I got this cartoon idea from the late, great Arthur C. Clark, British science fiction author, inventor and futurist extraordinaire.  He fired my imagination as a young man, and I believe I’ve read virtually all of his books.  You may know of him from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. Someone once asked him what […]

Okay, so some of you may think the bus looks a lot like an Etch-A-Sketch. And some may think I am picking on Republican political candidate Mitt Romney – who, by the way – just had a staffer say that after the primary election was over they could just reset him (implied – on the […]

This cartoon was inspired by a Facebook post from Kim G.  Kim has now been made an Honorary WoodChip for her insightful question and inspiration.  You can see her name listed among other luminaries in our prestigious Honorary WoodChips list – click here at Honorary WoodChips. Kim is also the Go To Guru of all […]

OK, so a lot of you have gotten your free 2012 WoodChips Calendars by now. And then, some others haven’t gotten around to it yet.  Hey, it’s only March, right? (chuckle). So for you ultimate procrastinators, and believe me, I admire your staying power, we’ve created the Ultimate Procrastinators Calendar, featuring the Mayan End Of […]

Here’s a new word for you that recently showed up on the internet – Ineptocracy.  It was brought to my attention by astute WoodChips reader Marty C. Ineptocracy noun. (in-ep-toc’-ra-cy) – a system of government where the least capable to lead are elected by the least capable of producing, and where the members of society […]

Cartoon Text: Elmer: What are Chip and Cherry doing? Maple: They’re playing their favorite game called Federal Government. Elmer: It looks like they are just kicking a can down the road. Maple: Like I said, they are playing Federal Government.

Wow, no arguing with Mimosa on that one – she’s sharp as a tack, isn’t she? I guess Woody was expecting a more conventional answer like the Giants or the Patriots.  Anyhow, have a great Super Bowl Sunday — and I hope your favorite team wins – J. Daniel Text of Cartoon: Woody: So who’s […]

Can you believe some of the things these Presidential candidates are saying these days?  I swear, some days I think they will say and do anything to win the election — but that’s just cynical and crass of me, now isn’t it. Have a nice day (and wear your hip boots) – J. Daniel Cartoon […]

Sometimes after I’ve drawn a cartoon I come up with a variation that may be better, have a different meaning, or be clearer.  In this case I took out the Y2k reference and just kept it simple, i.e. the Mayan’s calendar ended in 2012 just because they ran out of steps.  I think this variation […]

So here’s how the Mayan Calendar really came to predict the end of the world.  And being such an advanced civilization, they invented the first Y2k problem as well.  Jeez, now we’re going to have to go through the whole Y2k problem all over again.  In 2012. And then the worlds is going to end.  […]