Special repeat performance

Meridian Magazine normally runs one of my cartoons each Friday. If you happen to pop over there and take a peek, you'll see that there isn't a cartoon from me this week. That's because this is the one I submitted, one I call "Chibi Missionaries":


It's a colorized version of one I ran on here last June. The editorial staff decided to pull it, which I totally understand and support. It just didn't seem proper in the wake of the earthquakes and tsunami.

However, as I said yesterday, missionaries have been on my mind. Especially those who are serving in Sendai and, as of this posting, have not yet been heard from. Having just had a missionary return home, I can imagine what the parents and families of those missionaries are going through.

My heart also goes out to the people of Japan. All those who have been affected by this natural disaster are in our thoughts and prayers!

To every creature...

Sometimes you don't know how a cartoon is going to turn out until it's done. This one didn't turn out quite like I expected it to, but I think it still works -- I thought of doing it in color, but I thought chibi missionaries with blue hair might be a little over the top.

Go, Speed Racer!

A new law went into effect this year to restrict drivers under 18 years old from using cell phones (or PDAs or whatever) while driving — except in an emergency. We used posters as part of the media mix in announcing the new law.

This is one of the posters that we selected to announce the teen driver cell phone ban (I have to give credit to Sam for the manga concept). I like it because it’s way different than most of the information posters at DMV, so it really stands out. When we test marketed this one, we got really good feedback. And with the Speed Racer movie coming out this weekend, it seems appropriate.

Just a note on one of the subtleties of this one: the cascading text in the bottom portion spells out the message in leet (or 1337 to believers).

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