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Comic Strips
Weltschmerz
Through a cast of engaging characters and scathingly caricatured politicians, Weltschmerz turned a fun-house mirror on an increasingly bizarre world every week from 1996–2008.
Huxley the turtle is slow, cold-blooded and nearly extinct. But that isn’t stopping him. In search of others like him, he turns to another homeless resident of Turtle Creek Park, a computer named Wes that has fled its owner.
Cartoons that merge the bite of political cartoons with the narrative flexibility of comic strips are rare. I contributed this one to This Magazine from 1993 until 2002
This was my first comic strip. I seem to be attracted to slow shelled creatures. As Jay Kennedy, of King Features, said in his personalized rejection letter, ”Why don’t you make a comic about a cat or a dog?” Hmm. There’s a novel idea!