Wheres that line between cruel and kind caricature?
BREEN: If Hillary has puffy ankles, I’m going to do the puffy ankles, not give her shapely ankles. But if you’re too cruel in a caricature, then it takes away from the message of the cartoon and [readers] will say: “This guy is just out for blood and being a jerk.” It’s also either funny or sad that I’m getting complaints on my Obama caricatures. One [reader] said I’m racist because my Obama looked like a sock puppet. Go look at any cartoon by Toles or [Jim] Borgman or Luckovich — the caricatures are pretty much the same. [The reader] said my caricature is racist because of the big ears. … I’m as racist as Obama is conservative. It’s our duty to go there. So of the two, whom do you prefer to do? BREEN: McCain is a little on the boring side, so as a cartoonist, probably Obama — because I’m getting into his caricature. But no matter who wins, I feel that God has blessed me with a great [California] governor. Speaking strictly as a cartoonist, whom would you prefer to draw for the nex
