(I want to thank and apologize to those who sent me emails and comments. While on the book tour I was without internet (or cell phone reception) and after the icestorm, I lost heat and electricity while… Read full post »

If a joke falls flat does anyone hear it? The following cartoons didn't sell anywhere but are personal all-time favorites of mine. By all-time favorites, I mean they were the clinkers from my usual batch of cartoons this week.

 

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It’s simple. I need to get funny and get funny fast. Loved ones around me are depending on it. Tension is high around the dinner table ("Show me the funny!"). A timetable has been placed on my quest (next Thursday). 

 

 

I have begun to… Read full post »

No, nothing to do with Open Salon but if it wasn’t Verizon’s catch-phrase it could be a perfect slogan for OS, don’t you think?

I did this cartoon for a client of mine, The Automobile Association of America’s Home & Away magazine on the safety (of SUVs and cell… Read full post »

To respond to inquiries as to what ever happened to T-Bucket and the Snowman...we found God. On Facebook. We are now doing God's work, getting out the good word. On Facebook.

(click one of the two halves below to enlarge and read.)

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It’s almost Valentine’s Day and I was lucky enough to chat with one half of what has to be one the coolest couples there ever was right behind Bradgelina and Sting & Trudie. Michael Maslin and Liza Donnelly both have their beloved cartoons grace the coolest magazine there is and live… Read full post »

 

_{The following is an excerpt of my commencement speech made last Friday night at The Hamlin Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Vocational Institute. Although I am NOT terminally ill, in all honesty, I have not been feeling all that great since I would say around the holidays;}

 

 

^{Comment I left on Kerry's blog;}

I love football and haven't missed a Giant game since '32 but I haven't seen a Super Bowl in years (except those with the NY Giants).

Every year I leave a Super Bowl party early and drive through… Read full post »

"Here in Delaware, we literally share a broad maritime border with Spain. So, when Zapatero rears his head, I'll be ready with this magic wand to turn him back! I'm wearing women's underwear! Hello? Is this on?"

That's the winning caption. Congratulations, Yablonowitz (Greg Martin)
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Is this cartoon about our economy? Iceland's? Global warming?...take your pick.

I want to give a big thanks to OSer Lonnie Lazar, who wrote a profile about me & my office for the June issue of Mac Life. Lonnie writes for Cult of Mac and Voxilla as well.   Cartoon inspired by/…

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Detail from editorial done in 2004 for Time Out NY. 

Why work for The Post? (Why did I just write an editorial piece for them?)

If you’re a true writer or artist you want your work to make a difference. Looking for new clients I often seek publications with/… Read full post »

Who made the first snowman? Who first came up with the idea of placing one/…

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_{Bob Eckstein copyright © 2009}

Sorry if I'm not doing cartwheels over Dan Brown's big day. I simply never bought into his stories which just seem, for me, not convincing and sensationalizing my religion. I'm also bias because of inane conservations I'm suffered through at snotty… Read full post »

 

In light of my ill-timed cartoon yesterday on writers shooting themselves and some of the mud-slingin, name-calling posts (crap headlines like; "Why Do ---holes Join OS?" Gee, why don't you tell us, buddy? If I hear another dirtbag making fun of another OS writer I swear I'm… Read full post »

   

_{Bob Eckstein copyright © 2009}

No doubt, even Jesus would have had a tough time publishing in this climate. Anyhoo, this is follow-up to my last post, Good For You! Excuse Me If I'm Not Happy For Dan Brown about being Catholic & the Da Vinci Code (and spoiler alert;… Read full post »

I have a real problem with their new TV commercial that has been flooding our airwaves. (If you have an irrelevance filter now would be the time to turn it off.) It’s the one where a man switches lamps and makes the smart-ass remark, “The ‘70s called, they want… Read full post »

 

So the theme for this group of cartoons is extermities. This weekend is opening week in the NFL (tomorrow is the first game) but of course I have a wedding & a bris the same weekend as the Giant opener and the US Open finals. I need three… Read full post »

NEW YORK, NY–A shocking revelation regarding Open Salon came to fruition this morning when an undisclosed blogger shared the following labeled photographs bringing to light a shocking Open Salon secret. While… Read full post »