From 2015-20221 the bane of political cartoonists was that, after having executed a great summary of his latest strangeness Trump would come up with another rendering the first cartoon irrelevant and if printed, poorly timed.

Previous to Trump, covering politics meant choosing from many stories and executing a cartoon on the issue chosen. I would pencil in the idea and by lunch had a finished cartoon that I could add to my blog and put on the website for a timed, early morning publication.

When Trump came, by the end of the day I would have multiple sketches and some completed works with perhaps the last one being timed for publication with the hope he would do nothing between the time I went to bed and checked the blog in the morning

I am sure I am not the only cartoonist with a drawer full of once salient commentary reduced to irrelevance as the result of another well-informed pronouncement.

And so it was that after Joe Biden’s inauguration, I decided I would not draw another cartoon of DJT. It may be about him or any of his acolytes, but he was not going to appear.

I mean, he lost, and, as was demanded of Hillary, would just move on being the former president and milking that for all it was worth.

Instead, as more information comes out about the before, during, and after of the January 6, 2021 Insurrection with Trump tweeting his every thought and reaction to a small somewhat off olive, there are multiple daily inspirations for cartoons.

However, as frustrating as it is not to grab the lowest hanging fruit, Trump is no longer president and I will continue in my pledge not to draw him again.

Well, maybe the one future jail picture.

But That’s it.

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