6/4/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

Annnd we're right back where we left off, with today's entry seeing the light of day three weeks and one day after it was submitted.
palestinian terrorists reading from list so kassam rockets 800 dollars molotov cocktails 2 25 for the gasoline and rocks free boy im glad we dont have to make any military budget cuts hey achmed sedan with two kids 20 points youre on throwing rock at israeli vehicle
Back when this was, y'know, fresh, this could have been easily connected to the then-current budget talks regarding cuts to our military spending. It's a point I've made before, but I just can't help despairing at how it costs so much to defend us from weapons which cost so little.

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

5/28/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

How's this for mind-boggling: the Post ran this cartoon the day after I submitted it. I literally cannot remember the last time this has happened. It usually takes a few days to a week, or even more. But nope, this time it's as timely as you can get, reacting to the news of Israeli electric car innovator Better Place filing for bankruptcy while it's still quite fresh, even coinciding with an editorial on the subject. Oh happy day!

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

5/27/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

ayatollah khamenei i dont see why banning some of the presidential candidates from running should upset anybody after all there are still quite a few left to choose from parrot perching on outstretched arms squawking repeating words
Yep. Having eight different candidates for President is just fine and dandy--so long as they all march to your tune.

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

5/20/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

bashar assad running holding rocket vladimir putin we intend to fully support comrade in his war against the rebels uncle sam you sold him anti ship cruise missiles very crafty these you never know when they might start using ships on land and tip balance their favor israel srulik glaring un ban ki moon arms folded
When Russia announced it would be supplying the Syrian government with new anti-ship cruise missiles, I knew exactly what my next cartoon would be about. The very fact that they can claim it's necessary for Assad to have anti-ship missiles in order to fight the Syrian rebels--a fight taking place entirely on land--with a completely straight face, is testimony to... something bad. But it sure does testify.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm needle-tip pen
Serif PhotoPlus SE

5/14/13

Caricature of Yair Lapid for The Jerusalem Post

Surprise, everybody! I was unexpectedly approached by the Post to draw them a caricature of Finance Minister Yair Lapid--for pay!!--to illustrate the article crowning him as the Most Influential Jew of the Year in today's Shavuot supplement. Have a gander!


Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm needle-tip pen
Black 0.7 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

5/9/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

1967 idf soldiers walkie talkie temple mount is in our hands today israeli police shaking baton at right wing youth but dont even think of trying to pray here or else youll upset the muslims
Happy Jerusalem Day, everybody! Just don't celebrate too loudly lest you incur someone's politically correct wrath.

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

5/7/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

newsroom interns oh no what is it i accidentally loaded the teleprompter with the international headlines from last year instead of yesterday man am so gonna be fired looking around corner actually dont think thats going to be much of a problem anchor reporter talking to tv camera meanwhile sectarian strife grips iraq death toll in syrian civil war is on rise and iran continues to ignore economic sanctions in its quest for nuclear power
"What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 1:9)

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

5/5/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

un united nations arms expert ake sellstrom speaking talking on telephone i say bashar would you terribly mind if we popped over to investigate whether youve been using chemicals weapons hello how odd he hung up on me again ban ki moon peacekeeper wearing helmet holding gun
The team appointed by the UN to investigate allegations of chemical weapons usage in Syria, led by led by Swedish arms expert Åke Sellström, has been--surprise, surprise--delayed by the Syrian government from entering the country and is currently cooling its heels in Turkey. Politeness, after all, can only get you so far.

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

4/30/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

amir peretz pushing against haifa chemicals ammonia plant straining sweating gilad erdan walking away yeah good luck with that past ministers of environmental protection gideon ezra shalom simhon yehudit naot tzachi hanegbi
Amir Peretz is only the latest in a long line of Environmental Protection Ministers to issue an urgent call for the relocation of the enormous Haifa Chemicals ammonia plant from Haifa to some less densely populated area, a concern ever since Scuds rained down on us during the Gulf War way back in 1991.

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

4/23/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

After the initial story broke... and after an editorial on the subject... and after letters to the editor on the subject... now they choose to run this. *sigh*

women of the wall wearing tallit meretz tamar zandberg we need to show religious tolerance and allow them to pray however they want miri regev jews should be allowed to pray on the temple mount michal rozin whoa now thats crazy talk
After the completely secular Meretz MKs Tamar Zandberg and Michal Rozin attended Rosh Chodesh prayers with the Women of the Wall as a New Age feminist show of solidarity, Rozin was intemperate enough to publicly denigrate a call by Likud MK Miri Regev to allow Jews to pray on the Temple Mount. Double standard, lady: if you want total religious freedom at the Western Wall, it only follows that you should support full religious freedom behind the Wall as well.

DRAWN USING:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm needle-tip pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

4/13/13

Galactic Kids Next Door: Numbuhs 9, 10, and 11 of Sector Gallifrey

Well, the mystery is now revealed! And that's not all--keep your eyes peeled for a Very Special Followup sometime in the future...

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

4/11/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

john kerry finger in ears first id like to thank turkey for their sensitive non triumphalist response to the mavi marmara apology recep tayyip erdogan ha in your face zionist swine turks rule hands over eyes and may i just point out that the iranian nuclear negotations are not an interminable process sitting at table cobwebs so bibi how about restarting those peace talks binyamin netanyahu you just speak no evil instead
Geddit? Hear no evil... see no evil... geddit?
[crickets]
Well I thought it was funny.
UPDATE: Boucle'ing right along.

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

4/9/13

Danny Boyle's "Extraction"

Yeah, after seeing the trailer, I couldn't help but think of that other journey-into-the-mind-heist flick, and... yeah.
(Tangentially, the famous trailer is actually extremely inaccurate/misleading since it describes an extraction ("We create the world of the dream; you bring the subject into that dream, and they fill it with their secrets." "And then you break in and steal it?" "Well, it's not strictly speaking legal...") but then splices in a line from elsewhere to call it an inception. Trance, from first glance, appears to have an "extraction" plot, but who knows how misleading its trailer is?)

Drawn using:
Adobe Photoshop CS3

4/6/13

Choccy

Drawing of a smiling dog's head I did for a logo bid on Freelancer.com; I was awarded the project, but when I asked for further details, no one ever answered. So I guess this can be up for grabs now!

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.7 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus SE

4/4/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

pmo prime ministers office secretary sitting at behind desk holding phone sir youve got another call asking you not to release marwan barghouti binyamin bibi netanyahu who is it another right wing group worried it would negatively impact our national security actually its mahmoud abbas worrying it would negatively impact his job security
New polls are out indicating that the Palestinians would rather have a convicted terrorist (who is currently in jail) as their leader rather than Abbas or Haniyeh. Time to count down to when a prominent Israeli with more mouth than brains declares we should release Barghouti because he's "moderate" or as a "gesture" or some such rot.

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

4/2/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

circus ring netanyahu amazing spineless politician trained seal swallowing large object mavi marmara apology tousle haired boy say mister how dyou get it to swallow its pride like that recep tayyip erdogan dressed as ringmaster top hat tuxedo holding hoop its actually quite simple kid it has no backbone to get in the way two men male spectators talking yknow most animals would want some kind of treat for doing a trick like this treats nah not this one most it expects is for someone to throw a bone
I know that this makes back-to-back cartoons starring Erdogan, but it really just couldn't be helped. For nearly three years, he's been demanding that Israel apologize for the Flotilla Incident--in which IDF soldiers were attacked while boarding a Turkish ship that was trying to breach the Gaza blockade, and had the gall to defend themselves--and two weeks ago (when this was drawn), Netanyahu capitulated, because of "strategic considerations". Okay, so it's not like I ever really believed he had a spine, but at least in this one specific area I was hoping he'd able to stand firm. Bleah.

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

4/1/13

Sketches of some KND-style characters


See if you can guess who they are before I ink & color them!

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)

3/25/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

turkey president receo tayyip erdogan talking with reporter my remarks at the forum were taken out of context so you dont think that zionism is a crime against humanity no i believe it all right then whats the context that id like to keep getting american aid money
After "moderate and progressive" Turkish president Recep Erdogan lumped Zionism together with actual crimes against humanity in a speech last week, he scrambled to clarify himself... and by clarify, I mean "reiterate his opinion while trying to make it not sound as bad as it is".

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

3/22/13

Puffed-up pufferfish

Drawn for bid, not chosen, you know the drill.

Drawn using:
Blue ballpoint pen

3/20/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

american us president barack obama leaning out of limousine window say where are all the cheering crowds man on sidewalk holding son boy on shoulders sorry mr president everybodys inside cleaning for pesach
Okay, so the crowds weren't quite as thin as depicted here--but I couldn't help making a joke about the terrible timing. (Seriously, dropping by for a state visit and snarling all the road traffic outside and within the capital at the height of holiday shopping time? Not cool.)

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

3/17/13

From the Rough

Quick concept for golf-related company done for bid. Not chosen.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black ballpoint pen
Serif PhotoPlus SE

3/14/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

politicians people arguing in middle of desert binyamin bibi netanyahu yair lapid tzipi livni shaul mofaz naftali bennett we should ration it to 18 cups of water you got a bigger cup than me im saving a cup for my friend cant you share more you promised id get to drink first vultures circling overhead utj arabs labor shas
I drew this on Sunday, so naturally the best time to run it is today, in the same issue that reports the virtual end of the coalition wheeling-and-dealing.

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

3/11/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

kim jong un standing at podium north korean flag t shirt i love heart nukes waving missile were scrapping the armistice if america starts anything well bomb them back to stone age yaaahh giant hand fingers about to flick
Looks like li'l Jongy learned a thing or two from his father. Isn't he pwecious?

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm roller tip pen
Black 0.7 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

3/9/13

Man holding hamburger

Rough sketch of icon mascot drawn for bid. Not chosen.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Blue ballpoint pen
Serif PhotoPlus SE

3/7/13

Shaggy dog leaning holding beer

Icon mascot drawn for bid. Project cancelled.

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

3/4/13

Save the date!

Apparently, sultana is Australian for raisin. Who knew, aimirite?

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

3/3/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

Fun fact: originally the second guy's line was going to be about humble pie. I decided crow fit better.

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

2/28/13

Horndog

A bulldog with horns for a bid, quick sketch + coloring. Not chosen.

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

2/26/13

Ibex head logos

Some stylized ibex heads (no curves) done as sample work for a bid. Not chosen.

Drawn using:
Adobe Illustrator CS3

2/24/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

Well whaddaya know, the Post actually printed one of my cartoons on the day I meant it to be printed on!

purim joke peace process humor mahmoud abbas abu mazen standing in front of steps dressed up in oversized suit disguise face mask im a viable sincere peace partner now give me all your candy binyamin bibi netanyahu leaning out of door isnt that the same costume youve been using for the past 9 years
The fact that Abbas is asking for candy instead of exchanging it is a deliberate error and a commentary on the Way Things Are. Plus, of course, he's not even Jewish.

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

2/22/13

Freddy Krueger, egg-style

So the way this works is, I was on Freelancer.com and saw somebody posted a job that caught my imagination: draw Freddy Krueger in the shape of an egg, Angry Birds-style. I quickly inked a sketch and sent it in; after a couple of revisions, I won the bid. Then, after I had sent in the pretty-much-finished image, the client informed me that he was having issues with the site's payment process--so he decided to go look for a different bidder on another website, promising that he would not use my version. Why he couldn't just decide to pay me directly without the middleman is beyond me, but it cost me positive ranking on the site as well as money for a job well done.
So here it is.


Drawn using:
Adobe Illustrator CS3

2/20/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

european union eu man in suit talking while hizbullah may have been responsible for the attack in burgas they cannot be punished because it was only carried out by their military wing israeli guy smack face what was that all about hey you cant blame me my hand developed a mind of its own and spontaneously decided to attack you
While some of its individual countries classify Hizbullah as a terrorist organization, the EU as a whole (and most of its bigger members) are rather more hesitant about taking the plunge. Their ridiculous excuse for their continued waffling in the face of the official Bulgarian investigation, which concluded that Hizbullah was indeed directly behind the Burgas attack last July, would drive other men to drink and drove me to the drawing-board. I mean, come on, it's like saying the Nazis could not be held culpable for what the SS did, or not considering Fatah terrorists despite the actions of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigade... oh wait.

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

2/17/13

Today's J. Post cartoon, with predecessor

In the same vein as my winter weather cartoons, I recycled characters from a previous unpublished cartoon for a later one on the same basic subject--in this case, ridiculous military censorship.

idf military censor you keep that in there i may be allowed to keep only this hole plugged but by golly im going to do it right israeli press reporter finger in hole wall dike water pouring out gushing leaks
The current brouhaha is about Ben Zygier, a.k.a. "Prisoner X", the details of whose case were for a while forbidden from publication in the domestic Israeli press by IDF censors while at the same time being widely available from every single other available news outlet. Honestly, I understand where they're coming from, but this tactic is absolutely and completely ineffectual in the ultra-connected 21st century...

israeli press reporter journalist holding pencil and notepad looking at idf military censor okay now you can report it cat running out of bag anat kamm story
...And three years back, much the same thing went down with the scandal involving stolen IDF files being given to a journalist.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch) (both)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen (both)
Black 0.5 mm needle-tip pen (1)
Black 0.5 mm pilot pen (2)
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition (1)
Serif PhotoPlus 6.0 (2)

2/15/13

"Connections" Purim 5773 cartoon

The call went out from the local monthly mag for humorous contributions for the Adar issue, so my special brain came up with this. And yes, I'm deliberately homaging Calvin and Hobbes with the character designs.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm needle-tip pen
Black 0.7 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

2/14/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

Coalition-building promises to be a bit more interesting this time around, with Netanyahu needing the support of the anti-chareidi Yesh Atid as the Knesset's second-biggest party while at the same time really wanting to include Shas and UTJ as well. Mix in the fact that he's trying to play HaBayit HaYehudi off everybody else and, well, you get this.

female woman reporter holding microphone interviewing scientist dr irbuvich youve successfully mixed oil and water stuck glue to rubber and attached two magnets at identical poles what do you plan on doing next bearded man in lab coat wearing glasses standing next to table beakers containers liquids my greatest challenge yet the prime minister has invited me to help build a coalition including both yesh atid and the chareidim
There were several variations on the basic concept that I was kicking around and I'm still not sure if I really picked the right one to draw in the end. Still, it got published, and I suppose that's what matters.

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

2/12/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

mahmoud ahmadinejad talking on cellphone mr president im ready to negotiate now looking out window at nuke nuclear bomb explosion mushroom cloud fallout
What Iran's delaying tactics may (chas veshalom) eventually lead to.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Black 0.4 mm pilot pen
Black 0.5 mm needle-tip pen
Black 0.7 mm pilot pen
Serif PhotoPlus Starter Edition

2/10/13

Detective Chameleon!

Ta-da! Turns out I was drawing a chameleon lizard dressed as a private eye investigator! Cuz I can!

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Blue ballpoint pen
Adobe Illustrator CS3
Adobe Photoshop CS3

2/7/13

Religious tolerance shirt symbol

Did this awhile back for a side project, on the theme of chareidi/dati-leumi/chiloni tolerance and diversity in my city. This was part of a set of ideas for use on a shirt, and my personal favorite of the bunch. AFAIK none were eventually used.

Drawn using:
Adobe Illustrator CS3

2/5/13

Another mystery preview

Who or what am I drawing here? Any guesses?

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Blue ballpoint pen

2/3/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

israel srulik standing hands behind back united nations human rights council unhrc remigiusz henczel holding rope look if youre going to be inconsiderate and boycott you review session well just have to postpone it satisfied firing squad wall bullet holes post
Israel is refusing to attend the UN Human Rights Council's Universal Periodic Review, where it is an open secret that we'll be widelu and unfairly lambasted. In retaliation, the UNHRC... has rescheduled the session for a later date, entirely missing the point of what's going on. (Fun fact: the US has asked Israel to attend even though they openly agree that we'll get hammered, in order to show goodwill or some such rot.)
UPDATE: Now my third reposting on Brave New World.

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

2/1/13

Fat red oni

Proposed design for a computer game character. Bid not chosen.

Drawn using:
No. 2 pencil (sketch)
Blue ballpoint pen
Adobe Illustrator CS3

1/30/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

binyamin bibi netanyahu man surrounded by dogs holding doggy biscuit coalition puppy jumping bayit yehudi
As head of the largest party in the Knesset, Binyamin Netanyahu has been tasked with building the next government coalition. HaBayit HaYehudi is, at 12 seats, the fourth-biggest party and the only other "true" right-wing party in the Knesset. However, staying true to form, Netanyahu has displayed a certain lack of enthusiasm in recruiting them, even though they probably have the fewest demands and conditions to join.

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

1/28/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

Well, the results are in, and Yair Lapid's brand spanking new Yesh Atid party has clocked in at 19 mandates. History indicates that he should enjoy his popularity while it lasts: Israeli "fad" parties tend to have a brief shelf life. (Shinui went from 6 to 15 to 0; Gil, the Pensioners' Party, went from 0 to 7 and back to 0; the Democratic Movement for Change, or Dash, one-upped them by going from 0 to 15 and back to 0, lasting than three years; Tzomet went from 2 to 8 to 3 to 0; and Kadima was born in sin with 17, was officially elected to 29, then went from 28 to its current 2.) Coincidentally, Shinui was led by Yosef "Tommy" Lapid--Yair's father. Foreshadowing? Time will tell.
UPDATE: Ho hum, another LBd'O reposting. I'm blasé (French for "blazzy").

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

1/26/13

A scientist character

scientist wild gray hair big classes white coat dark rubber gloves
Quick sketch done for a bid. Unused.

Drawn using:
Wacom Bamboo Pen tablet
Serif PhotoPlus SE

1/21/13

Doodling with the Katz kids

So today the Kaztes came by. I told their youngest son to tell me to draw something. He told me to draw a man coming out of a tent.
So I drew this.

Then he drew this.

So then I put my own spin on it.

Soon afterwards the other Katz boy mentioned the Amish so I drew an Amish person.

Then he remarked how much he looked like Abraham Lincoln so I drew Lincoln from memory.

Today was a productive day.

Drawn using:
Black ballpoint pen

1/16/13

Today's J. Post cartoon

reporter journalist holding microphone so have the new campaign ads convinced you what party to vote for bald man in checkersed shirt and jeans are you kidding i cant even tell them apart anymore pointing with thumb over shoulder at people covered in mud
This cartoon is grossly inaccurate because no Israeli TV studio would ever send out an Ethiopian reporter to interview the man on the street.

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