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October 18th, 2009 | Posted in News
Here’s a link to a news story in the Stars and Stripes about our visit to the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany prior to our shipping out to do more of the same in the Persian Gulf. There are a number of pictures. The polish soldier in the pictures really did laugh so hard we thought he was going to keel over after I showed him my caricature of him. I haven’t killed a subject yet… although a few have thrown up and one peed their pants once. Fortunately the guy didn’t die but he might need fresh stitches. READ MORE
October 18th, 2009 | Posted in General
I was using “the facilities” in the Frankfurt airport while waiting to board our plane for the Persian Gulf when I was once again surprised by the “little differences” between Europe and the U.S. Germany has some of the greatest engineering on planet earth, but when it comes to making their toilet seats into robotic, self cleaning, spinning disks of doom they might have gone too far. I was in the middle of relieving myself when the commode I was using suddenly came to life and started doing the hokey pokey as shown: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a_4HEtD6eBk[/youtube] I was unnerved but didn’t panic and hose down the area.… READ MORE
October 18th, 2009 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: What you and your fellow cartoonists are doing on your trip to visit the troops is fantastic. How did that all come about? A: Although he would be quick to try and pass off some of the credit to others, the driving force behind the National Cartoonist Society’s visits to wounded soldiers, veteran’s hospitals and more recently overseas troop locations is Navy Times/Broadside cartoonist Jeff Bacon. Jeff is a retired naval captain and started his strip “Broadside” in the Navy Times in 1986 while still on active duty. The strip is about the lighter side of life in the Navy, and is well known… READ MORE
October 17th, 2009 | Posted in News
Just a quick update: The USO cartoonists tour arrived in Kuwait late Saturday night. We are staying in an undisclosed location… no sign of Dick Cheney. I’m too tired to blog and it’s an early morning and busy day tomorrow. More to follow. READ MORE
October 17th, 2009 | Posted in News
Our band of ten National Cartoonist Society cartoonists were a little bleary eyed after an all night flight from Washington DC to Frankfurt, two 2 hour bus ride south to Landstuhl and then literally right to Ramstien Air Force Base and the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center to meet and draw for “wounded warriors” and the hard working staff of these facilities that take such good care of our injured troops. We spent all day Friday at LRMC, making many stops in various areas to draw and chat with personnel. One stop was the DWMMC (Deployed Warrior Medical Management Center) where we drew soldiers waiting to… READ MORE
October 16th, 2009 | Posted in News
Our group spent a good part of yesterday drawing for and meeting wounded soldiers and medical staff at the Bathesda Naval Hospital and Walter Reed. We are now in Landstuhl, Germany and will spend today visiting Ramstien Air Force Base and the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Then it’s on to the Middle East. I have no idea what my Internet access will be on this trip. I am guessing spotty at best. I will try to blog when possible but can’t promise anything. Here are some pics from Thursday in DC including the whole group at the Bathesda Naval Hospital. READ MORE
October 15th, 2009 | Posted in General
While I’m on my world cartooning tour there might be a few of these old videos from my 1993 live caricature demo reel posted here. Here’s one of SNL alumni Mike Myers and Dana Carvey from “Wayne’s Word”. READ MORE
October 14th, 2009 | Posted in News
Here is the official press release from the USO on our trip overseas. The exact places we are visiting in Kuwait and Iraq are classified… I’d tell you where they are but then I’d have to kill you. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 14, 2009 Contacts: Oname Thompson, (703) 908-6471 National Cartoonist Society to Draw Smiles on USO Entertainment Tour to Germany and Persian Gulf ARLINGTON, Va. – The USO and the National Cartoonist Society (NCS) will soon deploy ten of today’s most recognized cartoonists and caricaturists on a week-long entertainment tour to visit troops stationed in Germany and the Persian Gulf.¬¨‚Ć The group will visit… READ MORE
