Boiling Point Blog: Feminist, LGBT and progressive political cartoons

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Eric Garner. Michael Brown, Akai Gurley . When. Will. It. Stop? I drew these cartoons a long time ago, but seems like the story is always the same. And the same.

http://www.mikhaela.net/2014/12/when-will-it-stop.html

For over a year, I've been burning to write and do more about my daughter's food allergies. My little girl is the center of my world, and I cannot count the number of hours I spend dealing wi...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2014/03/my-new-blog-about-food-allergies-and.html

Just in time for SPX 2013 Small Press Expo in Bethesda this weekend Sept. 14/15 (and by just in time, I mean the minicomic version of this book is printing at Staples as I type this) I f...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2013/09/my-new-childrens-book-susans-mess.html

Masheka and I (and the little one) are going to be tabling at the 2013 Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Maryland on September 14 and 15. I'll probably be doing a lot of toddler chasing, but I m...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2013/08/event-family-trip-to-spx-in-bethesda-md.html

I know this blog is a bit quiet these days (though I'm very busy sewing and knitting over at Polka Dot Overload ), but I still have the occasional cartoon for you. Google Reader goes dark on ...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2013/06/follow-boiling-point-on-bloglovin.html

Masheka and I have a new Steubenville-inspired cartoon for Women's eNews about what doesn't (and what DOES) cause rape. Click through thumbnail for the full cartoon: And a tip of the pen t...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2013/03/cartoon-what-causes-rape.html

I drew this poster-sized cartoon a little over 10 years ago for the just-now-closed Boston Phoenix (click to enlarge)... And this one the actual eve of the war (again, give it a click): ...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2013/03/wartime-abcs-harsh-realities-of-war.html

So after a gazillion-year hiatus, I'm back (a bit) in political cartooning land. I've been collaborating with the husband (aka Masheka Wood ) on a new series of cartoons for Women's eNews. Here's...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2013/02/cartoon-maternity-leaveless.html

Hey folks! While I've been super quiet over here on the Boiling Point, I've been continuing to blog about sewing and crafts at Polka Dot Overload ... and to do a bunch of illustrations, too. Her...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2012/08/not-politics-sewing-related.html

Stephen Notley's latest collection of geeky Bob the Angry Flower genius, How to Operate a Chair is on sale now ... and it features a fantastic assortment of Bob pinup art by cartoonists li...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2012/08/polka-dot-pinup-art-in-new-bob-angry.html

The Herblock Foundation has a brand spanking new whitepaper out on the state of political cartooning called "The Golden Age for Editorial Cartoonists at the Nation’s Newspapers is Over." T...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2012/01/my-essay-on-way-future-of-political.html

For all the times I received emails asking me to draw cartoons for free for various forms of "exposure," I wish I had had this amazing flowchart to refer to.

http://www.mikhaela.net/2011/09/should-i-work-for-free.html

As I said previously, I can't make it to SPX in Bethesda, but I will be hanging out at Masheka and Keith Knight's table at the FREE Brooklyn Book Festival next Sunday Sept. 18: > SUNDAY...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2011/09/brooklyn-book-festival-sunday-sept-18.html

So sadly, I won't be able to attend SPX this year after all--the baby (well, rampaging toddler) has recently rebelled against all forms of travel longer than a short subway ride, and insists on r...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2011/09/masheka-at-spx-this-weekend-in-dcmd-de.html

Masheka and I recently (well, two months ago) made it out to our first post-baby cartooning convention, the East Coast Black Age of Comics Con in Philadelphia. I wasn't exhibiting my own ca...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2011/07/stuffed-doodles-pix-from-east-coast.html

Masheka and I will be tabling with our Cartoonists With Attitude pals Keith Knight (creator of "The K Chronicles" and "The Knight Life" ) and Jen Sorensen (of "Slowpoke" fame) at the alwa...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2011/02/mikhaela-masheka-plus-keith-knight-jen.html

According to a report by Afghanistan Rights Monitor , Afghan civilian casualties hit an all-time high in 2010. Foreign troops were responsible for a smaller portion of the deaths than previously,...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2011/02/cartoons-civilian-casualties-in.html

All may be quiet on the Mikhaela cartooning front right now, but after a hiatus of his own, Masheka (aka Baby Z's "Da-Da") has been busy. In between making silly faces at Z, he's been redesigning...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2011/02/what-masheka-did.html

Since I'm not drawing weekly cartoons anymore, I thought I'd occasionally post some Boiling Point Classics. Kicking it off with a 2003 cartoon above on Don't Ask, Don't Tell that is, happily,...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2011/01/cartoon-letter-of-law.html

Hey readers, it's been a while, but ... I'm actually drawing cartoons again! Keep your eyes peeled for a few new pieces for Lambda Legal's Life Without Fair Courts Project . They'll be on immigra...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2010/09/back-in-political-cartooning-game-sort.html

Cartoonist Baby sleeps through her family portrait As you may have guessed from my long past due date, Cartoonist Baby is finally here... and she is AMAZING! Masheka and I are so in love wi...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2010/06/cartoonist-baby-aka-baby-z-is-here.html

Yes, I know, it's been a while! Since I went on political cartooning hiatus there's been a giganto evil oil spill, legal racial profiling in Arizona, and any other number of atrocities. Anyway,...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2010/06/broken-rss-feed-for-boiling-point-blog.html

A few weeks ago I announced my painful (but freeing) decision to retire from regular freelance weekly political cartooning. Anyway, one of my few clients remaining at the end was Detroit's alt...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2010/04/not-bad-way-to-go-out.html

I'm afraid I have to announce--with equal parts sadness and relief--that I'm retiring from regular weekly political cartooning. "The Boiling Point" as it has existed for the past 8 years--1-2 car...

http://www.mikhaela.net/2010/03/end-of-boiling-point.html