I have tons of carticatures at the Cox & Forkum site. Though I've posted a few of the old ones here, you can click here to see the full list.

Jordan's King Abdullah II.

A cover illustration for the monthly magazine The Intellectual Activist.

A cover illustration for the monthly magazine The Intellectual Activist.

Cuban President Fidel Castro.

A cover illustration for the monthly magazine The Intellectual Activist.

I illustrated the cover for the book Caucus of Corruption by Matt Margolis and Mark Noonan -- which is now on the market.

Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.

Vice President Dick Cheney.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.

Comedian Al Franken.

Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi.

Bolivian President Evo Morales.

A caricature I did for a 2007 desk calendar for American Compass Book Club.

To see more of my caricatures, click here.

After watching "El Dorado" for the jillionth time, I got my watercolor pad out and did this. By the way, has there ever been a more drunk, clueless, spittle-ridden sherrif than Robert Mitchum's?

Playing around with the concept of depicting celebrities as patron saints. This, of course, is St. Dean, patron saint of smokers and cocktail waitresses.

St. Barney is the patron saint of hall monitors and anti-gun lobbyists.

Thanks for the making the party! I've read many nice words of encouragement from ya'll and I wish could make a round of icy Beefeater martinis for all my new guests.

Please pop in any time. The beer is on the back deck and the bathrooms are to the left, behind the ceramic giraffe.

Don't touch the cd player, though

Cheers....

Goofing on three rock icons. Can you guess which ones?

St. Kurt is the patron saint of POW's.

Toying with a cover idea....

The patron saint of travel agents and liars...

The patron saint of bullfighters and barkeeps.

'Tis I, stickin' it to the Man. Notice the posh surroundings and the gaggle of dancing girls bringing me endless cocktails. Living the dream, baby.

Flight of the Conchords is my new favorite comedy duo. They do a fantastic job of lampooning "lounge music" by putting all these musical genres in a blender and then serving it up within a story line about weird, lovable losers trying to make a name for themselves. Enjoy.

St. Buster is the patron saint of actuaries.

Congratulations, you over-heated gasbag. The Anti-American Award (a.k.a the Nobel Peace Prize) goes to yet another Democratic demagogue bent on abusing America's character.

Which is worse....a preening Bostonian or an obnoxios New Yorker? Guess what? You get BOTH tomorrow!

Not a huge Giants fan as much as I'm a fan of historic upsets. I like the Giants over the Pats 27-24

UPDATE: Eli Manning MVP. Last two minutes was CLASSIC!

Of all the Republican candidates, John McCain seems to be one tough son of a gun. And it looks like he's on his way to facing the Democratic nominee for leader of the free world.

Too good to be true?

Will Farrell shoots an airball....

Science fiction writer extraordinaire. Thank you for your wonderful imagination.

This is my Mooktown Irregulars teammate, Bob. We call him Iceman because he's hits big darts when we need 'em.

He's a bit gruff, but that just makes him so damn cute.

Wonderful, bigger-than-life actor, who'll always be THE definitive Moses, has shuffled off this mortal coil. He delivered my all-time favorite movie line as Taylor in Planet of the Apes: "Get your stinking paws off me, you damn dirty apes!"

Rev. Wright keepin' the faith....

Jeff Bridges (Obidiah Stane) and Robert Downey, Jr. (Tony Stark) turn in bravura performances in Ironman. This turned out to be my favorite Marvel Comics-inspired movie to date.

Today, my favorite film comedian/auteur turned 82. He happens to have written, directed and acted in my all-time favorite comedy, "Blazing Saddles" and I owe him many thanks for cracking me up for so may years.

"Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colorfully, or you're not alive."

Mel Brooks

The curse of the open mike.....GOTCHA Rev. Jackson.

I've been revisiting Hunter S. Thompson's '79 collection of articles and essays, "The Gonzo Papers, Vol 1: The Great Shark Hunt: Strange Tales from a Strange Time". He was experiencing a new style of writing and you can sense he's trying to hang on by his crusty fingernails.

I finished up Michael Shaara's novel on the Battle of Gettysburg. Wonderful reading yet quite sad.

I'm just waiting for Biden to shoot his mouth off...

Why does choosing an obscure governor (she had the job for a shorter period of time than OBAMA HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR PREZ!) from an obscure state (have you checked out the population total of Alaska lately?) strike me as incredibly desparate? Does McCain expect me to believe Sara Palin is an EXCELLENT choice to lead the United States if he suddenly is unable to maintain the presidency? Her resume reads like a fortune cookie.

I'm utterly fascinated with the prospect of Todd Palin being the Second Dude. You know the guy has this Grizzly Adams vibe and I keep wondering how he might fare in the glitzy microscope of THE CENTER OF THE FREE WORLD.

Yes, I believe the man knows what he's doing. Now...where did I put that Kool Ade?

Emanuel is a serious Democrat insider. He made his bones in Chicago poliltics (not known for the cleanest tactics) as senior adviser and chief fund raiser for Mayor Richard Daley in'89. Went on to be a Clinton adviser from '92 to '98.

What's particualarly significant: Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chairman since '02. This guy has got to know some serious dirt on just everybody in Congress. Make no mistake, this dude is a shark.

And now he's Obama's chief of staff, the conduit between the President and Congress. He might be the THIRD most powerful man in the White House, behind the Prez and the VP.

The new Bond film, "Quantum of Solace", hit the theaters this weekend. Looking forward to catching it soon.

According to the Securities and Exchange Commission, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks has opened up his fat mouth once too often. Insider trader allegations have Mark Cuban in an uproar.

Time to vogue here in Atlanta. Madonna is gracing us with her diva-ness this week. Lucky star, indeed.

We seem to be in the midst of a Hollywod blitzkrieg of Nazi movies. Let's count them, shall we?

(now playing)
"The Boy in the Striped Pajamas"
"The Reader"
"Valkyrie"

(coming soon)
"Defiance"
"Good"

Without having to debate these movies on moral grounds, it's easy to see Oscar considers downer movies high art. This year's theme? NAZIS, TOO, HAD YEARNING HEARTS. (Let's not quibble about that world-domination thing, though).

Come on, Norm. Concede to the uber-lefty newbie cum Saturday Night Live comedy writer.

Oh, Minnesota, I'm soooooo disappointed....but HIGHLY ENTERTAINED.

Mr. Reality came knockin' on Caroline Kennedy's door. Poor thing.....

Penn wins Oscar for his portrayal of Harvey Milk in the the movie, "Milk".

I've been catching The Tonight Show lately. Much better with O'Brien.

This guy is running against incumbent Ahmadinejad for president of Iran. How many times is Mousavi going to find a severed camel head in his bed before this thing plays out?

It seems my caricatures of Khamenei and Ahmadinejad came in handy at an Iranian protest rally in Berlin. Definitely weird.

Check this out. Thanks to Harvey Scobie for the catch. See the originals here and here.

The Atlanta Journal Constitution got wind of my caricatures popping up in Berlin and decided they it would make a neat little item on page 2 of the paper. Scanning the article was a bit tricky but it's mostly legible. There were no stsunning details, just the facts of how Harvey Scobie brought the Reuters photo to my attention and how these things happen where images get co-opted for uses that generally come to a surprise to the artist. Candice Dyer did a fine job of getting across the oddness of it all. Special thanks go out to her for making this a fun little ride.

Now I'm thinking about the poster business....

This is Decatur's local music legend and poet extraordinaire. And an entirely good egg, too.

This is the actual artwork displayed on my June 16, '09 post (see this archive for Reuters photograph) I thought it might be fun to put these two "notorious" caricatures on the auction block. Have fun and good luck!

LEFT: Ayatollah Khamenei
7" x 11"
graphite on bristol board

RIGHT: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
7" x 10.25"
watercolor on paper

I will include in the sale price an actual Atlanta Journal-Constitution article about the Berlin rally cut from that day's paper, June 20, 2009

BIDS ARE ONLY FOR BOTH PIECES PURCHASED TOGETHER.

All bids taken through this post's comment thread.

Bidding starts $300

Bids increase in increments of $10 ($10, $20, $30 etc.....)

Final bid will be accepted up to 12noon eastern time Thursday, July 2. (The official time is what my website clock says.)

Thanks everybody. I'll do this once again down the line.

I've e-mailed the winner and let him know he is the proud owner of a bit of blogoshpere history.

Sylvia Cross, the gallery owner at 120 Sycamore Place here in Decatur, thought it would be fun to fill the gallery space with roughly 140 of the caricatures I've done over the years. The opening was July 4th and the visitors got a kick out of all the different personalites I've lampooned. Not many sales, but the vibe was very appropriate to such a loose and unconventional group of work.

I put the pieces up for sale at $100 each. You can find almost all of them on the old Cox and Forkum site at the Newsmaker caricature button and at this site's caricature archives. If there are any takers out there, e-mail me your choice. If it's available, I'll let you know and I'll be happy to send it along.

"OBJECTIVE JOURNALISM AND AN OPINION COLUMN ARE ABOUT AS SIMILAR AS THE BIBLE AND PLAYBOY MAGAZINE."

-Walter Cronkite-

"THAT'S IT. IF I'VE LOST CRONKITE, I'VE LOST MIDDLE AMERICA."

-Lyndon B. Johnson-

When I was young kid in the 60's and 70's, Walter Cronkite seemed to me the only newsman in existence. As if our television was his personal pipeline into our house.

Speedster Ricky Henderson was inducted into Cooperstown this weekend with some larcenous numbers:

* 1,406 stolen bases
* 2,295 runs scored
* 2,129 unintentional walks
* 81 homers leading off a ballgame.

This guy made thievery a beautiful science.

So passes a very influential man whose legacy will echo among the halls of the Senate.

Tossing a copy of the United Nations Security Council charter, Moammar was feeling frisky this week during his impassioned UN speech.

I recently did some caricatures at a craft fair. The weather was stunning, the cotton candy was spinning.

I had the pleasure of doing Rick's caricature recently. For $75, you, too, can be drawn up by a professional! Beware, though. I tend to get a bit silly.

Phil Mickelson had an inspiring four days in Augusta. Considering his family concerns, kind of makes Tiger self-induced pantlessness seem rather shallow.

Archie Bunker had a bunch of faults, but he was always a family man.

Show Dad some love this Sunday.

There are certain long-time Democrats who would like to have the the swamp left intact.

"ALL I NEED ARE SOME TASTY WAVES, COOL BUDS...AND I'M FINE."

Sean Penn goes the half century mark today. How old do you feel NOW?