Creator's block

Christopher Weyant had this in The New Yorker recently: Another God-considering-His-creation gag

Meanwhile Robert Mankoff's God found a different solution:

Time for a change, Atlas

Here's a couple of climate change-related Atlas-themed cartoons...  

This first one might not seem like it until I mention that the shipping pallet is the topic of this Slate article about the global climate and global economy.

This Robert Mankoff New Yorker magazine cover from 1990.  We've not only had his work on the blog before, we've had an Atlas-themed piece from him before.

Hanging Chad

Robert Mankoff had this published this in The New Yorker in December of 2000, at the height of the Gore-Bush 2000 election aftermath, with the hanging chads and ballot recount and Supreme Court ruling.

Atlas soldier

I've posted Atlas-themed comics before. Here's another. And we'll have a few more this week. This one is by Robert Mankoff, published in The New Yorker in 1991. Seems so long ago... when we only had the one, quick, Middle Eastern war and the only other world superpower had dropped out. Where are we now?