Post-apocalypse

Jeff Bezos doesn’t understand why people liked The Washington Post. Therefore, he might as well wreck it.

When I was barely making enough money to pay my rent and was eating Ramen noodles and bagged salad for dinner every night, I still scraped up enough money to buy a Sunday copy of The Washington Post every week.

Later, I subscribed to the weekly edition of the newspaper, and then, when it went online, the digital version.

For most American journalists in the 1990s and early 2000s — especially those of us aspiring to break into the business — The Washington Post was very nearly the platonic ideal of what you wanted a big-city newspaper to be. It had everything: Serious news coverage, biting editorial columns and cartoons, and a very lively “Style” section and Sunday magazine.

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“Pen Avenue” for December 2025

Here is December’s “Pen Avenue,” my cartoon for Print, Pittsburgh’s East End newspaper.

Sorry for the delayed posts — I’ve been sick for most of the last three weeks and things got away from me.

Print is not available online; you can only read it in (what else?) print. It’s available at Giant Eagle and other stores in Pittsburgh’s East End, or subscribe on the website.

“Pen Avenue” for October 2025

Here’s this month’s “Pen Avenue,” my cartoon for Print, Pittsburgh’s East End newspaper.

X the Owl is carrying a sign with King Friday the XIII's face on it, and a slash through it. The sign says 'No Kings.' Lady Elaine Fairchilde says, 'I think that goes too far.'

Drawing this cartoon, I learned that it’s surprisingly hard to figure out whether or not X the Owl and Lady Elaine Fairchilde have feet, because we only ever see them above the waist. So I made some guesses.

You can find a No Kings march here: https://www.nokings.org/

The League of Women Voters is sponsoring two events in Pittsburgh: https://lwvpgh.org/content.aspx?page_id=4002&club_id=554754&item_id=2732729

And there’s more information on Mobilize: https://www.mobilize.us/mobilize/event/790386/

Print is not available online; you can only read it in (what else?) print. It’s available at Giant Eagle and other stores in Pittsburgh’s East End, or subscribe on the website.

“Pen Avenue” for July 2025

Here’s this month’s “Pen Avenue,” my cartoon for Print, Pittsburgh’s East End newspaper.

Cartoon by Jay Togyer. A table is lined with jars of mayonnaise. A banner says “Welcome to Mayoburgh.” Three people are experiencing stomach illnesses. One man behind the table says to another, “Maybe we should have waited until the weather got a little cooler!” The caption says, “Despite the success of Picklesburgh, the organizers of Mayoburgh made a tactical error.”

Print is not available online; you can only read it in (what else?) print. It’s available at Giant Eagle and other stores in Pittsburgh’s East End, or subscribe on the website.