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Putting Pearls On Jeb, And Other Fun Things About The GOP Debate

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How could I not live tweet draw the first Republican Presidential debate? It was an invitation I couldn’t resist. And on some level, visually, it delivered. I could have used more (some) dancing, a fist fight or two, maybe if someone broke out into song, I could have drawn that. Trump’s hair behaved, although Christie’s did not. Marco Rubio did not drink any water on camera. Jeb! wanted everybody to just get along and Trump skirted on the very edge of racism and sexism and misogyny. I draw these quickly, they are impressions, but I miss so much stuff. What I didn’t miss was a feeling that this was a lot of men groveling for attention.

There were a plethora of blue and black suits. And there were so many of them, I lost track of who’s tie was what color. Some weird stuff was said, and I tried to capture some of the bon mots. Two hours zips by when you are having fun drawing.

I drew Megyn Kelly just for variety, I had to.

And I drew Trump several times (he was on camera a lot, surprise surprise), each time he came out differently.

One of my favorite candidates to draw is Rand Paul?—?his hair and eyebrows are to die for, for a cartoonist.

And I gave Jeb! a string of pearls because I really think he looks like his mother, Barbara.

Live Drawing The Women In The World Summit

eaic5VjRygEF-t3NDyRSQF12JFs2APZeifo9WQzK1W7dJ2wAzdzVRfh3yVPeraCYGtpweXGVgo-vi3r3E_aiBSs6mfgycU-2IoCTibN4ODoO39XGBhnhZtszOkbeSsWmM01wQDDoMP-2roefaN5oUgOByO-D_7KVF0rLI-4J_HjPDE-N4Kr2Jn72BEXse9cOOCVisu          Last week, I was fortunate to be able to attend the New York Times’ and Tina Brown’s conference, Women In The World.   It was an amazing three days; I felt I was in college again, being educated about issues and global problems, new ways of thinking, and unique perspectives from people all over the world.  There were celebrities, but that was like icing on the cake. Read more

Liza Donnelly on Woodstock Writers Radio

liza on radioLast week, I was fortunate to be invited to talk on the radio with the author Martha Frankel for her radio show, Woodstock Writer’s Radio. We had a lot of laughs, but we also talked about serious issues like freedom of speech, humor, Hillary,  and Trevor Noah taking over the Daily Show.  She wanted to know what I was reading and who decides what I draw each week.  It was fun, and I plan to go back since she invited me!

Listen here:

“New Yorker cartoonist Liza Donnelly talks about books that move her, and cartoons she’s glad she didn’t draw.”