I *love* your cartoons and your take on life.

[waggling eyebrows; wiggling cigar]

You need three Tivos... and a few good bris jokes:

Two Jewish Country & Western Songs:

Ever Since My Circumcision, My Baby's Been Short With Me

and

I Lost My Goil to a Mohel (And Now I'm All Cut Up)

You can be a wicked man . . . and you are funny when you are wicked ;0) I like the first one because going to the grocery store with kids is no fun . . . ever.

Thanks.

Funny songs!

Dorinda, that was supposed to be Home Depot. oops

Hey! I think that's a dress I could wear...where can I get one?!!!

Love your cartoons, love Gahan Wilson's too.

Bob I could have used the vasectomy cartoon in a post last Friday! Great stuff!

I'm glad you haven't heard about the ban on cartoons by the OS elite because I love your lowbrow stuff.

Brill - or is that 'bris'? Rated.

wonderful

Your cartoons are pure joy!

Cool.

I laughed out loud..exhaling until I began to take measures to borrow oxygen from someone.. the last cartoon did it!

ooohhh ...

what's the definition of a jewish dilemma? Free pork.
And for you kids out there, Wii pork.

You're pretty razor sharp there Bob... I'm glad to see that the bastards can't get you down.
: )

I dont like to be divisive, but clearly your cartoons are way better than a lot of [egotistical, whining, narcissistic] bloggers here. keep up the good work dude.

oh! speaking of "razor sharp".... look what the cat dragged in.

Maybe Home Depot will start selling Bris Kits. Feel free to borrow that from me if it doesn't offend you.

I see only first-rate cartoons here. Excellent!

dude.. have you ever tried submitting to the new yorker? its cartoonist nirvana right?? the last one with the chick & the dress-- that has a kinda newyorker feel to it if you ask me, and some of your others....

Delicious. Thanks!

Touché, Cartouche! I do appreciate the growing pains discussed recently here. On the subject of change I think that, ironically, if any cover doesn't change after three days like the cartoon cover, many bloggers (even other cartoonists), are going to feel, understandably, ignored. I believe it was all just a result of it being a three day weekend and this was a logical "marker" until Open became active again. It's all relative as seldom do magazines change so fast as OS but it's what the members here have become accustomed to. Although it's not been mentioned that if everyone agrees there is now way more people it would come to reason the editors need more time to scan the material and maybe twice daily changes is near impossible.

Of course, I got defensive because of a (FE: too smartypants for his own good) comment or two left because there ARE 5 New Yorker "regulars" here and that SHOULD be exploited. How many websites can say that?

vzn: I DO submit to the New Yorker each week–when the cartoons will appear is unknown. It WAS the last cartoon (& the romantic dinner one) they considered publishing but ultimately passed on last week. Cartoons rejected by the New Yorker (I do ten a week) I sell to other places like Reader's Digest, Barron's and Harvard and often to publications in England where cartoons are more desired and there are more magazines like The New Yorker. Cartoons posted online are ones which are inappropriate or for one reason or another was not published elsewhere. They are times I draw a cartoon specifically for Open Salon in response to something that happened here. There were a couple of cartoons too racy to post here that I deleted including two women walking on the beach with one woman complimenting her bikinied, tremendously ungroomed-below friend "for every summer reinventing herself."

Steve & Karin: When are you two going to have your own low-access cable talk show?

Thank you to everyone who commented. I really appreciate the compliments...but the coolest part is WHO dropped by...to me this is an excellent sampling of the who's who of Open Salon–take a look, cool, don't you agree?!?

DIY vasectomy = Awesome.
rated.

Laughter is such a great gift to give Bob, thank you for these and the others you share. I couldn't pick a favorite from these! You have a take on life I relate to.

Nothing I've ever seen of your is second-rate..

oy gevalt, you are funny!
rated.

nolo bastardum carborundum

Simplicity in drawing and painting is (in my view) one of the hardest goals to attain. I always applaud it when I see it.

I hope you can hear me clapping..

Regards,
--Richard Fox

You are a FUNNY guy! I love the last one. Girl got back!

Bob, I remain a fan. Also, your new and improved Banner kicks it!

Wonderful!

Too perfect!

Bob, I'm glad to see this post featured where it belongs!
Good work.....again!

He actually said "abstruse?" He reminds me of some people I know who proudly display - on their coffee table - a dictionary for "highly literate people." I've never understood if they're trying to subtly imply that they are highly literate or whether they are just trying to learn.

Your Diet Pepsi cartoon seems to mirror the national mood. I can just see that guy screaming, "I want my country back!"

Is it possible the Lady Laura cartoon was also inspired by the OS-coined descriptive asshat?

All winners.

Wicked Funny. (Rated)

Wicked Funny. (Rated).

P.S. There is no "controversy" if we don't buy in...that's my motto as a newbie. But, then again, I'm new, so ignore me.

The do it yourself vasectomy is funny and pretty scary at the same time. Makes me wonder who was actually going to perform the procedure - him or his significant other.

Love your cartoons -- especially the last one!

Just want to thank everyone for the nice remarks...I don't have anything intellect to say or witty comment to make, just thanks!

Great, thanks!!

You know I love your cartoons and as for the comment about the quality of your drawings, you responded with class and grace and wicked good humor! Bravo again.