Happy nation

Patriotic cartoonists assess the state of the union.

July 6, 2008

A hardy band of patriotic cartoonists spent the weekend before July 4 at our annual convention, pursuing happiness. Our host, the dependable John Branch of the San Antonio Express-News, recovered in time to depict Uncle Sam in a dependent fix. Mike Peters' 2nd Amendment offering was first-rate. And I took the liberty of going to the files for a classic Clay Bennett, who keeps his scissors, and his pencil, razor sharp.

For those keeping score, all the ink-stained wretches in San Antonio wore flag-lapel pins ... but only to stick each other with.

-- Joel Pett

John Branch / San Antonio News-Express

Mike Peters / Dayton Daily News

Clay Bennett / Christian Science Monitor


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