'Just Say Loko' Cartoon

"Just Say Loko" [Published 11/11/10]

"Loko," a high-energy drink fused with caffeine and alcohol, was readily available to underage convenience store patrons, and a favorite for binge drinkers. When teen deaths began to be attributed to the product, communities were pressured for tougher regulations. Many stores voluntarily removed them from their shelves.

"On the Waterfront" [published 11/04/10]

'Rove Rising' Cartoon

"Rove Rising" [published 11/01/10]

Republican strategist Karl Rove, who helped organize groups who spent millions of dollars for a midterm election upset, told his fossil fuel and drilling pals at a shale-gas conference that their worries were over. "Climate (meaning the issue of climate change and environmentalists' hopes of regulating polluters) is gone!"