Time Travel via Daylight Saving Time

I was doing a bunch of cartoons about the upcoming ‘spring forward’ time change and thought I’d double check ‘savings’ vs. ‘saving’ just to be safe. Well, lo and behold, I’d been using the apparently incorrect ‘savings’ in every cartoon. Now listen, I know…

Pick Your Battles – Or I’ll Pick Them for You

I think I’ve mentioned before a guy years ago that was a total micro-manager. Every little thing had to be done just like he would do it. He’d worry and stick his nose in and offer suggestions – until he’d get so frustrated that he’d take the work, do …

Can Emoticons Help Convey Your Brand? This Team Nailed It!

I’m not really an emoji guy. Frankly I’m still impressed by the variety and creativity in emoticons. But when I got my iPhone 6 and the emoji were just sitting there waiting to be used – I gave in. I like to combine them in goofy messages for my kids. (Chicken …

Three Doors Down on Your Starboard

“Three doors down on your right.” I don’t know exactly where I heard that, but it’s one of those phrases that sort of pops out and says ‘hello, cartoonist!’ and then won’t leave you alone. You think about it, you turn it over in your head, you examine …

Bring Your Toaster or a Laptop to the Meeting, Hmm?

One of my favorite cartoonists is Jack Ziegler. I have a few collections of Ziegler’s cartoons, and reading through them you can’t help notice that the guy has done his fair share of toaster cartoons. My personal favorite is the Munch Master toaster with the two pieces of ‘The Scream’ …

End-of-Year Business Tasks Stressing You Out?

The end of the year is a stressful time. There’s the holidays, year-end accounting, analyzing the previous year, planning for the next year – it can be overwhelming. It reminds me a lot of the sales graph in this cartoon. Don’t worry, though. Whatever stresses have been piling up, …