I am delighted to report sales of the 2012 Economist Wall Kalendar have been brisk. I have already fulfilled orders from such far flung locations as the UK, Japan, Portugal, India and the Yukon Territories!

You can order your copy here at the Kaltoons Store.

I am also scheduling some “Kalendar signing” events at local bookstores.

I will be at Constellation Book in Reisterstown, MD  Saturday Nov 26 2PM and at The Walters Art Museum, Saturday December 11, 2PM.

I hope to see you there!

I will be giving a lecture Tuesday, November 8, 7:30PM at McDaniel college, Westminster, MD on the subject of Political cartoons. I hope to see you there!

I drew the cover for this week’s edition of The Economist. I worked closely with the cover designer in London on this one. We decided to pursue a more “graphic” version than the normally painterly style from the past. You can see the original concept drawing I submitted below. I like the simplicity an starkness of this one. I hope you do, too.

I am delighted to announce the new 2012 Wall Kalendars have arrived and are ready for purchase. You can place your orders at the Kaltoons online store.

Price is $15.00 +shipping. Last year’s Kalendar was a great success and I think this year’s is an improvement from the previous award-winning editions!

Election season is in full swing which means lots of material for political cartoonist. The cartoon above is from this week’s edition of The Economist.

I drew this one from a hotel in Abuja, Nigeria where I was participating in a conference sponsored by The Economist. As you can probably guess I had a great fun drawing this one.

Among the fearsome flock of Wannabees is Republican businessman Herman Cain. People outside of the US have been watching the American political circus with some interest and despair. An example, the French magazine Courrier International commissioned me to create a cartoon of Herman Cain for this week’s edition (see below).

Here’s a sneak peak at The 2012 Economist Wall Kalendar. I will be sharing weekly installments of the artwork for all to peruse. This week is the February spread. I hide a cartoon of myself in each of the 12 spreads. In this one, I am particularly hard to find (it is a bit easier to spot me with a full size Kalendar in your hands). I will be selling the Kalendar at my online store starting October 24!

I am delighted to announce the 2012 Wall kalendar is printed and ready to go. I have included above a sample spread from the Kalendar which I think is the best one to date. The Kalendar is fully illustrated throughout and took me 6 months to complete. I will be posting one spread a week as a sneak preview for those interested viewers.

Copies of the Kalendar will be available from the Kaltoons store starting October 24! Tell your friends!

I was asked to create the cover for The Economist this week. It was a fun topic to illustrate (taxing the rich). I also had fun creating an autumnal scene… makes me want to paint more landscapes! Also this week… I drew the cartoon (below) on the current crisis in Israeli/Palestinian relations. The next day I flew to Taipei, Taiwan to address the World Congress of the International Press Institute. More on that event to come!

I am currently at the printers witnessing the printing of the new Economist wall calendar. This is very exciting. The artwork has been 6 months in the making and I believe this year’s product is the best one yet.

I hope to have copies available to purchase/order by the beginning of October.

In the week’s ahead I will be revealing sneak peeks of some of the calendar spreads here on the Sketchblog.

Please let me know your thoughts.

Here’s a recent piece of art I created for a non-profit Publish What You Pay based out of Norway. This is a cover for a report advocating transparency in international business transactions specifically in the extractive industries (oil/mineral companies). A worthy subject.