God. I didn’t really think any gainfully employed cartoonist would look at the Pigma Micron pen gripped between his/her fingers, then down at his/her 2-ply Strathmore Bristol paper, and think “Yeaaaah, THAT’s what I’m going to draw.” I was only half-kidding in my Twitter post yesterday, when I said “If any editorial cartoonists draw Michael Jackson moonwalking through the Pearly Gates, I will personally beat them down w/a sock full of quarters.”

That was a mistake. We’re in a Recession and I think an awful lot of cartoonists want my quarters. Here’s the first one I saw after a Tweeter sent me the link:

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Bruce Plante Tulsa World Jun 26, 2009 EditorialCartoonists.com

I’m afraid to visit Cagle.com to see how far this virus has spread.

• A reader tells me today’s comic is too arcane for my audience. I say Google & YouTube make concept of “arcane” arcane. http://bit.ly/JbxzL #
• Watching paparazzi film of ambulance w/ Michael Jackson’s dead body. Can’t cameras EVER leave him alone? #
• Now we’ll NEVER know what “mama-say, mama-sa, ma-maku-sa” means. #
• If any edcartoonists draw Michael Jackson moonwalking through the Pearly Gates I will personally beat them down w/ a sock full of quarters. #
• I’ve got a sock full of quarters with Bruce Plante’s name on it. Try harder, cartoonistas! RT @gnostinews Http://tinyurl.com/ly9gda #
• True story: Elderly reader just asked me about an Iran tweet I posted last week. Had to first tell him “twat” is not past-tense 4 “tweet.” #

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