I was commissione to draw the cover for this week’s edition of The Economist.  I sketched countless versions of the grim reaper in the preliminary stages in a variety of poses. I enclose a few samples of the pencil drawings as well as the finished artwork (above)…

I was searching through an old thumb drive and found this digital version of a cover I drew for The Economist 11 years ago.  It was during the early discussions of a stock market “Bubble”.  Fed chairman Alan Greenspan was talking about “Irrational exhuberance” in the stock market (and no one was listening).

I had completely forgotten about this cover… it is always interested to see old work… like re-discovering an old friend.

I was recently commissioned by The Scene an alumni magazine for Colgate University to illustrate an article on the corrosive effects of corruption in our democratic society for their spring edition. You can view the art above.

The Swiss magazine Der Weltwoche asked me to produce a cover for this week’s edition featuring President Barack Obama and England Prime Minister Gordon Brown.  You can see the results above.

Here are some sample rough sketches from this week’s Economist cartoon. The drawing starts out looking like Egyptian hieroglyphics. After hours of sketching and inking the rather amateurish renderings eventually resemble a cartoon!

Above is the initial sketch that was drawn on an Amtrak train from Baltimore to New York.

The cartoon was completed in my hotel room in Manhattan. Below is the final art.

Kal will be one of the featured guests at the 7th annual Carolina Comedy Festival at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, April 16 and 17. Kal will giving a presentation and leading a hands on workshop on the art of political cartooning.

The festival is the brainchild of comedian and UNC alum Lewis Black who will be performing with other prominent guests during the festival.

With Easter around the corner, I thought I would take this chance to post one of my favorite holiday cartoons from some years back. 

Kal will be giving a public lecture at Columbia University on Tuesday evening April 7 at 7:30PM titled “Drawing from Politics: Cartoons and Satire in the new digital age”. The event is free and open to the all.