Category Archives: Me
My Charlie Kirk Obit Cartoon
My agenda as a cartoonist is basically free speech. That made Charlie Kirk my kind of guy. He took on leftwing cancel culture by engaging college students where they were. His method was simple and brilliant, he promoted free speech using the Socratic method on college campuses. He would answer any question and then the student questioner had to respond. And so it went,
By the age of 31 Kirk’s organization, Turning Point USA, had 900 college and 1,200 high school chapters.
Sadly, Charlie Kirk became a free speech martyr when he was shot dead while taking the first question last week during a Utah Valley University engagement themed “Prove Me Wrong.”
Already since that dark day, Andrew Kolvet, the Charley Kirk Show producer says he has received 37,000 inquires seeking new chapters. Sounds to me like a possible turning point for the USA’s rotten politics.
Unfortunately some of the rotten politicians didn’t see it that way. U.S. Rep. Nick LaLota (R-Amityville) demanded an apology from Newsday and my termination (first they’d have to hire me.) Jesse Garcia, chairman of the Suffolk County Republican Party, criticized Newsday. He said the paper “crossed a line” and that the cartoon mocked tragedy, caused division, and encouraged political violence. He called it a “reckless, partisan attack” and said it silenced free speech.
Here’s my apology: I’m sorry Charlie Kirk isn’t around to give these guys a free speech lesson.
The Very Bad Year in Cartoons: Best of Bok 2020
Twitter Peckers Comments it Finds Offensive
Twitter isn’t the government, but it can be a pain in the ass.
The all knowing head pecker of sensitivity briefly suspended the popular cartoon battleground site Counterpoint. Nick Anderson is taking credit for his cartoon being the cause. The rest of us will have to try harder.
But we must be doing something right. Counterpoint is tweeting again with more subscribers than ever.
Be subversive. Sign up now!
Best of Bok 2019
Here are some of the cartoons I liked best from last year:
On-Line Cartoon Auction
Speaking of free speech, Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press is hosting an auction of original cartoon art from 20 cartoonists. These are equal opportunity offenders including Rob Rogers, the guy who was fired for his Trump cartoons at the Pittsburgh Post Gazette, and Steve Kelley, the guy who replaced him. There are even a couple by me – and I don’t want to have to buy ’em.
The money goes to the support of one of the few things I hope we can all agree on – free speech. Please take a look at http://bit.ly/Cartoons2019.
