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1. 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... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 39 days ago.)

2. 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... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 54 days ago.)

3. 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... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 58 days ago.)

4. 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... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 60 days ago.)

5. 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... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 62 days ago.)

6. 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... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 63 days ago.)

7. Job Cartoon: Jobless Recovery I was listening to the news the other day when this cartoon struck me square in the mind. They were discussing the recovery efforts, jobless claims, unemployment benefits extensions and things of that nature when someone uttered the phrase... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 75 days ago.)

8. St. Patrick’s Day Cartoon: Almost had it I was working on St. Patrick's Day cartoons and ideas for St. Patrick's Day gear like beer mugs, cards and stuff like that. I did a cartoon a couple of years ago with a Leprechaun that was on one side of a cliff and his pot of gold on the... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 93 days ago.)

9. Easter Cartoon: Reality Check This Easter cartoon came as a result of going to my youngest child's school for a parent teacher conference. I happen to be walking to the class room where the meeting was to take place and walked past a first grade classroom and there... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 93 days ago.)

10. Dog Cartoon: Don’t even think about it I did this dog cartoon as a result of doodling. I was just sketching different things trying to make them cartoon like. It is something I like to do when I am tiered and thinking about things I need to do or stressed out about something.... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 93 days ago.)

11. Funny Birthday Cartoon: A Big Hit This birthday cartoon came as a result of working on a bunch of piata birthday card ideas and it occurred to me that the piatas mama must get pretty upset when her baby comes home from every party having to go to urgent care from the beating... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 93 days ago.)

12. Birthday Cartoon: CSI Piñata I was working on different birthday card ideas and thinking of the different things that happen as a result of birthdays. There is the getting older thing that everyone is reminded of around birthdays and the parties that happen as a... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 105 days ago.)

13. Quality Cartoon: Toyota and the rest This cartoon idea came to me a result of hearing about Toyota having issues with the accelerator pedal in some of it's models and some of the stories that where being put out there as result of that piece of news. Then apparently Ford might... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 109 days ago.)

14. Valentine Cartoon: Laugh it up This Valentine cartoon came to me today as a result of working on some other cartoons while listening to the news. I heard the jobless claims number come out and the media was off to the races. It was then that it occurred to me that... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 110 days ago.)

15. Valentine Cartoon: Spreading the Love I had this valentine cartoon idea as a result of making some time to try and come up with a couple new valentine card ideas. The cards have not yet come as a result of working on the ideas but this is a valentine cartoon that did come out of... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 113 days ago.)

16. Old Man Cartoon: Stop Staring This old man cartoon came as a result of watching football playoffs last week. I was watching one of the games and my youngest son came in and sat down for a little while and a couple of sets of commercials had run when he asked me why al the... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 115 days ago.)

17. How To Draw a Cartoon Penguin In a Few Easy Steps. There are several ways in which to draw cartoon Penguins and this article focuses on basic shapes to achieve the goal. The reason basic shapes are used is because it is much easier to draw most anything if it can be broken down into shapes. The... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 118 days ago.)

18. Old Guy Cartoon: Get back in the glass I was trying to draw something completely different when this cartoon took shape on the page. This old guy just kind of showed up for the party and he was pointing at something.so I thought "Why not his teeth?" It just kind of took shape... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 119 days ago.)

19. Polar Bear Cartoon: Greenhouse Gas Kills the Mood This polar bear cartoon came as a result of the other polar bear cartoons I have done in the past as well as a couple of other things that kind of bounced together in my head. I had read some article that the polar bears were having a tough... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 120 days ago.)

20. Twitter Cartoon: Tweet Restitution I had the idea for this twitter cartoon about the same time I came up with another one I called "Twitter-holic". I just got around to finishing it up today is the only reason I haven't posted it sooner. The idea came from thinking about... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 124 days ago.)

21. Get Well Cartoon: New Doctor I was working on some other cartoons when this get well idea slapped me in the back of the head like my fourth grade teacher used to do when I was not paying attention. I'm not sure if it was legal but it certainly explains a lot. I was... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 125 days ago.)

22. Birthday Cartoon: Birthday suit I came up with this birthday cartoon while working on birthday card ideas for my other site and tried to apply it to a card but it just doesn't really work for me. I did something similar to this idea on a card late last year and I wasn't... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 127 days ago.)

23. Turtle Cartoon: Shell of a Man I had the idea for this cartoon after trying to come up with ideas for cartoons in general. I was having a little cartoonist mental block and used a couple of techniques that I use to get out of these blocks. There are several ways in which... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 128 days ago.)

24. George Washington Cartoon: Has to be a better way I did this George Washington cartoon for a couple of reasons. One is that I thought it would be fun and make for a decent product line for my gallery. Two, I have been goofing around with doing cartoons based on history or historical figures... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 129 days ago.)

25. Twitter Cartoon: Twitter-Holic Anonymous I got the idea from this twitter cartoon as I was thinking about habits and how they form. I mean both good and bad habits. I read something some time ago that it is generally believed that habits tend to form from repetition of a certain... (posted by Ira Coffin 2 years 133 days ago.)