nuanced Activists

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I haven't been posting much as I've been preparing for a cross country move at the end of this month. I've got some cool things in the works for when I pop out on the other side of the country in the New Year; new shirt design, some full page comics, and possibly much larger things if things go as planned.


Be sure to check out the store for cartoon collection and $5 deals on shirts.

I've updated my illustration portfolio with new stuff.

A few people wrote and told me that certain items couldn't be added to the cart in the store. All should be better now.

Here is my Christmas card.


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New Toon: Bible Blockade

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There is a "controversy" over whether or not Keith Ellsion, the first Mulsim elected to Congress, should be allowed to use a Koran when he swears in. Dennis Prager, a radio host and columnist, started this talk in a column he wrote:

He should not be allowed to do so -- not because of any American hostility to the Koran, but because the act undermines American civilization.

First, it is an act of hubris that perfectly exemplifies multiculturalist activism -- my culture trumps America's culture. What Ellison and his Muslim and leftist supporters are saying is that it is of no consequence what America holds as its holiest book; all that matters is what any individual holds to be his holiest book.
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When all elected officials take their oaths of office with their hands on the very same book, they all affirm that some unifying value system underlies American civilization. If Keith Ellison is allowed to change that, he will be doing more damage to the unity of America and to the value system that has formed this country than the terrorists of 9-11.

There are so many problems with this. Besides the whole "there shall be no religious test" thing. Contrary to his claims every President and Congressperson has not used the Bible. Today, the bible is not used in swearing in ceremonies. It is simply used as a prop in a post-swearing in photo op so they can slap a picture of it on their website to convince their constituencies of how mindlessly pious they art. This is all Ellision wants to do. As a strong proponent of the Separation of Church and State, I'm completely underwhelmed by the "threat" he poses.

This is all part of the Christian Revisionist History of America in which they claim that our morals and our government are both derived from the Bible. This is wrong. There is a difference between Christianity being the most popular religion in the country and the government being founded on it. For those who need more convincing I would recommend the Constitution or the Treaty of Tripoli, which was passed in 1796 unanimously without debate:

Art. 11. As the Government of the United States of America is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion, or tranquility, of Mussulmen...

To see Prager in action check out these two clips from Media Matters.

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Comics To Check Out

• Cat and Girl is a great strip and this is why.
• Slowpoke has some new anti-smoking ads.
• Big Fat Whale goes to the Joe-Mobiles.
• And Robin Hood lives to see another day.
  

Now he tells us

Rumsfeld via ThinkProgress:

I don’t think I would have called it the war on terror. I don’t mean to be critical of those who have. Certainly, I have used the phrase frequently. Why do I say that? Because the word ‘war’ conjures up World War II more than it does the Cold War. It creates a level of expectation of victory and an ending within 30 or 60 minutes of a soap opera. It isn’t going to happen that way. Furthermore, it is not a ‘war on terror.’ Terror is a weapon of choice for extremists who are trying to destabilize regimes and (through) a small group of clerics, impose their dark vision on all the people they can control. So ‘war on terror’ is a problem for me.

New Toon: Porridge Study Group

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Have your people get in touch with my people

Apparently, the away message I had on my e-mail while I was gone wasn't working well enough and I missed some messages then and this week after I turned it off. If you wrote me in the last week and I haven't responded, please send me another message (especially if it was for a multimillion dollar freelance job).

New Toon: The Domino Effect

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This one could have been done a while ago when Cheney said waterboarding was "a no-brainer" but I never got around to it. There's a lot of other stuff going on in the news but I had to get this done before left on my trip to Portland last week. I have another comic coming Monday.

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ACLU Comics: Spy Files

I have a new comic out for the ACLU about the government's spying on peace groups. Go read.

Bolton Resigns

What a sad day for cartoonists around the world. This man was truly a pleasure to draw. Delay, Santorum, and Rumsfeld are gone. And now Bolton. We are losing the most entertaining people on the planet, folks. Think about that next time you go to the voting booth.