Walt Handelsman

The cartoon caption contest ends at midnight tonight. Get your last minute ideas in before the deadline and we'll begin judging on Tuesday morning.
Good luck!

---Walt

What a treat to return from vacation and see that almost 300 folks have responded to the cartoon caption contest. I looked over a bunch of them and they were great!
I'll be spending Monday fighting jet lag and reading your entries. I'll post the winning names this week.

Thanks---Walt

I'll be away all week so here's your chance to fill in for me. Write a short punchline for this cartoon and post it in the comments section. When I return we'll review the entries and pick the top 3. The winner will get a signed color print of this toon with their punchline. The winning toon will also run in Newsday along with the finalists' names and I'll post it all here as well.

Keep it clean and have fun!!!

---Walt

Here's another super-short animation. I'm trying to mix it up a bit with these new short animations. I'll produce some fuller sing-a-long style "Walt Toons" when I return from Paris.

Enjoy.

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I'll be away all next week but will be posting a cartoon caption contest. The winning entry will be printed in Newsday along with the winner's name and the names of the 2 finalists. The winner will also receive a color print with their winning caption. And, of course, the winner and the top two runners up will have their names posted here.

Stay tooned for more details...Walt

Can we please get back to the issues!!!

Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin is gunning for the Democrats.

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Governor Paterson calls NY lawmakers Bloodsuckers...Insulting many.

Well, after a wild 2 weeks of politics, politics and more politics, I am finally back home in New York.
It's an amazing and exhausting experience getting up each day and frantically drawing and debating and blogging and videoing and drawing and debating and blogging some more.
Everywhere I turned I seemed to run into someone interesting from the political world. From Sam Donaldson almost knocking me over in Denver to Henry Kissinger walking past me in a bathroom in the Excel Center. I had a chance to chat with Spike Lee and Tom Brokaw, Wolf Blitzer, David Gregory and Allan Combs. I bumped into Jeb Bush and even met a Republican delegate in a bar who whispered that he was actually voting for Obama.
Weird, wild and fun.
I will certainly miss the adrenaline rush of the conventions but It is awesome to not have a deadline tonight and to be able to go out for sushi with my wife.
I hope you've all enjoyed the posts. I'm going to start working on a new animation over the weekend so stay posted.
---Walt

After Sarah Palin's rousing, red meat speech last night, it'll be hard for McCain to top it tonight.

Sarah Palin sets her sights on the Democrats.

Here's some stuff, looking back at the convention, that'll be on my full-page spread in Newsday tomorrow---Enjoy!

Everyone has an opinion about Palin.

If this is any indication of the in-depth investigatory process of a McCain administration we're in trouble.

John McCain seems to have thrown his main argument against Barack Obama out of his arsenal.

With Hurricane Gustav stealing the early part of the show, the GOP find the silver lining.

A simple midday taxi ride turned into a scary, weird and surreal event when I stepped out of my cab and into a protest rally that went a little crazy. Between watching a group of protesters getting shot with rubber bullets, to interviewing a rooster, to running into Jeb Bush...it was just another day at a national political convention.

Enjoy---Walt

It's not all out-of-control protests and long-winded political speeches. I just scored 2 tickets to a Smashmouth concert! Tonight I'll be head-banging with the GOP!

---Walt

It feels more than a bit strange being at the big story and finding out you're not.

Much of the media has rushed from The Twin Cities to the Gulf Coast.