This is a local cartoon drawn for the Fredericksburg Advance.
Hydrocarbons have been found in the water in Orange County, VA. I don’t know what those are, but they don’t sound good. Maybe it’s the stuff they put in Brawndo…it’s got what plants crave.
Seriously though, the water issue is a very dangerous situation and you don’t want to end up like a two-headed bear.
I considered taking the week off from drawing something for the Advance because of all the traveling and Chicago stuff. But while I was at the Democratic National Convention and standing inside the United Center, maybe around the time Oprah was speaking, Martin, my editor, texted me about a topic.
I thought the topic might be kinda easy to do and wouldn’t take much time, so I tackled it yesterday but Martin didn’t like the ideas and I didn’t much either, and then he suggested this subject. I hadn’t talked to him about it but I had seen the headlines a few days before and already had a concept for it.
And it ended up taking all day to draw this. I was hoping not to work too late on Saturday and maybe recover a little from all the traveling, but I had to do this justice. I really liked the idea and wanted to go wild with it.
Music note: For some reason, drawing all these animals made me want to listen to Creedance.
Drawn in 30 seconds:
Watch me draw with a voiceover (coming soon):
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I thought Orange County orange was dolt-45 orange these days? Hopefully they can clean the poison out of their water as well as their conservative politics.
It's oil. Generally speaking, drinking oil is a bad idea. Especially given that oil in tap water is either crude oil seepage or oil from machinery.