Cartoon of the Week: The Downtown Real Estate Game Gets Serious Again

Crain's Detroit Business - March 9

The Downtown Detroit real estate game is making a come-back. For a long time, it seemed to be forgotten, but now everybody's interested in rolling the dice and taking a turn.
That's the Point!

Off the Drawing Board: My original concept for this idea featured  more traditional approach of player sitting around a table, playing a board game. As I developed the full-size rough, I thought the composition was more dynamic with the players actually standing on the board, playing the game. My editor, Jennette Smith, suggested mentioning more real estate to broaden the concept.


Way Off the Drawing Board: Another concept I thought had potential for this week's Crain's Detroit Business is the new Detroit Parking System. I still like it, and I'm betting the topic will be in the news again ...

Cartoon of the Week: A Hole Different Problem

The News-Herald - March 1

I drew this cartoon for my readers Downriver, but it applies throughout the metro Detroit area - once we've shoveled all the snow, once the sub-zero temperatures have passed, don't be so quick to breath a sigh of relief. There's a "hole" different problem facing us as the snow melts!
That's the Point!

Cartoon of the Week: P-P-Play B-B-Ball!

The News-Herald - February 18

As you stare out your windows and windshields at the frozen tundra around you; as you glance at the thermometer on your back porch or your car's instrument panel and your mood plunges lower than the temperature displayed, take heart! Somewhere, very soon, somebody will be calling out, "Play ball!"
That's the Point!

Cartoon of the Week: Rough Road Ahead

Crain's Detroit Business - January 26

There's an old saying, "Nothing is certain except death and taxes." In Michigan, you can add "... and bad roads." Michigan's road funding package, in the form of a proposed constitutional amendment, will go to a statewide ballot in May, when the voters will decide the issue. Something tells me that between the winter weather, and the campaigning by those in favor of and opposed to the proposal, we have a few months of rough road ahead!
That's the Point!

Off the Drawing Board: A couple of other ideas I proposed to my editors at Crain's Detroit Business for this week's edition also had motoring themes.

A Christmas (petrol) Miracle!

The News-Herald - December 10

When I penned this cartoon for the December 10 edition of The News-Herald, I had no idea that a week later I'd still be living the miracle - and even more! Today, December 21, I paid $2.19.9 for gas - yes, Virginia, there IS a Santa Claus.
That's the Point!

Cartoon of the Day: A Christmas Classic Returns

Crain's Detroit Business - November 24

Nothing warms my heart like a Christmas Classic as the holiday season begins, and there's no more special classic than my hometown. Happy Holidays Detroit - it's good to be celebrating with you!
That's the Point!

Off the Drawing Board: I sketched a few holiday-themed ideas for the November 24 edition of Crain's Detroit Business, but tossed them all when I was inspired by The Old Redford Theatre presentation of Jean Shepard's "A Christmas Story."

Remembering John Jr. and His Dad

The News-Herald - November 20, 2013

I penned this cartoon in 2013, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. I chose this image because I identified with John Jr. throughout the horrible national ordeal of the assassination and funeral; as I believe our whole generation did. We weren't voters, we weren't Democrats or Republicans, we were kids - like John Jr. - and we all felt his agony over the loss of his dad. It wasn't until decades later, as we grew to be adults, that we realized the terrible impact the loss of his dad would have on us and our nation for decades to come.
That's the Point!