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des illustration details here for we sew retro s blog it s also the timeline cover photo for the we sew retro facebook page here s a screenshot of the art in action and i ve got some other political cartooning projects in the works more soon i m not dead etc labels cartoons crafts illustration posted by mikhaela reid at 9 00 am 0 comments wednesday august 15 2012 polka dot pinup art in the new bob the angry flower book stephen notley s latest collection of geeky bob the angry flower genius how to operate a chair is on sale now and it features a fantastic assortment of bob pinup art by cartoonists like jen sorensen matt bors keith knight masheka wood and yours truly check it out labels books cartoonists cwa illustration posted by mikhaela reid at 6 30 pm 0 comments thursday january 05 2012 my essay on the way the future of political cartooning wasn t herblock foundation report the herblock foundation has a brand spanking new whitepaper out on the state of political cartooning called the golden age for editorial cartoonists at the nation s newspapers is over too true the whitepaper which you can download as a pdf here contains a glum survey and a depressing collection of essays by a wide range of cartoonists including clay bennett ted rall jen sorensen and yours truly here s a quote from my essay which is untitled in the collection but which i like to call the way the future of political cartooning wasn t the future of political cartooning i imagined in 2001 was already a far cry from the future of political cartooning in 1981 my fellow 20 something alternative cartoonist friends and i didn t even vaguely aspire to comfortable drafting desk staff positions at daily newspapers with reasonable salaries and health benefits the pulitzer prize application just seemed like a waste of money our model was self syndication in the alternative weeklies we looked to ted rall keith knight alison bechdel we d pay our inky dues toiling in the bristol board or wacom tablet trenches we d work day jobs by night we d comb through news sources and write and draw and write sleep was for suckers we d market ourselves with clever self promotional packets mailed regularly to hundreds of alternative and niche publications we d blog and send e mail newsletters and we d draw attention to our cartooning book collections at comic conventions with big vinyl banners and brightly colored tablecloths we d sell t shirts and stickers to our legions of super dedicated online fans our aspirations were modest maybe one day we d quit our day jobs and squeeze by on a low five figure income or if we were already squeezing by fulltime maybe one day we d be able to afford gasp basic health insurance that s one of the least sad bits download the whitepaper pdf to read the whole thing yeah um happy new year and stuff p s if you want a more thorough sum up of my 2011 it s over here at my sewing blog polka dot overload but i do warn you that it is mostly about babies and sewing and not political cartoons or politics except for a mention of me getting laid off from the cartoon syndicate united media when they outsourced all our jobs to universal press syndicate labels cartoonists cwa meta posted by mikhaela reid at 7 00 am 0 comments tuesday september 27 2011 should i work for free for all the times i received emails asking me to draw cartoons for free for various forms of exposure i wish i had had this amazing flowchart to refer to labels meta posted by mikhaela reid at 11 26 pm 0 comments friday september 09 2011 brooklyn book festival sunday sept 18 free as i said previously i can t make it to spx in bethesda but i will be hanging out at masheka and keith knight s table at the free brooklyn book festival next sunday sept 18 sunday september 18 2011 10 am 6 pm brooklyn borough hall 209 joralemon street brooklyn new york 11201 more than 260 authors at the brooklyn book festival larry mcmurtry terry mcmillan jennifer egan eoin colfer john sayles joyce carol oates craig thompson walter mosley adrian tomine amitav ghosh jean valentine jules feiffer senator joseph lieberman rachel hawkins sam mcbratney jacqueline woodson jhumpa lahiri mo willems pete hamill and many more the brooklyn book festival is the largest free literary event in new york city presenting an array of literary stars and emerging authors who represent the exciting world of literature today one of america s premier book festivals this hip smart diverse gathering attracts thousands of book lovers of all ages labels conventions events posted by mikhaela reid at 10 25 am 0 comments masheka at spx this weekend in dc md de cunjah man preview so sadly i won t be able to attend spx this year after all the baby well rampaging toddler has recently rebelled against all forms of travel longer than a short subway ride and insists on running around in circles dancing and screaming loudly at all times but masheka and some of my cartoonists with attitude friends will be there and masheka has a sneak preview of his latest comic here s the scoop first have a sneak peek at the first panel of my adaptation of de cunjah man in african american classics graphic classics vol 22 on sale december 2011 aaaaaaaand this weekend september 10 11 in bethesda md i ll be at the 2011 small press expo peddling books with jen sorensen and hanging out with keith knight and other cartoonist pals unfortunately my better half mikhaela reid can t make it this year so this will be my first convention without a buffer between my many neuroses and the public at large me nervous hope ya like sweaty handshakes and mumblecore labels conventions events posted by mikhaela reid at 10 05 am 0 comments monday july 11 2011 stuffed doodles pix from east coast black age of comics convention masheka and i recently well two months ago made it out to our first post baby cartooning convention the east coast black age of comics con in philadelphia i wasn t exhibiting my own cartoons so i decided to sew up some little softies with masheka s drawings on them since i had already designed the fabric for z s blue doodle hoodie they re really simple just upholstery fabric stuffing etc in progress they sold quite well though some folks thought they were cat toys maybe next time for the small press expo we ll put catnip in them family shots p s yeah i know no cartoons in a while but i work full time so i give all my attention to the baby girl well toddler now when i get home in the evenings i ll get back to it when she gets a little bigger never fear labels conventions posted by mikhaela reid at 2 09 pm 1 comments sunday february 20 2011 mikhaela masheka plus keith knight jen sorensen at spx 2011 masheka and i will be tabling with our cartoonists with attitude pals keith knight creator of the k chronicles and the knight life and jen sorensen of slowpoke fame at the always fabulous 2011 small press expo more details to come what spx 2011 where bethesda north marriott hotel conference center 5701 marinelli road bethesda md 20852 subway white flint station when open to the public saturday and sunday september 10 and 11 2011 saturday 11 00 am 7 00 pm sunday noon 6 00 pm bonus photo here we are with cwaer matt bors at spx in 2006 labels conventions cwa events posted by mikhaela reid at 9 15 am 0 comments monday february 14 2011 cartoons civilian casualties in afghanistan according to a report by afghanistan rights monitor afghan civilian casualties hit an all time high in 2010 foreign troops were responsible for a smaller portion of the deaths than previously which is small comfort to those killed from the archives two pieces on this topic from 2009 and 2007 respectively labels afghanistan civilian casualties classics war posted by mikhaela reid at 9 00 am 0 comments monday february 07 2011 what masheka did all may be quiet on the mikhaela cartooning front right now but after a hiatus of his own masheka aka baby z s da da has been busy in between making silly faces at z he s been redesigning his cartooning blog what masheka did and posting regularly starting with a series of odd doodles called cartoon rolodex he was also recently ish featured in the gorgeous art book anthology black comix african american independent comics art and culture that s his art in the bottom left corner see the black comix blog for more info and he has another project coming up which i ll post about when i have more details labels cwa masheka posted by mikhaela reid at 9 00 am 0 comments monday january 10 2011 cartoon letter of the law since i m not drawing weekly cartoons anymore i thought i d occasionally post some boiling point classics kicking it off with a 2003 cartoon above on don t ask don t tell that is happily no longer relevant the men s names have no significance but willow was my beloved now deceased toothless cat for more current cartoons on the topic see the work of my pal matt bors as for new material i ll have links to the spanish language cartoons on lgbt issues and immigrant rights i did for lambda legal s fair courts matter campaign as soon as they re available you can download the original english language guide here but the spanish version has additional all new cartoons labels classics lgbt toons posted by mikhaela reid at 6 02 pm 0 comments wednesday september 29 2010 back in the political cartooning game sort of hey readers it s been a while but i m actually drawing cartoons again keep your eyes peeled for a few new pieces for lambda legal s life without fair courts project they ll be on immigrant rights and available in both english and spanish and i still haven t been able to fix my old blog feed some day i ll have time to do that p s here s a random bonus photo of cartoonist baby aka baby z in a hoodie i sewed for her adorned with masheka s doodles note her natural faux hawk or fro hawk really she s totally punk rock labels immigration lgbt posted by mikhaela reid at 3 17 pm 4 comments monday june 28 2010 cartoonist baby aka baby z is here cartoonist baby sleeps through her family portrait as you may have guessed from my long past due date cartoonist baby is finally here and she is amazing masheka and i are so in love with our little girl and just in awe of her we ve been home with baby z her first initial for a few days now and in between nursing sessions naps and diapering we pretty much just hold her and talk to her and stare at her in happy shock i mean really look at this face now when she finally decided to arrive she certainly took her sweet baby time i was in labor for five days before she deigned to make her appearance i kid you not i remember being scared by one of the videos i saw in my childbirth class about a woman who was in labor 48 hours but our instructor assured us that was really really rare ha by hour 60 i was wishing to have that woman s labor though the sleep deprivation was certainly good preparation here we are in the hospital recovery room the day after she was born by the way masheka is the sweetest and most devoted dad ever in my totally unbiased opinion he s pretty much doing everything except for feeding her which is of course my full time job these days staring at her daddy masheka and i dressing her for her trip home all dressed most of the clothes i ve sewn or knit for her are still way too big but here she is in her pink hand dyed fool proof baby hat and here s a middle of the night diaper change photo of her in her green goblin diaper soaker which is still a bit on the big side and here she is checking out the brooklyn view in one of the cloth diapers her grandmommy beryl made for her here s the full flickr gallery and with that i m off to cuddle baby z and stare at her some more posted by mikhaela reid at 8 14 am 3 comments thursday june 10 2010 broken rss feed for boiling point blog yes i know it s been a while since i went on political cartooning hiatus there s been a giganto evil oil spill legal racial profiling in arizona and any other number of atrocities anyway i m still here still angry as ever about politics and still very pregnant 39 weeks pregnant but blogger made me move this blog from mikhaela net ftp publishing over to blogspot and i worry that the rss feed broke please comment if you re still able to get this i d like to revive this blog relatively soon labels meta posted by mikhaela reid at 10 18 am 10 comments thursday april 15 2010 not a bad way to go out a few weeks ago i announced my painful but freeing decision to retire from regular freelance weekly political cartooning anyway one of my few clients remaining at the end was detroit s alternative weekly the metro times well i heard this morning that i came in second place for editorial cartooning in the detroit society of professional journalists annual awards last year i came in third and the judges said i was a welcome breath of fresh air with great promise for the future sigh as you may remember while drawing for the metro times i did a lot of cartoons about the economy unemployment and the auto industry and i got some nice emails from laid off auto workers about cartoons like this one here are two of the more popular ones not a bad way to go out right by the way thanks to all of you who left me such nice comments and letters about my decision please know that i am still a cartoonist and a very politically minded one i ll have new projects to share with you soon of course my biggest project right now is cartoonist baby she s due june 18 labels auto industry awards detroit posted by mikhaela reid at 12 27 pm 2 comments wednesday march 24 2010 the end of the boiling point i m afraid i have to announce with equal parts sadness and relief that i m retiring from regular weekly political cartooning the boiling point as it has existed for the past 8 years 1 2 cartoons per week that i ve been drawing for a variety of print and web clients since 2002 is as of this moment on indefinite hiatus i ve been considering this seriously for over two years now but i m not ashamed to say that when i came to my final decision yesterday and notified my major remaining clients via email there was indeed some uncontrollable sobbing on my part i ve been drawing political cartoons since high school i started drawing them regularly again in college with a vengeance in 2001 which is when i started this blog and i ve been drawing them professionally for newspapers and paying web clients since 2002 over the years my cartoons have appeared in the los angeles times the guardian boston phoenix bay windows metro times the rochester insider women s enews in these times ms the funny times campus progress girlfriends the minnesota women s press and other assorted fine publications i ve been interviewed by npr and the bbc appeared in art exhibitions such as she draws comics a century of women cartoonists and come in third place in the detroit spj journalism awards for editorial cartooning this past fall i was elected vice president of the association of american editorial cartoonists a position...