“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.