This is my cartoons I contributed to The Economist this week. You can tell I had some fun with the football cartoon!

I had a rather busy Wednesday last week. On that day I created two covers for The Economist.

Both are on the newsstand now. One is about guns and politics in America appearing as the cover for the US edition of the magazine, the second is on the Euro Crisis appearing on the front of the magazine in the rest of the world.

Having one artist create 2 covers in the same week may be a first for The Economist,. Just to complicate the matter, I was in Rome at the time attending an Economist related event for the international sales staff of the magazine. Members of The Economist team graciously found me a room at the hotel with some natural light for me to work (see below). You can see the finished products above.

With the start of the new Congress in Washington DC I was inspired to make this cartoon. I guess I have been around long enough to remember all of these “changes” in Washington.

The Economist is hosting an extraordinary event this coming week in New York City. “The World in 2011 Festival” is a 3 day program of talks, discussions and entertainment focusing on the possibilities and potential of 2011. Speakers range from President Bill Clinton, Admiral Gary Roughead, Chief of US Naval Operations, to Master chef Jose Andres, and Grammy award winning artist Loudon Wainwright III.

I will be at the event drawing, capturing the 3 days activities in lightning sketches. At the end of the program I will give my cartoon predictions for the year ahead as well as a “Cartoon history” of the proceedings… helping the the event to “draw to a close”.

You can find out more information about the festival here.

Here’s another spread from the 2011 Economist Wall calendar. If you are interested in ordering copies, my new Kaltoons store will up and operating very soon. In the meantime you contact me at kalendar@kaltoons.com and we can make arrangements for purchases.

Here’s the most recent editorial cartoon for The Economist… very much like an animated cartoon. On the subject of The Economist, check out this year’s April Fool’s post on their website.

I now have the link to the iTunes page for purchasing the new iKal iPhone app… only $.99 or £.59!

Click here to purchase!

I will be interviewed on Florida’s WGCU public radio on Wednesday January 27, 12-1pm EST. You can listen in live through their website. This is in conjunction with my visit to Florida to address the Southwest Florida Speakers Assembly on Thursday, January 28.

I will be on the road addressing other groups in the weeks ahead. On February 12, I will one of the featured guests at the Generations Forum, an interesting conference sponsored by The Economist in Geneva, Switzerland. If you ever wanted to see behind the scenes about how The Economist is put together, this may be of interest to you.

On February 19, Kal will be a featured speaker at the Warwick Economic Summit at Warwick University, UK

Here’s this week’s cover for The Economist on the issue of Obama’s first year in office.

Here’s my most recent cartoon from this week’s edition of The Economist. Any resemblance between the disreputable character portrayed in the cartoon and any cartoonist alive or dead is purely coincidental… more or less.