The Spirit of Compromise

India ink on bristol board; digital colors

Sure, the specific terms aren't as apocalyptic as anticipated, but one could just as well argue that the GOP's principal objective all along was to erode the administration's public standing (and faith in government as a whole; the Tea Party is another [crazy] story altogether). If that was the case, then they have categorically succeeded, and not for want of help from Mr. Obama. It's a shame that we're the ones who have to pay for it.

Those disembodied heads are supposed to be jellyfish, by the way, since there's no way Pelosi and Reid belong to phylum chordata.

War Elephant, Driven by a Madman

India ink on bristol board; digital colors

What's the difference between Boehner and the Tea Party Republicans' respective debt ceiling resolutions? One's recreational amputation, the other's butchery. Either way, Obama's lackadaisical, unimaginative response has been disappointing, to say the least.

Only You...Can Save Lady Columbia!

Reprints can be found here;

India ink on bristol; text and color in Illustrator CS5

and Photoshop CS3, respectively

An exhortation for the left, who, let's face it, need it this coming midterm.

A Grassroots Movement

India ink and watercolor lampblack wash on bristol board;
reprints can be found here

The discontent is indigenous, but its current form and momentum is definitely not of its own doing.