published Nov.19, 08: Conservationist Blake Smith Tribute

Another tribute cartoon. As I'm sure I've said before, I enjoy paying tribute to people who have made significant public contributions to our area. I can't do it for everyone, but I do pick out some from the news from time to time. My sincerest apologies to all those who seem to get overlooked. But hopefully anyone you have in mind was respected enough in life and appreciated in death. That's what really counts.

published cartoons

Maybe it's the best thing to do to tear it down and build new, maybe it's not. Seems like the money they're getting to build new could be used to restore the old part. It just seems a shame that so much of what makes this city unique is being lost lately. If the goal is to look like every other city around our size then I'd say we're well on our way. But once this stuff is gone, it's pretty well gone.... the same as aspects of the environment... like endangered animals, clean air, clean water and all that kind of cost prohibitive stuff that, without imagination, is hard to make a buck on. All I know is that if and when the world ever ends there's going to be a whole whack of rich people with sheepish grins on their faces praying to reverse everything they and others had done. And so it goes.

published Aug. 1/08: Soapy Sewer Sud Water in local rivers

I'm really pleased with the way this drawing turned out. O.K., I admit it... sometimes I put a little more effort into some drawings than others. It all depends on how I'm feeling, how much time I have, and of course, sometimes one just gets a little more inspired. I always try to make the words work to create a laugh, but I'm extra pleased when it all comes together like in this one.

published June 3/08: Millionaire's Drive Reconstruction

Maybe there were no alternatives... although it seems that a number of citizens thought of ways that it could have been done differently. Nevertheless, it seems truly unfortunate when grand old trees, that are perfectly healthy, are chopped down. (As I wrote this it reminded me of something else, that goes back to when the Federal and provincial Conservatives were chopping down many of our social services, including health and education: it only takes a few days to destroy what took many years to grow.

published May 7/08 .... Brownfields

Yeah, I know... it's kind of a gross-out image. But that's half the fun of this cartoon. Just a silly joke using the recent issue of what to do with "brownfields" left over from departed factories and such.

Published Apr. 15 , 2008: 4 stories... 3 good, one not so good