Ira Coffin

Birthday Cartoon: Knock at the door

I was working on new greeting card designs for the gallery and came up with this cartoon as a matter of that exercise. It has a grim tone to it but as I get older I find myself looking at my birthday's like this a little bit. I do laugh about it all the time and think it is amazing how when you are young the concept of time tends to be a fleeting thought. In fact the word invincible would definitely apply, at... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 36 days ago.)

Big Government Cartoon: Calorie Camera

I had the idea for this big government cartoon after I heard about some state or city..I think it was New York but not certaintalking about regulating table salt. That combined with the recent passage of the Health Care Bill made me think of a couple of things. It is my opinion that government will never be efficient because there r (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 52 days ago.)

Health Care Cartoon: Borrow my Umbrella

I had the idea for this cartoon as a result of the heath care reform bill passing and the speaker of the house getting up and celebrating the passage of the bill which is fine.must have been tough to get everyone bribed I mean primed for the vote. It's always good to celebrate a victory. The thing I found interesting was during her speech she made reference to the historical event... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 56 days ago.)

Funny Christmas Cartoon: Toes Up

I was working on some birthday ideas the other day and ran into a block. It is customary in these situations to switch gears and focus on some other subject for a while. This was one of the thinks that came from that re-focus. I know Christmas, snow, snowmen and all of those things winter are a ways off right now but I thought I would visit it a little early this year. Besides that..political cartoons seem to be... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 57 days ago.)

Editorial Cartoon: Out to Pasture

This editorial cartoon came to me as a result of a couple of different things. I was listening to a radio program and the topic was "Draining the Political Swamp ". Basically the idea was to get rid of all incumbents and start fresh in the upcoming November elections. The thought process being that there are far to many in congress that have made it more about a political career and less about serving the people as... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 59 days ago.)

Editorial Cartoon: Cooking with Obama

This editorial type cartoon came literally out of thin air. I was sitting there board out of my mind playing Bejeweled on Face book getting more and more frustrated staring at the screen and not being able to see any moves over and over and over again when I thought "I wonder if President Obama can cook?" Pretty crazy, don't ya think? I did. Anyway, I took it a little further by making the assumption that he is... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 61 days ago.)