BP chief receives support from unexpected quarter

Original pic by Charlie Riedel, via Boston.com. Worthy captioning by me. 
This is one of the only pics of Deepwater wildlife casualties anywhere, for reasons which quickly became apparent.

Israel, Gaza blockade and the flotilla: cartoon

Conceptualized by Dorian Lynskey, facilitated by me, drawn by Cliff Lipp (Flickr).
More of Lipp's political/editorial stuff at his newly-instituted Tumblr The World Political.

A break for art

On a whim, i said to Lachlann:

do a picture of Rupert Murdoch with his teeth bared, head retreating into the thorax of a beetle, with dozens of long spindly tentacles protruding, and a speech bubble shouting "crowdsource THIS!"

i then promptly forgot that i had ever said this.

Obviously, he went and drew it.

i swear this guy is the future of political/editorial cartooning. Alan Rusbridger in this Radio 4 documentary seems to suggest that there is a modern-day lack of such cartoonists, which is pretty odd, but definitely leaves the door wide open for more stuff like this. Myself, i can't wait!