Bipartisan Breather

I find it funny how Congressional productivity is directly related to the timeliness of hot issues and elections.

Chewless Campus!!??

Well, there have been a few things during my tenure at UW-Stout that have gotten me a little steamed, but most recently it has been the campus wide ban on all tobacco use. Last year there was a referendum for a smoking ban (socially enforced as it was unlawful to ban tobacco use on government property), but now the Stout Student Association and the student body have expanded upon the referendum to include all types of tobacco. I still am wondering in what way a person chewing, snuffing, snusing, etc. has anything to do with other students on campus. Other than the appearance being unpleasant for onlookers, there is no harm to anyone, save the users. In the case it is for the sake of tobacco users that the administration and SSA banned tobacco use on campus, there are many other health conscious issues that should be addressed before the minimal percentage of chewers and smokers on campus. How about the nutritionally unsatisfying food they serve at our dining halls that many of the students indulge in. Freshman 15 anyone? Wisconsin has a 63.5% overweight/obese population. Hows that for unsightly/unhealthy?

Oh, and there are two other cartoons down there. One about Oklahoma and abortion, the other about Arizona and them crazy illegals... or legals, whichever the case may be.

Oh baby don't cry.

Nothing too much to say about these, except I liked the internet one. Out here in rural Menomonie, WI, we have one internet service provider to choose from: Charter Cable. Many rural areas have to succumb to the monopolies of the ISPs as there is no competition in those places. Not only is my cable bill much higher than I would like it, but Charter has a tendency to send a shoddy internet signal. Of course its up to "their standards", but I didn't realize they settled for utter crap.

Today's Cartoon and Sketches!

I wasn't sure were to go with a cartoon about the treaty signed yesterday by Obama and Russian President Medvedev. It was a pretty impressive thing. We are going to reduce our nuclear arms by about 33%. Since our two countries control about 90% of the worlds nukes, that means that roughly 30% of the worlds nuclear fire power will be gone. Pretty cool, huh. Anyway, I kinda liked how the inks turned out. I used a brush and a few micron pens. Also, there are sketches of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Kim Jong Il up there. Both have some great faces.

sketcheroo!

Here are a few sketches from the last couple cartoons I posted. Nothing exciting, but I liked the Sarkozy sketches.

Tow more cartoons

This was the first time I got a chance to draw Nicolas Sarkozy. He has a pretty amazing face.

Editorial Toons!

I haven't done any political cartoons in a bit, so I thought I'd toss up these two drawings I did recently.