Live from the Left Coast

Barbara Lee

Bob Filner 

George Miller

Janice Hahn

Judy Chu

Karen Bass

Laura Richardson

Linda Sanchez

Lucille Roybal-Allard

Lynn Woolsey

Maxine Waters

Michael Honda

Pete Stark

Sam Farr

Xavier Becerra

Sweet Home

Bobby Rush

 Danny Davis

Jan Schakowsky

 Jesse Jackson, Jr.

 Luis Gutierrez

Among the missing

If you're coming here from Kickstarter then you've probably already Ed Pastor's card. Twice. 

If you're NOT coming here from Kickstarter, by all means click to visit right now! My excuse for not blogging in a month (hurm) is clearly explained there.

What is not clearly explained would be these next two drawings…

Neither of these men are, to my knowledge, members of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.

Pat and Frank's

Barney Frank - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 Patrick Leahy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Pat and Barney are today's Home Team Birthday Boys. Both are well known on either side of the aisle, and neither runs competing butcher shops in Oak Lawn Illinois.

Ta Daaaaa!

Not only did I not have any birthday caricature for yesterday, but today's Home Team Birthday Lady refused to share her big day. So, Happy Birthday Nancy Pelosi!

Not shy

Happy Birthday Schuyler Colfax!

 

Inadvertently Promoting

Happy Birthday Howard Coble!

And I haven't been in the House of Representatives continuously since 1985, but It seems to me that these days we have more important issues to legislate about than whether or not it's ok to put new subtitles over movie clips of Hitler.

 

I could be wrong though, I'm just a cartoonist.

Dr. No

Happy Birthday to Tom Coburn!

Read his Wikipedia article to find out why he's called Dr. No. I'll be checking out his InDesign file to find out why there's no border on his card here...

Long John and The Justice

Only one of these Classics developed "a reputation for competence". Sounds like a backhanded compliment, but when you stop a moment to think about life in the 21st century that might be a very strong endorsement.

Happy Birthday John Wentworth!

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Happy Birthday Robert Cooper Grier!

Live Inks

Happy Birthday Rick Perry!

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Happy Birthday Chris Smith!

DanCon LIVE!

I'll be inking these, and many more, today from 10a-4p at DANCON, 14750 S Ravinia Ave in Orland Park, IL 60462. Bring at least 2 dollars.

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Inked final version coming after 5pm central. Stay Tooned!

Interesting day, if you're not into politics.

Happy Birthday Gladys Spellman! Our favorite kind of Classic Home Teamer, Gladys was not involved in any scandals and was so well-liked she was reelected while she was comatose. I wish I was joking.

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In the POP world, however, the real birthday celebration is for Bill Gaines, Booker Huffman, and Ke$ha. We're classy like that.


Kesha - ''Blow'' - Official Music Video... by love93music1983HD

Not A Blagojevich

If you read yesterday, you may now be thinking "Waitaminnit, if the dude yesterday was a lobbyist and he was in Players, why is this lobbyist dude in Classics?" ANd the answer is, Bart Stupak (whose birthday is today, every four years) served as a U.S. Representative from Michigan from 1993-2011. So he's retired. Kinda.

Oh, and Happy Birthday Mr. Stupak!

Pączki

Happy Birthday John Lewis!

<<EDIT!>> One week after this caricature of Senator Snowe was published, she announced she would not seek a fourth term as Senator. Read the article HERE.

Happy Birthday Olympia Snowe!

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Fat Tuesday in Chicagoland means Pączki. I'd like to admit, here and now, that today both my son and I will experience this culinary creation for the first time. We will probably both need extra insulin. Ours came from Vesecky's bakery in Berwyn, and I never leave without picking up a few other treats too.

I sometimes worry when it's this quiet...

Happy Birthday Representative Engel!

The Candy Desk

Other than being fun to draw, I will always remember Senator Thomas because I had never heard of the Candy Desk before reading up on him.

I know, not very politically important, but it's little things like that that help me keep track of what's going on in the chamber, and when.

You already know what Sarah Palin looks like...

…so today's Happy Birthday from Home Team Politics is for Tammy Baldwin. We may be seeing her again after the next election, but it won't be as a Representative. Tammy is ready to join the Senate, or at least to run for the office. Good luck!

One Weak

Valuable lessons learned. Funny how people born on the "same day" have different, often opposite effects on American life. Not as funny this week as it will seem next week though. 

I wish I could do more with this project, and I'll be learning to work smarter to actually make those things happen.  As of this week, it still takes me about an hour to format the rough sketches into their templates and post the blog. I want to spend that time writing about the funny coincidences between a lot of these birthdays, link out to the works of the creators… and, of course, spend more time actually drawing.

It has been suggested to me that I get WAY goofier in my caricature style. I believe that will naturally happen as the year progresses. I am not pushing anything now except finishing as often as possible. To that end…

Charles Addams

 Katie Couric

 Orval Faubus

  Millard Fillmore

  Zora Neale Hurston

  Rand Paul

Israel Putnam

 Loretta Sanchez

John Thune