Some "non-profit" prophets could profit from reading their Bibles more closely

I love drawing Senator Chuck Grassley. We may not see eye to eye on all things political, but we seem to agree theologically. But more importantly to a cartoonist, he reminds me of an ancient tortoise, maybe Chester Turtle from the Bugs Bunny cartoons- slow and deliberate, with real heavy eyelids and a great turkey waddle of a neck.

My Senator is a saint

Boy, I was racking my brain for an idea this week. Usually I try to get done the Thursday before the cartoon is supposed to run. This one came to me driving home from school Thursday night. But I was panicky because I was too tired and busy with my kids to draw anything that night and I never imagined I'd ever be able to manage it before school since I have hall monitor duty this week. Thank God for small blessings because we had a 2 hour late start for snow.

I was still anxious. I've only drawn Senator Grassley one time before and never thought I could ever replicate it. He has such an amazing face. But I think I pulled it off. I'm afraid I made Creflo Dollar look a little too much like Supreme Court Justice Clarance Thomas, which is too bad because Dollar is a really handsome guy. Benny Hinn usually looks friendlier in real life, but oh well. And frankly, I think I absolutely nailed the Joel Osteen.

The Maddness of the King

This is really the cartoon that I wanted to draw LAST week.
Man, I think Steve King can be an idiot. Folks here in Iowa's 5th District sure think he's the bee's knees. Yes, I'm guilty, that is the same Grassley from a Gonzales cartoon I drew months ago, I just flipped him horizontally so no one would notice. He has a HARD face to draw.

See how King got voted first runner-up for Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World"

Stupidity

I was listening to the radio around Aug 27 and I swear I heard a sound byte of Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley saying something to the effect that "you don't just fire someone for being stupid."
The next day I tried to google the quote but all that any newspapers are running is "he did a lot of stupid things," but left out the good stuff.

This was one last chance to take a stab at the now former Attorney General who's been a favorite target of mine. It was the first time I tries to draw Grassley, who has a wonderful, wrinkled, complicated, Iowa farmer kind of face. He reminds me either of Dr. Seuss's Grinch or one of the weird aliens in Jim Hansen and Frank Oz's fantasy sci-fi movie, "the Dark Crystal."
I was proud of this cartoon, but of course, they run a week later so they're old news. Gonzo resigned on a Friday, this was in the news Monday, I drew it Tuesday but that same Tuesday the gay Senator from Idaho soliciting a cop in an airport bathroom eclipsed it in the news. But I guess that won't be news by the time it reaches readers mailboxes two Thursdays later.