Appearances: CWA at Alternative Press Expo

The Cartoonists With Attitude gang will be out in full force in San Francisco this April 21-22 for the Alternative Press Expo (APE). Confirmed CWAers so far (and possibly some more to come):

• Matt Bors ("Idiot Box")
• Keith Knight ("The K Chronicles")
• Stephanie McMillan ("Minimum Security")
• August Pollak ("Some Guy With a Website")
• Ted Rall(Silk Road to Ruin)
• Mikhaela Reid ("The Boiling Point")
• Shannon Wheeler ("How to be Happy")
• Masheka Wood ("Not Just Knee Deep")

I've spent hardly any time (i.e. one day) in San Francisco, so any recommendations for great restaurants or thrift stores or budget hotels or other goodies are extremely welcome.

And in case you weren't aware, you should really read our group blog (also available as an RSS feed or LiveJournal feed) if you want to get all our blogs and most of our cartoons in one convenient place. We also have a not-so-frequently updated Cartoonists With Attitude MySpace page if you want to be our friend.

Appearances: Mikhaela at New York Comic Con

New York Comic Con
Feb 23-25, 2007
Jacob Javitz Convention Center on 11th Avenue and 33rd Street, NYC

I'll most likely be tabling all weekend with Prism comics to promote my cartoon series for Lambda Legal, Life Without Fair Courts, and the cartooning contest that goes along with it.

I'll also be on two panels:
• Sunday, Feb. 25 @ 1 p.m. "Attitude"-themed panel moderated by cartoonist extraordinaire Ted Rall, featuring Attitude cartoonists Neil Swaab ("Rehabilitating Mr. Wiggles"), Mikhaela B. Reid ("The Boiling Point"), David Rees ("Get Your War On"), and Ward Sutton ("Sutton Impact").
• TBD. Prism comics panel featuring awesome GLBT cartoonists. Time and final panelist lineup TBD.

Appearances: Mikhaela at WAM 2007!

WOMEN, ACTION & THE MEDIA 2007
March 30 - April 1, 2007
Stata Center, MIT, Cambridge

Keynote Talks by Helen THOMAS & Thenmozhi SOUNDARARAJAN

Planning for WAM 2007 is still underway, but I'll be hosting some sort of cartooning-related panel or skill-building workshop, angle and content TBD. Other awesome women cartoonists will likely be involved. WAM rocks!

New Toon: "Gold-Plated Health Insurance"

Bush is right--the biggest problem with American health care is that it's just too darn comprehensive and fancy and covered in gold and diamonds!

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New Cartoon: A Bush tribute to MLK, Jr.

Now that's inspirational!

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Testing, testing

I decided this blog needed a new CSS-based look... sadly all my old comments are now hidden as a result. Please stand by--links and such to come soon.

My Life Without Fair Courts cartoon series launch

+ A cartoon contest I meant to post this a few days ago, but you can now check out the first two cartoons and info about the cases that inspired them in my Life Without Fair Courts cartoon series for Lambda Legal. You might have noticed I've been on the quiet side lately, and this is partly why. The series will contain 10-12 cartoons total (2 new cartoons per month).

LAMBDA LEGAL NEWS RELEASE, January 16, 2007
Contact: Mark Roy 212-809-8585 ext. 267; Cell: 347-512-3358

Lambda Legal Launches "Life Without Fair Courts" Cartoon Series and Contest

The Advocate features "Life Without Fair Courts" graphic art, artist and contest in its January 30th issue, on stands today.

(New York, January 16, 2007) --- Today, Lambda Legal, in conjunction with Prism Comics and media sponsor, The Advocate, launches its "Life Without Fair Courts" editorial cartoon series and "Life Without Fair Courts Contest," seeking to educate the public in a new way about the need for fair courts.

"We're thrilled to be able to have artist Mikhaela Reid on board to illustrate the need for judicial fairness in such a fresh way," said Hector Vargas, Deputy Director of Education and Public Affairs at Lambda Legal. "We look forward to seeing other artists display how courts affect their lives through the 'Life Without Fair Courts Contest'"

As part of its commitment to educating the public about the need for fair courts, Lambda Legal has commissioned graphic artist Mikhaela Reid to do a series of graphic art called "Lambda Legal's Life Without Fair Courts." The series is an alternate reality cartoon that depicts what life would be like if courts had not upheld the Constitution and individual rights --- but instead decided in favor of discrimination in past landmark court cases.

Paired with the art series, Lambda Legal has teamed up with Prism Comics (an organization for the LGBT graphic artist community), and media sponsor, The Advocate, to launch a nationwide contest to find the best representation of what the artists' own lives would look like without fair courts. First prize in the contest is exposure in The Advocate and on Advocate.com. Contest judges include Joan Hilty, Editor at DC Comics; Phil Jimenez, Freelance Illustrator and Comic Book Artist; Mikhaela Reid, creator of the original series, Life Without Fair Courts; and George Stoll, Art Director for The Advocate. Submissions to the contest will be accepted through 11:59 p.m. on March 15, 2007. All entries should be submitted to either Lambda Legal, c/o Fair Courts Contest, 120 Wall Street, Suite 1500, New York, NY 10005 or faircourtscontest@lambdalegal.org. For a complete list of contest rules visit www.lambdalegal.org/CourtingJustice

As part of the launch, The Advocate's January 30, 2007 issue, on stands today, includes a feature article with art by Mikhaela Reid and information about Lambda Legal's Courting Justice campaign to educate the public about the need for fair courts. The art can also be found at www.lambdalegal.org/courtingjustice. and Advocate.com.

Courting Justice is Lambda Legal's education campaign designed to add the organization's unique perspective to the fight to defend fair and impartial courts. The campaign seeks to ensure that LGBT and HIV-affected people know what's at stake and how to get involved in efforts to defend fair and impartial courts at the federal and state levels. As part of the Courting Justice campaign, Lambda Legal launched a special website to provide critical information about the role of the courts in protecting civil rights and current threats to that role. More information about Courting Justice can be found on its website at: www.lambdalegal.org/courtingjustice.

Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.

New cartoons: Iraq Surge, Superhot 2007 Predictions, and more!

Escalate your war to the EXTREME with Iraq Surge! Same disaster, new name, bigger cost. Now jam-packed with even more flag-draped coffins!

The original version of this cartoon had Hillary running for president on the promise that she would pull out of Iraq and then "reinvade, rebomb and reoccupy it the RIGHT WAY", but it was competing with the Angelina panel, so I decided to dig at Romney instead.

Yet more upbeat financial advice from Susie Poorman, in her second appearance in the Boiling Point.

In case you live in a vault, yes, Dick Cheney's daughter Mary and her partner Heather are expecting a baby.