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Comic Riffs Archive: The Sketchbook
TAKE THE COMICAL CHARLIE SHEEN QUIZ: Who said it first -- Sheen or a big-screen character?
RANDY BISH (via cagle.com): "You have [a] right to kill me." -- Charlie Sheen...OR "Apocalypse Now"? Is Charlie Sheen subtly cribbing from his own scripts? Or perhaps, too, even his dad's? Comic Riffs has been combing Charlie Sheen cartoons and...
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Michael Cavna
| March 2, 2011; 11:30 PM ET |
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General, The Sketchbook
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THE TAI SHAN GOODBYE: A cartoon tribute to America's Favorite Panda
It was more than four years ago that Butterstick first melted our hearts. And at times, perhaps, our news judgment. As the "all-growed-up" Tai Shan -- aka America's Favorite Bamboo-Eater -- is crated away from the National Zoo to...
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Michael Cavna
| February 4, 2010; 11:45 AM ET |
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The Sketchbook
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The Salahi Sketch: How a pro cartoonist 'crashes' deadline like an uninvited guest
If journalism is the first draft of history, then a breaking-news editorial cartoon is, at best, history's first scrawled blueprint. And therein, sometimes, lies a great deal of fun. While speaking recently at a national high school journalism conference,...
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Michael Cavna
| December 1, 2009; 12:01 PM ET |
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The Political Cartoon, The Sketchbook
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Tareq and Michaele Salahi; Jason Campbell; Jim Zorn; Michael Cavna
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San Diego Comic-Con: 5 Star Cartoonists Do the Time Warp Again
Greetings from San Diego: The Land of 'Con... As San Diego Comic-Con: International hits 40 years old this week, Comic Riffs asked five veterans in advance of the 'Con to recall their first impressions of the once-toddlin' event, which...
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The Reliable Source
| July 22, 2009; 8:05 AM ET |
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Inaugural Sketchbook: Scenes From Obama's Mall
Wit took on a different air in Washington on Tuesday. When a mass of more than a million people is sharing a sense of uplift -- reveling in a rolling lovefest, actually -- the moment's unjaundiced humor can take a...
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Michael Cavna
| January 21, 2009; 6:00 AM ET |
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The Morning Line, The Sketchbook
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Sketchbook: Building a Better Obama Caricature
Our call to the nation's cartoonists went out last week: Now that Obama's won the election, it's time to raise their game when caricaturing the president-elect. But such a call to arms -- or drawing hands -- has zilch-o cartoon...
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Michael Cavna
| November 10, 2008; 12:30 PM ET |
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