Cartoon of the Week: Santa's Work is Done in Detroit!

Crain's Detroit Business - November 23

If Detroiters were making a collective holiday wish list, what might be on it? Cheap gas, a brisk real estate market, a strong year for the Detroit 3 automakers - those are all items that would probably be on anyone's list. You're welcome, Detroit - Santa's work is done here, and it isn't even Thanksgiving!
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Cartoon of the Week: Remembrance Day

The News-Herald, November 11

For all the veterans among all our friends and families, thank you for your service and your sacrifice. Every generation has heroes who keep the rest of their generation safe and free; and every generation owes them a debt.

I hold in my heart my uncle, Technical Corporal Vitaut J. Voselius, an immigrant from Lithuania who dreamed of U.S. citizenship. His wish was granted, immediately after he was drafted and sworn into the U.S. Army in December 1941. After fighting through North Africa and Italy, he returned home - "it is really home now," as he would remind us. He saw his citizenship as an honor, and he always believed it an equal honor that he was called upon to defend his new home.
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Cartoon of the Week: Play Ball! For Real

The News-Herald - August 23

There's relief for metro Detroiters from the heartbreak of the Tigers' season. Taylor, Mich., is the annual host of the Junior League World Series and the finals are Sunday, August 23. Finally - some meaningful baseball in our area, in August!
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Cartoon of the Week: Tigers Math

Crain's Detroit Business - August 10

I'll always love baseball, especially Tigers baseball, but it's difficult to watch this season conclude. It's as it every game, every inning, is a step toward concession. Here we are in August, already looking to next season. I'm ready for the hot stove league!
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Off the Drawing Board: These are two other roughs I shared with my editor at Crain's Detroit Business for this week. After consideration and discussion, we concluded that Dave Dombrowski's departure was part of a bigger story overall, including the sell-off of players; leading to - most probably - a zero-sum in playoff dollars for the 2015 season.

 

Cartoon of the Week: Pure Something ...

Crain's Detroit Business - May 18

Pure Michigan, Pure Snyder ... imagine Tim Allen providing a voice-over, you get the idea.
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Off the Drawing Board: My original concept for this cartoon was a little bit rougher on Governor Snyder (rough road pun intended).

Cartoon of the Week: '... Their last full measure'

The News-Herald - May 24

" ... It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us - that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -  that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain - that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth."       
- Abraham Lincoln, June 1, 1865


Every generation has had its guardians. This appeared in The News-Herald, but it is for all those who gave "their last full measure" everywhere, for all of us. 
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Cartoon of the Week: Weather or Not ...

The News-Herald, May 17

When I was growing up, weather reporting was simple and straightforward in the springtime - it was going to be sunny, it was going to rain, maybe a combination of both; and maybe, once in a while, watch out for a possible tornado. Now, weather reporting is year 'round high drama with clever, exciting names for the forecasting centers and seasonal themes to make the drama even more timely. Hold on to your seats, it's time for a forecast, "weather" you're ready or not ...
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