Kim Jong Il in "White Heat 2"!

Saturday, June 20, 2009 - As scary as he is crazy, North Korea's psycho dictator is planning big fireworks for July 4th. Even though his country is the poorest nation in the world and his people are starving (human arms and legs are not an uncommon sight in North Korean meat markets), he has devoted his country's resources to the development of intercontinental ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons for many years. According to Japanese and U.S. intelligence agencies, he's expected to launch a long-range missile toward Hawaii on or about July 4th. Obviously, we would be forced to respond. Since Kim recently renounced the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War, that war has actually officially resumed. So the events of the coming weeks should be a surprise to nobody. If they do surprise you, then you haven't been paying attention to the news. - Jerry Breen newbreen@comcast.net www.newbreen.com

Joe Biden cartoon "Call Me Irrepressible!"

Tuesday, May 26, 2009 - Here's a new cartoon featuring our new Veep, the irrepressible Joe Biden. (I'm sure there are times when his boss President Obama would like to repress him, but - alas - it's just not possible.) Remember when he faulted Bush's handling of last year's stock market crash, saying that when the stock market crashed in 1929 FDR "went right on TV" and explained what he was doing? Only two things wrong with that - FDR wasn't President until 4 years later, and there was no TV at the time, only radio. (FDR's first TV appearance was at the opening of the New York World's Fair in 1939, and even then more people saw him in person than on TV, since there were only a few hundred TV sets in the country at the time.) - Jerry Breen newbreen@comcast.net www.newbreen.com

Obama's new White House dog

Saturday, May 9, 2009 - Here's another "new" cartoon, featuring Obama's new "dog" (it bears a suspicious resemblance to the "stimulus package"). I'll have a new
Biden cartoon shortly. Thanks, Jerry Breen newbreen@comcast.net www.newbreen.com

Obama in "Plane Crazy"

Saturday, May 9, 2009 - This was inspired by the ill-advised decision of an idiot on the White House staff to take pictures of Air Force One buzzing the Statue of Liberty and downtown Manhattan - without notifying anyone! Naturally, it caused widespread panic. (Gee... d'ya think?!) I actually drew this one (like the "White House Dog" cartoon) over a week ago, but didn't get a chance to color it in until now.
I'll try to be more up-to-date next time around. - Jerry Breen newbreen@comcast.net www.newbreen.com

Obama Sells Snake Oil !

April 2, 2009 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown and President Barack Obama are trying to sell the other leaders at the G-20 World Summit on the idea of government spending "stimulus" packages to boost all the economies simultaneously. Others, led by German Prime Minister Angela Merkel, dispute the value of the "stimulus" tactic. (Although, oddly, Merkel has committed Germany to spending $70 billion to spur its economy, while Brown has so far only committed to spending $28 billion as a stimulus!) ?!? Go figure. - Jerry Breen newbreen@comcast.net www.newbreen.com

Barack Obama calligraphy portrait

(November 2008) My calligraphy portrait of
President-elect Barack Obama is the latest in a series of unique calligraphy portraits that I've done over the years. Obama's own words, from his eloquent keynote speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, rendered by hand in calligraphy, actually form his portrait! An absolutely unique work of art. Nobody else in the world creates anything like my unique calligraphy portraits. Others in the series are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X and Mary McLeod Bethune. Prints are available. Great for presents! Also great for school groups. For an individual 11 by 14 inch print on fine parchment, suitable for framing, just $25 each. For large orders of 20 or more prints, just $10 each. Send a check or money order to: Jerry Breen, 816A Cinnamon Ridge Place, Cockeysville, MD 21030. - Jerry Breen newbreen@comcast.net www.newbreen.com

Obama Star Trek Book?

This is the cover art for a forthcoming project I'm working on. It's a book called "Dreams from My Sa-Mekh: A Story of Space and Inheritance". The title may remind you of a current best-seller. (Hint: "Sa-Mekh" is the Vulcan word for "father".) It's written by a certain half-Vulcan/half-human Starfleet officer, known only as "(asterisk)". (You couldn't pronounce his real name.) Like Spock, he has always been conflicted about his multiracial ancestry. In this poignant memoir, he confronts these issues and, possibly, goes where no Vulcan has gone before. Faithfully translated from the original Vulcan and profusely illustrated. Coming soon from Alpha Quadrant Press (site of the Breen Homeworld). For news on future developments, just send your email address to newbreen@comcast.net and we'll send updates right to your tricorder. Live Long and Hope! - Jerry Breen www.newbreen.com