Monthly Archives: February 2012

Genetically Modified Garden of Eden?

More on our food and labelling GMOs

From Huffington Post: Why We Must Occupy Our Food Supply
From Label GMOs: Spread the Word!
From EatDrinkBetter: Judge Sides with Monsanto in Lawsuit

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Hank D and the Bee: Gay Skies?


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“America Will do What’s Right…”


Inspired by the 70 year-old Winston Churchill quote: “In the long run, Americans will always do the right thing — after exploring all other alternatives.”

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@OldManWithNewspaper OMG!!! WTF?!


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Hank D and the Bee: Bee, the Reluctant Canary


More on the declining health of bees: Have Bees Become Canaries In the Coal Mine? Why Massive Bee Dieoffs May Be a Warning About Our Own Health (AlterNet)
From the article:

One class of pesticides, neonicotinoids in particular has received a lot of attention for harming bees. In late 2010, the EPA came under fire from beekeepers and pesticide watchdog organizations. This happened when Colorado beekeeper Tom Theobald spoke out about how the EPA allowed clothianidin to be used without any proof it was safe and despite the fact that the EPA’s own scientists believed it “has the potential for toxic risk to honey bees, as well as other pollinators.”

Related cartoon: WTF?! EPA Says RIP to Bees.

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Time Lapse Video of me Illustrating a CD Cover

Originally shared in the Ecolutionist article: Pacha’s Pajamas Shares Messages from Nature with Malia and Sasha Obama
If only I could really draw this fast…

Left Breast vs Right Breast: Nipples Discuss Hypocrisy


I had the idea to do this cartoon last October after reading this article on EcoSnobberySucks. But when I read in the latest issue of Mother Jones Magazine that Komen has long denied the toxic impact of bpa on human health, and after the recent Planned Parenthood debacle, I had to pile on, I mean finally draw the cartoon.

More on Komen’s hypocrisy…oh, and the “Coal Cares” ad

From Mother Jones: WATCH: Airing the Komen Foundation’s Dirty Pink Laundry [Saunders Cartoon]
From the Organic Trade Association: Cotton and the Environment (some crazy stuff in here)
From BelleSouth: Why you should have boycotted Komen before this week
From Treehugger: World’s Largest Coal Company Gives Out Free Asthma Inhalers to Kids (Not.)

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Hank D and the Bee: Wendy Welcomes “Augie” the Goat


Thanks to all of the people who suggested new characters and voted! Goat barely edged out the Black Eyed Susan, and the love interest for bee–don’t worry, I think we’ll see those two someday (the BES is actually next to goat in the title panel).
Congrats and thanks to Jan Steinman for suggesting the goat! I’m not yet sure where I’ll go with her personality, but she’ll definitely be nicer than Wendy…

More on Backyard Goats

From Treehugger: Milking Backyard Goats in Urban San Francisco (Video)
From HuffPo: The Campaign to Bring Goats to Your Backyard

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GMO-Tainted Blood Poisons Unwitting Vampires


Get involved with LabelGMOs.org to help get GMO labelling on the 2012 ballot in California.
Success is California should portend success across the rest of the country. We could be the next France…or Hungary.

Cartoonist’s note: This image will soon be added to my Anti-Monsanto T-shirt store.

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Syngenta’s Atrazine PR Marchine


For more on this scary topic, read PRWatch’s “Syngenta’s Paid Third Party Pundits Spin the ‘News’ on Atrazine“, by Sara Jerving.

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Choose the New Character for Hank D and the Bee!

These were my 6 favorite suggestions for a new character. Please make your vote in the comment section below this post (or tweet it to @GreenCartoons). Thanks to all who made suggestions!

Thoughts on the potential new characters:
An angry flower: There were many flower suggestions, so the type of flower (I think I like Black Eyed Susan the best) and whether or not he/she is angry is up to you. Feel free to be specific in your vote.
A love interest for bee: Suggested by two people–my dad being one–so I had to add her.
A worm: I love worms! It’s an easy addition. Too easy?
A Politician: An interesting (and topical) suggestion from EcoChildsPlay’s Jennifer Lance. I was going to draw the politician simply as a wig, but decided to add the question mark…may go back to just the wig.
A goat: Another great backyard animal. I drew a young goat with shoes, just ‘cuz.
An egg with legs: I liked this suggestion mostly because Wendy is so silent and you’d think an egg in a shell would be as well, but I’d make him/her very chatty. However, I feel like this character already exists. Is anyone aware of an egg-with-legs cartoon character?

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It’s Confirmed. We are Being Attacked by Aliens!


My other 2 Newt cartoons: From my archives, and yesterday on Lynn Hasselberger’s “Putting it Out There“.

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