This Week’s Cartoon: The Rise and Fall of a Gizmo

This week’s cartoon is a “classic” due to freelance projects, early deadlines, and the fact that I always take a week off this time of year because I’m a practicing slowpoke who believes very strongly in vacation. Not that I’m getting one. (Dallas readers: check out my cover of this week’s Observer, out tomorrow!) We’ll return to our regularly-scheduled broadcast of political barbs and jests next week.