I began the sketches for what would ultimately become Obama 2012 in March 2007, a month after Barack Obama declared his candidacy. I had spent much of the previous 18 months living abroad as an entrepreneur and statesman of sorts, and I was slightly out of touch with the pulse of life on the street in the United States.

Excerpt from The San Jose Mercury’s Opinion section…
OPINION:  BART POLICE CAN’T SPIN WAY OUT OF A FATAL SHOOTING IN A WEB 2.0 ERA
From the eye of a cell phone, an outraged and shocked public witnessed the shooting death of 22-year-old Oscar Grant at a BART station in Oakland, by a police officer in the early [...]

There are soooooo many youtube flix out there about this election, but these kids have won my heart.  I saw them about a week ago on CNN before going to work, and their little jingle has stuck with me.  It’s probably also because I like TI’s song “Whatever You Like.”  Apparently, I’m not the only [...]