8/27/12

Today's J. Post cartoon

national personifications holland netherlands dutch girl germany deutscher michel holding signs goodbye shechita goodbye circumcision jewish family mother father child son walking away moving leaving goodbye europe
Sadly, despite the writing on the wall, this remains an idealized imaginary outcome instead of what's actually happening, which is the Jews of Europe for the most part staying despite such attacks on freedom of religion as a Dutch bill banning religious slaughter that has already passed in the Lower House of Parliament and a German appellate court declaring brit milah a criminal offense.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

8/26/12

Today's jpost.com cartoon

neil armstrong footprint on moons surface one small step for man immortality
Godspeed, Mr. Armstrong. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, your "one small step"--etched not in stone, but in lunar dust--should last undisturbed to infinity and beyond.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Blue 0.7 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

8/22/12

Today's J. Post cartoon

gop republican presidential candidate mitt romney i need someone to balance the ticket vp paul ryan baggage budget plan tea party support beam of wood on rock fulcrum seesaw launched into air
To appease Republicans who view him as too moderate, Mitt Romney has picked Paul Ryan as his running mate--and may have overcompensated.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

8/21/12

Today's J. Post cartoon

orchestra violins fiddling uncle sam america conductor angela merkel germany ban ki moon united nations un francois hollande france david cameron britain england uk vladimir putin russia recep erdogan turkey house syria burning on fire
Expanding on the idea of Nero fiddling while Rome burned, here's America leading the rest of the world in very pointedly not doing anything of consequence to help the situation in Syria.
UPDATE: Another repost via Brave New World. Let's hope this becomes a trend!

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

8/19/12

Alien businessman

Here's one that's slipped through the cracks: one of my earliest drawings for a freelance bid (unsuccessful).

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Blue 0.5 mm needle tip pen
Serif PhotoPlus

8/14/12

Today's J. Post cartoon

settler boy hilltop youth duh no way throwing these at cars will harm the settlements cause head full of rocks in hand and bag
Just because I'm a religious right-winger doesn't mean I can't make cartoons lampooning or criticizing those of my own ilk. Behold, the shortsighted stupidity of the bad apples who make the whole barrel smell rotten!

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

8/12/12

"A Financial Guide To Aliyah and Life in Israel" sample illustration

religious jewish husband wife married couple digging around looking under beneath behind couch cushions are you sure this is the best way togo around planning our aliyah finances of course i am hey look another dime
Written with the working title "Aliyah: A Financial Guide", Baruch Labinsky's AFGTAALII is now on sale, with illustartions such as the one above by yours truly! So if you're thinking of making aliyah, buy this book and get ready to be both educated and entertained!

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen

8/9/12

Today's J. Post cartoon

Well, this is certainly a precedented achievement... and by "precedented", I mean having the Post print a cartoon of mine three days in a row for the first time in three years.

iranian diplomacy at work we couldnt have carried out the terror attack in bulgaria we have never and will not engage in such a despicable attempt on innocent people its obviously israels fault there are many examples showing that this regime killed its own citizens and innocent jewish people during the last couple of decades
And what a cartoon! This is one of those cases where all I have to do is let the actual quotes speak for themselves without embellishment, because there's no way I could make them more ridiculous than they already are*. (And in case you're wondering, yes, the Iranian ambassador to the UN actually said this, apparently with a straight face. The mind boggles.)
*Okay, so I clipped/altered words here and there to form two complete sentences, but these are essentially straight quotes.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

8/8/12

Today's J. Post cartoon

mars rover curiosity transmitting brzzp no signbs of intelligent life bzzk nasa mission control people sitting at computers so where is the rover now olympus mons victoria crater bo washington dc
Congratulations, NASA! (And congratulations to me, too, for having the Post print my cartoons in back-to-back issues for the first time since November.)
UPDATE: Further congratulations are now due: this is my first-ever cartoon to be tweeted by the Post itself.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

8/7/12

Today's J. Post cartoon

jews two jewish men secular ultra orthodox religious haredi chareidi shouting at each other glaring yelling parasite criminal hypocrite gay lover bloodsucker animal draft dodger assimilator racist anti semite and then we wonder why the third temple hasnt been built yet
While it may have been most appropriate to draw this prior to Tish'a BeAv, this is sadly all too true all the rest of the year as well.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

Kaitus: The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Magician

boy sitting wearing magicians pointed hat legs crossed elbows on knees head on fists grinning goose golden egg rose flower flying car with wings violin and bow
I did this for the cover of a book that's a retelling of a story by Janusz Korczak. It's on sale now at Amazon as an e-book, and may or may not get printed as an actual book--I'll have to check about that.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen
Adobe Photoshop CS3

8/4/12

Washing hands


Done as part of a series of illustrations for an app to help learn gemara.

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Adobe Illustrator CS3

8/2/12

Today's J. Post cartoon

white house press secretary by calling jerusalem the capital of israel mr romney has displayed an ignorance of history 50 years foreign policy deep roots 3000 years jewish heritage
The White House press secretary actually said that Mitt Romney was "ignorant of history" when he called Jereusalem the capital of Israel. Mr. Secretary, you can stand on your hand and hold your breath till you're blue, but history--actual, real-world history--carries much more weight than a few piddling decades of don't-rock-the-boat foreign policy. (If you think this motif looks familiar, you're right.)
UPDATE: Another reposting at VVvI.
UPDATE 2: My first double-double! This time LBdO gets in on the fun as well.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition