MY
DEMENTED WIT AND WHIMSY
IS A SPIRITUAL GIFT THAT I HAVE COME TO CHERISH.
IT IS A TRUE CALLING TO FULFILL MY DREAMS
AND TO INSPIRE THE DREAM IN OTHERS.
BEING A GAY MAN IN MY FIFTIES,
I KNOW THE SOCIAL INJUSTICE OF PREJUDICE AND INHUMANITY FIRST HAND.
IT HAS BEEN MY SENSE OF HUMOR THAT HAS SAVED MY LIFE
ON MORE THAN ONE COLORFUL OCCASSION.
MY CARTOONS KEEP ME SANE IN AN INSANE WORLD.
MANY TIMES AS THE HEADLINES COME OUT OF WASHINGTON
. ....I SAY TO MYSELF.....
"I FEEL A TOON COMIN' ON!!!"
AS MY CARTOONS EVOLVED OVER THE YEARS THEY WERE DEVELOPING
MUCH LESS A GAY FOCUS AND MORE OF A POLITICAL EDGE.
IT WASN'T UNTIL GEORGE W. BUSH AND HIS ADMINISTRATION
OF CONSTANT LIES, MURDER AND DEVASTATION
THAT CALLED ME TO
MOVE FROM THE GAY HUMORIST
TO FULL-ON POLITICAL CARTOON ACTIVISM;
WITHOUT LOSING MY FESTIVE-EDGE AND FEATHERED BOA
OF COURSE!
AS A CARTOON ACTIVIST!
I HAVE LEARNED TO HUMOROUSLY
ALCHEMIZE MY ANGST AND APPRECIATION
INTO CREATIVE FUEL.
WE ARE IN A NEW ERA OF HOPE AND POSSIBILITY
WITH THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION.
HE IS NOT A MESSIAH - HE IS NOT THE ANTI-CHRIST
HE IS SOMETHING FAR-FAR-FAR WORSE
HE IS A POLITICAN....AND A VERY GOOD ONE AT THAT!!!
SO MY PEN IS POISED IN AN EASTERLY DIRECTION
READY FOR THE "NEW" MATERIAL TO COME OUT OF WASHINGTON DC.
LET'S NOT FORGET THERE WILL ALWAYS BE
THOSE SILLY REPUBLICANS TO PICK ON!!!
AND NOW THAT I DON'T HAVE BUSH TO PICK ON ANYONE
MY NEW CALL TO QUACK IS
MARRIAGE EQUALITY
STATE BY STATE BY STATE THE BATTLE CONTINUES...AFTERALL
WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN
THAT IS MY PASSION AND PURPOSE IN LIFE, ART AND POLITIC!!!
.....YOU CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON THE FACT THAT NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS.....
DUCKFEATHERS WILL FLY!!!
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