Shisha on the go... Anytime, Anywhere

(Rabat, Morocco)

For the mobile shisha consumer, here's something to clip on your belt next to your blackberry.

If you want to look like a ghost buster and indulge in molasses-y goodness, get your very own Mitsuba. Much more exciting than the electronic cigarette...

When it comes to political art, FT knows what's up

Today marks the beginning of my Financial Times subscription - that's right, the paper edition. And while FT is best known for its quality writing, I must take this moment to complement their editorial art.

Fine job, Mr. Bromley.

Sketchbook: District of... smithsonians and rowhouses

cartoon #iran election

Crossposted at
The Washington Note.tweeted @mideastxmidwest.

Introducing advertisements - albeit cartoonishly

What a cartoon blog needs is cartoonish advertising. I can't trust google adsense to do that for me, so I'm taking the lead on this with inspiration from a fellow illustrator.

Of course North By Northwest, the namesake of this humble blog (if you haven't seen it, what are you waiting for?!) gave me some insight on how to proceed -- as Roger Thornhill says,

"In the world of advertising, there's no such thing as a lie. There's only expedient exaggeration."

Watch for new ads for the stuff you'll need to buy (all the more so because it's imaginary). - JG

Revelation in Cairo – Obama Style

Crossposted at The Seminal.

For a longish analysis of this game-changing speech check out these 10 Comments on Obama in Cairo (Still Accumulating, Not Expending Capital).