Author: Ruben Bolling

Found on the web:  Deconstructing Charley.  What species is he?  Let the anthropologists argue; I'll never tell.

Her first adventure:

Then came the sequel:

She even made an appearance during the disputed 2000 election:

This week, her Rodeo adventure is published.

Wow, did I enjoy this — two of my favorite people together, and it was Stephen singing, not Elvis.  He, as he himself would say, NAILED it.  It was a bit odd how they pretended to decide on a song right on the spot, without a joke or even a wink of irony, like Stephen happens to know all the lyrics to an Elvis bonus track song, but hey that's show biz.

I had fun drawing this when Bruno came out, and with all the hype surrounding her again can't resist posting it…

Here's an upcoming book drawn by cartoonist Stephanie McMillan, how you can enjoy it, and how you can help.

This week's comic is echoed by this Salon.com article by Robert Reich, who was my professor for about a day.  It makes the same point about the strange disconnect between the surging stock market and the surging unemployment rate.

This week's comic is now up on Salon.com, some problem caused it to be very late.  Anyway, it's there without any link from the front page, so with Salon's new layout, the only possible way for anyone to find the comic will be through this link.

Here's a photograph of Obama, by Jesse Kalisher, that is up for auction, the proceeds of which will go to Fisher House, for wounded soldiers and their families.

Here is this week's comic.