There are those on Open Salon who jealously guard the written word.  Not surprising considering that this territory was settled, fenced off and farmed by writers.

Cartoons can be a powerful medium.  Boss Tweed said about Thomas Nast "Stop them damn pictures. I don't care what the papers write about me. My constituents can't read. But, damn it, they can see the pictures."

My friend, S. Clay Wilson, and world famous pornographer and fellow cartoonist, once said "If you're not good enough to be a cartoonist, maybe you can be an artist."  

My feeling about it is, we should be more magnanimous.  Especially towards cartoonists, who seem to be taking a bit of heat.  Of course, my generous stance is somewhat specious because I draw cartoons.  

In my mind OS should be plastered with prose, poetry, rant, cartoons, comic strips, music and art of all kinds.  However creativity chooses to manifest itself it ought to be untethered and allowed to freely rollick and brawl here on OS.  After all, this site is called Open Salon, not Closed Salon.

That would still leave much to complain about, should one want to piss and moan.

So anyway...here are some cartoons.