Mike Lynch Cartoon in November 10, 2008 Wall Street Journal

Of all the cartoon cliches (boss chasing secretary, prisoner shackled to wall, etc.) the number one gag cartoon cliche (as voted by Mike Lynch Cartoons readers) is the desert island cartoon. I have a desert island gag cartoon in today's Wall Street Journal. And below, reproduced oh-so-small (even if you click to supersize, it only pops up to a wimpy size of a few more centimeters) -- below is the original drawing that was OKed by the cartoon editor:

"Thank God! Somebody to network with!"

The cartoon is almost 4 years old. I drew it in January 2005, and it went to many markets before it sold. This is why I emphasize persistence.


I had to draw it bolder for reproduction. Above is the published version.

Like most people, I hate annoying, overused phrases like:

• At the end of the day
• Fairly unique
• At this moment in time
• With all due respect
• 24/7
• It's not rocket science

(And there are more at Wired's article: Oxford Researchers List Top 10 Most Annoying Phrases.)

But the nice thing is that I can take phrases that I don't like -- like --



... "paradigm shift" ...

... "crunchy" as an adjective ...



... "outsourced" -- and on and on .... Where was I?

Yes. Right.

I can take these overused words and phrases, and not only make fun of them, but also make some money while doing it. Well, soon. Welllll, not really soon -- but in a year or 2. Welllllllll, maybe 3 is more like it.