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A peek inside the Palin sketchbook

Print | Comments () Posted by Dan Wasserman August 29, 2008 04:54 PM

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News like McCain's pick of Sarah Palin is almost always fun. It demands a quick reaction, unencumbered by the study of policy positions and candidate white papers, unlike, say, cartooning global trade. In the case of a relatively unknown political figure, it also requires a rapid caricature solution. Below are a few sketches from my notebook, including three cartoon ideas I discarded, followed by the finished drawing I finally decided to draw for the editorial page.

A quick sketch of the pro-drilling guv:

The imagined reaction of the ever-accommodating Mitt:

A campaign in need of some vitality:

A fairy tale setup begging to be tried:

And finally, the winner:

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Dan Wasserman has been cartooning for the Globe editorial page since 1985. He has published two collections of drawings, "We've Been Framed" (Faber & Faber, 1987) and "Paper Cuts" (Ivan R. Dee, 1995). His cartoons are widely reprinted and are syndicated internationally by Tribune Media Services. He draws more quickly than he types.