Train Stop

Weekly Sketch 1/27

Cougar Time!

I did this one for the Las Vegas Weekly last week...when they pitched me the idea, I knew it was right up my alley. It's about a "Cougar Convention" held over the weekend at the Tropicana in Vegas. Although it's bordering on obnoxious overexposure, I still find the term "cougar" hilarious...but I wonder if there should be a term for older men who are into women in their late teens and early 20s. Oh, I forgot, there is a term for them: Men.

Do Not Rescuisitate

A couple years back, in a move much-ballyhooed and made a big deal of by me, The Washington City Paper stopped using my illustrations with the Savage Love column. Though it was a blow to lose them (and their budget) as a weekly client, I continued to provide Savage Love illos (albeit not in color) to a couple other papers, Detroit's Metro Times and Philadelphia Weekly...that is, until last Monday, when I was notified by PW that their budgets had been cut, and that there was no cash left for my weekly spots. So,down to only one venue for my work, I know that this is the time to bow out for good.

I've been doing the spots for one paper or another for over ten years, and to be honest, I don't know what I'm gonna do with myself next Monday when it's time to send the art along and there's no one to send it to! Still, I'm so thankful to have had the opportunity...drawing the column every week for a decade was an invaluable experience, enabling me to hone and fine-tune my style, as well as challenging me to produce top-notch, funny work every week under a rigid deadline.

Thanks to Pete Humes for the initially hiring me to draw the spots for Punchline, and to Jandos, Pete M., Sean, Hawes and Tim for picking me up along the way! Here are a bunch of recent illos...thanks for the memories!

Duo Damsel

Continuing my Legion of Super-Heroes theme started last fall...here's Duo Damsel! Her power is to split into two identical bodies...it used to be three, when she used the name Triplicate Girl, but then one of her selves was killed by an evil computer. Oh, and she's married to this guy. Their story could be an early-2000s CBS sitcom.

Pens vs. Caps TONIGHT!

The Washington Capitals play the Penguins in Pittsburgh tonight, the two teams' first meeting since last May, when the Pens spanked the Caps 6-2 in Game 7 of their playoff series. I think the Pittsburgh is gonna pick up where they left off, and that Pens' center Evgeni Malkin is going to have a huge game...and she agrees with me!

Columbus Crew

A rare championship team from my home state of Ohio! And my first rendering of a soccer jersey!