Connecting California’s dots
After Tuesday’s primary, nobody had sharp eyes, ears, fangs and pencils at the ready like California cartoonists. Steve Greenberg zeroed in on spotty voter turnout — no, not the electorate but the candidates. Lisa Benson’s stoked-up elephantine beach baby successfully surfed the big-money pipeline. But, as Rex Babin showed, those cash undercurrents can be tricky. His money-grubbing PG&E superhero wiped out, despite being amped up on a $50-million jolt of advertising. Bitchin’!
— Joel Pett
Joel Pett is the Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist for the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky. His work also appears in USA Today.
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