Benched by Daniel Boris

 

Marco! Polo! by Daniel Boris

Under the Sea! by Daniel Boris

 

SCOTUS Time Machine by Daniel Boris

Up! by Daniel Boris

The King's Gambit by Daniel Boris

The Last Sleepover by Daniel Boris

 

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Big Bidness Babble"

"Big Bidness Babble"
https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4251

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Starring in order of appearance: Some Harvard Economics dweeb, author of
"Some Crap You Bought To Read On The Plane"; some wild-ass up-all-night,
Monster Energy-guzzling, stock-market playing Wall Street geek, author
of "Some Crap You Bought To Read On The Plane"; and some shallow,
glitzed-up ex-Chamber Of Commerce honcho who's now the executive
director of some big-ass retailers' association, author of "Some Crap
You Bought To Read On The Plane".

Inspired by a lively, witty exchange between some pals on Bluesky a
couple of weeks ago, riffing on business media pundit shartage.

(At this point, has there ever been a panelist or Guest Contributing
Analyst on The Network Formerly Known As MSNBC who HASN'T been pushing a book on the air lately?)

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Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org

The Booze Twins by Daniel Boris

 

Pulp Fiction Prayers by Daniel Boris

Brouhaha by Daniel Boris

 

Flugennock's Latest'n'Greatest: "Capitalism: 404"

"Capitalism: 404"
https://sinkers.org/stage/?p=4245

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When I first got the word going around that the Citibank building in
Dubai had been bombed, my first thought was "will I still have to pay my
bill next month?" Then, one after the other, like Santa Claus dropping
goodies on nearly every company involved in surveilling the Palestinians
and supplying military intel to Israel – data centers for Amazon, Apple,
Microsoft, Palantir, Oracle, Citibank... I couldn't pretend to enjoy
capitalism's reaction when the only thing it truly values gets the
living shit blasted out of it.

"We're sorry, but 'Capitalism' is 404 at this time..."

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Mike Flugennock, flugennock at sinkers dot org
Political Cartoons: dubya dubya dubya dot sinkers dot org

Is Ann Telnaes making far more money now than she did at WaPo?

by Mike Rhode

(Corrected 5/9 with the notice that she still has a free tier)

(Updated 11/4/25) 

I don't know, I haven't asked her.** But while the Post continues to claim her, insofar as the Pulitzers are concerned (with full page ads run at least for 2 days), she may be far better off without them. Here's her initial newsletter about quitting the paper over a squashed cartoon, and there's plenty more coverage spread throughout this blog.

In her Substack newsletter about winning the award, she wrote, "Due to you all, my Substack Open Windows has reached 100,000 subscribers!!" I don't believe she has a free tier anymore, just She still has a free tier, but if everyone paid for a subscription at $80/year or $8/month she would gross perhaps $8,000,000 to a maximum of $9,600,000.

Substack fees are described on their website.

From Substack: 10% of each transaction

From Stripe: Credit cards

A credit card fee (2.9% + $0.30 per transaction fee) and a Billing fee for recurring subscriptions (0.7% for recurring payments as of July 2024).

Their example shows the bite at about 20% on a $5 dollar payment.

If we use that back of the envelope, Ann might be netting $6,400,000 before taxes.* I find this stunningly hard to believe, but I hope it's true. A dish best served cold after all...

*I'm not an accountant or businessman so feel free to correct my thinking. 5/9: Thanks to Wim Lockefeer for pointing out she still has a free tier; my paid subscription version wouldn't show that to me.

 

**The answer is 'no' she told me at SPX this year. 

Cartooning Would-be Kings event photos (UPDATED)

Journalists and editorial cartoonists around the world are facing unprecedented attacks.

Please join us May 5, in Washington, DC, to celebrate World Press Freedom Day with a panel of legendary cartoonists out on the front lines of free speech — and for the announcement of the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award by Cartoonists Rights.

Katherine Jacobsen of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) will deliver a keynote address on the state of press freedom in the U.S. and share findings from CPJ's April 2025 U.S. Report.

Syracuse University’s Institute for Democracy, Journalism & Citizenship

PARTICIPANTS:

• Barry Blitt, The New Yorker

• Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher, The Economist

• Joel Pett, Tribune Content Agency

• Signe Wilkinson, Philadelphia Inquirer

KEYNOTE:

Katherine Jacobsen, U.S., Canada, and Caribbean Program Coordinator, Committee to Protect Journalists

MODERATOR:

Roslyn Mazer, SU alumna and free expression champion

Sponsored by Cartoonists Rights,  Committee to Protect Journalists,  Freedom Cartoonists, The Herb Block Foundation

Pett, Bliss, Signe, KAL

Roslyn Mazer

Herblock foundation heads Marcy and Sarah, Joel Pett, and local NCS chapter head Carolyn Belefski.  

Bro Russell and KAL

Barry Blitt (left)

Nik Kowsar (right)

Barry Blitt drawing of Jeff Bezos

Joel Pett drawing of Mitch McConnell

Matt Wuerker drawing of Elon Musk

Nik Kowsar drawing

 

 

 

 

KAL drawing of Trump

 

 

 

Joe Sutliff and Matt Wuerker

Katherine Jacobsen, Committee to Protect Journalists

Introducing the 2025 Robert Russell Courage in Cartooning Award

Zehra Ömeroğlu's pre-recorded speech accepting the award

Nik and KAL

Clay Jones snuck in

Political cartoonists on navigating a changing media landscape

Political cartoonists on navigating a changing media landscape
Jeffrey Brown:
PBS News Hour's CANVAS Art in Action, Apr 25, 2025 

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/political-cartoonists-on-navigating-a-changing-media-landscape 

Alex Fine show at Dwightmess - opening night photos

I popped in briefly to say hello and check out the exhibit. We used to see his work regularly in the Washington Post Magazine, illustrating Gene Weingarten's column. Information on the show follows the pictures. This exhibit is mostly celebrity portraits. Here's Bruce Guthrie's photos.

 

Alex Fine

 

 And a Taylor Swift print for sale, but not on the wall. This was for an Economics journal based on the money generated by her Eras tour:

Hairhoppers & Showstoppers:
Portraits, Posters, and Editorial Art by Alex Fine

Bio: Alex Fine is a Baltimore-based illustrator with an extensive client list that includes TIME Magazine, Newsweek,  Washington Post, Entertainment Weekly, Wired, Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, Scholastic, Harper Collins, AT&T, Variety, Baltimore City Paper, and Politico. He is represented in North America and United Kingdom by SNYDER.

"My first art show in years and I’ll have a large collection of well coiffed portraits, band posters, and editorial art from years of magazine and newspaper work. Contact me or Dwightmess with any print requests and if you live in the DMV, hope to see you there!" ~Alex

Check out more of Alex's artwork !!--> @alexfineillos

Event Info:
Hairhoppers & Showstoppers:
Portraits, Posters, and Editorial Art by Alex Fine

Opening Reception:
Friday. January 10th. 7-9pm.

Location:
DWIGHTMESS
805 Silver Spring Ave, Silver Spring, MD 20910.