I am the editorial cartoonist for the The East Aurora Advertiser in East Aurora, NY (www.eastaurorany.com)
When I first approached the Advertiser about submitting cartoons, I was assuming most of my work would deal mostly with local issues. However, the Aurora readers are very educated on events beyond the town line, and the Advertiser gives plenty of space for reader opinion on all sides, an impressive luxury that I don't think most Advertiser readers understand is an anomaly.
I do love to lurk and hear what people think of their own hometown. The price of living in a Hallmark-esque village is the attention you get.
A bait & shoot deer control plan, and some crafty deer painting themselves to look like two local horses, "Sandy" the kiddie ride at Vidler's, and the welcome horse in the roundabout.
Tote Derangement Syndrome
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| There is an ongoing war in this small town concerning pickleball noise. This panel was done for the for the amusement of the newspaper staff and did not run. |
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| While it is a small town newspaper, the readers are very interested in national news, and I am happy to oblige. |
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| Still, you can't beat the local stuff. In this case, the Village is formulating plans to have police depopulate the surrounding woods of deer, using crossbows. |
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| A special place in my heart: this netted me my very first subscription cancellation. To celebrate, I bought a subscription for my brother. |
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| I often submit multiples to this weekly, and let the editor choose. This did not make the cut, but I was pretty proud of it just the same. |
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| Yeah, pickleball again. God, I love a small town. This one ran. |
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| There is a running joke at the paper: our Congressman, Nick Langworthy, won't answer calls or be interviewed, but you can count on a raft of press releases each week that he expects to be published. |
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| Kinda self explanatory. |
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| I lurk in the social media corners where the locals hang out, and there had been quite a spike in complaints about road conditions. It's a common issue, and it was low-hanging fruit...but you ARE supposed to pick the low hanging fruit, right? |
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| Really proud of this one, which ran after the polling places in the area were bursting with a whopping 7% of eligible voters. |
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| Another also-ran. |
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| Another runner up, which might have run but the day before I submitted, Chuck Schumer groaned and opened an eyelid and made a sound that appeared to be opposition, and my editor felt maybe he was coming alive. Anyway, I slipped my dad into the cartoon, so it's all good. |
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East Aurora was recently the location for the filming of a new Hasllmark Christmas movie. I blended this with Trump's concept of a film tariff, throwing in local icon Don Vidler, of Vidler's 5&10 and a bunch of local landmarks (Moog, Fisher Price, Sandy the mechanical horsie).
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| Recent nonsensical budget cuts have imperiled the amazing work of a farm collective that trains refugees in the science and business of agriculture, which helps refugee families build businesses while also helping to aide the elimination of our area's food insecurity. |
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My first cartoon for the Advertiser kicked things off right away. East Aurora is able to be a little Hallmark fantasy village in large part due to industries that survive off of government contracts.
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The following are selected opinion cartoons from the past year or so,band were used as part of my pitch to the Advertiser:
And, lastly, just a smattering of other stuff I do....
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