Cartoon of the Day: Happy Valentine's Day!

The News-Herald - February 14

I penned this for my readers Downriver, but it applies to everyone - I wish you a happy, old-fashioned Valentine's Day with lots of love!
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Cartoon of the Week: 'We are in a risky business'

The Daily Tribune - January 30, 1986

This cartoon is from my days as the staff editorial cartoonist at The Daily Tribune, in Royal Oak, taken from a page of my 1989 book, "Out of the Inkpot and Into the Fire." The news of the Challenger disaster cast a pall over the Trib newsroom and it took me a couple of days to collect my thoughts and draw a tribute that included some ray of hope. I chose to quote Gus Grissom, one of my childhood heroes and one of the original Mercury astronauts, who died with crewmates Ed White and Roger Chaffee aboard Apollo 1 in January 1967. His words, spoken after he was rescued from his sinking "Liberty Bell 7" Mercury capsule; "... worth the risk ..." seemed appropriate, since they were spoken by someone who would know.

Off the Drawing Board: A footnote to this cartoon - it resulted in a surprising reaction by dozens of Trib readers, who protested with calls and letters to the editor, shaming us for printing a cartoon with a "laughing astronaut" following the Challenger disaster. Negative response was so strong, I felt compelled to write an explanatory column the following week and apologize for the misunderstanding. (My first and only response of that nature in my nearly 40 years of editorial cartooning.)

I hope the meaning is clear to readers with this reprint, 30 years later.
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Cartoon of the Week: The Forest Will Always Be There

The News-Herald - January 17

"But of course it isn't really good-bye, because the forest will always be there ... and anybody who is friendly with bears can find it," said Christopher Robin to Pooh. Our small, nearby forests are magical places - cherish them, care for them, experience the magic.
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Cartoon of the Week: GO GREEN! GO WHITE!

The News-Herald - December 27

What more is there to say? Spartans Will.
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Cartoon of the Week: I'm Dreaming of a Warm Christmas

The News-Herald - December 23

It's Christmas and here in metro Detroit, spring is in the air! If Irving Berlin were still with us, he could update the lyrics of his Christmas classic, "I'm dreaming of a warm Christmas ..." for 2015.
I penned this cartoon for my Downriver readers, but the message is meant for everyone I know - Merry Christmas to all!
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Cartoon of the Week: Feeling the Holiday Spirit

The News-Herald - December 16

Ah - the holiday spirit is in the air; and it's so thick, you can cut it with a knife. Christmas is coming and to paraphrase the Grinch, "... It'll come without snow, it'll come without slush, it'll come without shoveling, salting and such!" Are you feeling it?
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Cartoon of the Week: Fill the Truck, Fill Some Hearts

The News-Herald - December 2

Downriver residents responded in inspiring fashion to the plea by The News-Herald staff to "Fill the Truck" for the Salvation Army with toys, food, clothing and personal care items for those among us who would otherwise go without this holiday season. We did, indeed, fill the truck on Saturday, December 12; and shortly all those generous donations will fill many hearts Downriver.
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