The Sandbox Dialogues

I hardly ever make political cartoons or comics. But when I was invited to comment on the pending Iraq War in March 2003, I made this:

I can only grasp global problems by scaling them down to “sandbox”-size. It all the more emphasizes the pettiness of human behavior and motives – which really depresses me, but at least it makes for an entertaining comic. As you can see, this one was heavily influenced by Bill Watterson’s Calvin & Hobbes, both in style and tone.

After being put up on the site St...