Well, it's a humor strip, so my first responsibility has always been to entertain the reader... But if, in addition, I can help move readers to thought and judgment about issues that concern me, so much the better.

Lives have been altered in fundamental ways, and later, after they acquire a more complete understanding of what goals are actually attainable, many are left facing a lot of pain and frustration. And yet, there's no culture of complaint.

America: the only country in the world where failing to promote yourself is regarded as being arrogant.

I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.

Once a week, I am a very desperate man.

Not only was one cartoonist gunned down, but riots erupted around the world, resulting in the deaths of scores. No one could say toward what positive social end, yet free-speech absolutists were unchastened.

In any event, it's not exactly a secret to regular readers what my views on the war are