After over four months at the drawing table, The Economist 2011 Illustrated Wall Kalendar is complete. Believe it or not, The Economist has already sold several dozen of these beauties already ( you can order them here). This newest edition promises to be even better than the award winning 2010 edition.

Above is the artwork for the 2011 cover. Over the weeks ahead, I will be giving sneak previews of other monthly spreads on this blog.  Stay posted!

I have been rather remiss in keeping my blog up to date… so I enclose a couple of recent cartoons that I hope you enjoy.

Here’s a recent cover I create for The Economist. We intended to capture the spirit of the great English artist John Tenniel who was the genius behind the 19th century Alice in Wonderland drawings. This was a take-off of his Mad Hatters Tea party illustration (see below)

Here’s this week’s cartoon for The Economist. I enjoyed playing with the caricatures, though my Karzai still needs work.

Tricky drawing a cartoon in advance of a monumental election… for a weekly publication… that will not be overtaken by events when the election results are in… So, here is my best effort for The Economist this week.

Here are 2 fun pieces to share. Both with boxing themes! The first above is a book cover for an upcoming publication about the controversial 2008 Senate race in Minnesota between Al Franken and Norman Coleman. The book is due out this year titled “Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Senate”.

This is a drawing I did for the annual Washington Press Club Foundation annual banquet and fundraiser.

I will be the guest speaker at the annual benefit fundraiser for “At Jacob’s Well” a very worthy charity dedicated to aiding the homeless community in Baltimore.  Here are the details:

When: Saturday, May 8, 2PM
Where: Church of the Redeemer, 5603 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD
Details: $20. Admission includes Wine and Hors d’oeuvres. Silent auction to benefit the charity

If you cannot attend but want to help this very worthy group, please visit their website

Also, on Monday May 3, I will be a guest Washington’s NPR showcase station , WAMU (www.wamu.org,  88.5 FM), on the Kojo Nnamdi show. I will be on the 1-2PM slot as part of a discussion on Satire and Culture. Please tune in!

I just returned from Duke University and the Nasher Museum of Art where I participated in a panel discussion about Satire and New Media. The Nasher is featuring a very interesting Cartoon show called “Lines of Attack”. The show is an impressive  display of contemporary and historical artwork but with an interesting twist. The exhibition sets out to compare the cartoon commentaries of Daumier and his peers in 1830’s France with contemporary political cartoonists, illustrators and animators. Caricature portrayals of Dubya, Bill Clinton and their cronies stand opposite their nineteenth century French counterparts. It was a show worth visiting.