A response to a troll:
I’m a cartoonist. Pro since ‘79.
I’m a working-class kid, a veteran, and a unionist.
I only punch up.
I’m proud to serve the crowning achievement of our little experiment in democracy, the First Amendment.
I’ve read and reread the founding documents
I respect women too much to be insulted by being compared to them.
I find homophobia very gay.
I believe travel cures racism.
I believe in knowledge, poetry, and art.
Gary, what I love about your work is the sheer mastery of your craft—and the fact that you always punch up. You have this incredible ability to take something ugly or absurd and turn it into something that makes people think, laugh, and see things differently. I’m genuinely grateful you keep doing what you do. Don’t let the trolls ever make you doubt the value of your voice.