The Hermanator

Former CEO for Godfather's Pizza, Herman Cain, has announced that he's going to run for President in 2012 and will be seeking the Republican nomination. I remembered doing a spot illustration of him in 1996 when he resigned from Godfather's to become head of the National Restaurant Association. The client wanted me to illustrate him in the "I Want You" pose and wearing a button that proclaimed him, "The Hermanator!" A chicken in every pot, a car in every garage, and double pepperoni for all!

Killebrew dies at 74

I just saw the news a few minutes ago that Harmon Killebrew died today from esophogeal cancer and thought I'd re-post this entry and illustration I did from June, 2009 as a tribute:
"Harmon Killebrew was a feared power hitter with the nicknames "Killer" and "Hammerin' Harmon." Despite his "Killer" nickname and his powerful stocky build, Killebrew was in fact a quiet, kind man who didn't really join in with his partying teammates. Asked by reporters what he liked to do for fun, Killebrew replied, "Well, I like to wash dishes, I guess." 
 I like Harmon.

Take This Book...And Shelve It!

Here's a commissioned t-shirt design based on Snack Time for the Georgetown University Library Access Services Division. I think the shirts are going to be gifts to the student workers. The book-shelving monster is devouring GU's Lauinger Library!

Vote Early and Often

Cartoonist and friend, Al Goodwyn has made it to the tenth and FINAL round of "So You Wanna Be a Cartoonist?" Fifteen cartoonists are left and voting continues the rest of this week. It takes seconds to sign up and vote a couple hundred times for Al! Click here to VOTE.

Carrot Ride After Dark

On the heels of Carrot Ride's triumphant exposure in last week's Express, demand for me to make the image available on dark shirts on Zazzle has been overwhelming (are you two satisfied now?). Shamelessly announcing that Carrot Ride is now available on dark shirts. And look how GOOD it looks on the Hipster! 10.40% off this tax day weekend! Click me to shop. Many thanks to Christen for the assist on this. Free shirt to you!

And what is art?

Caption quoted from today's Express:
"David Hagen's Carrot Ride is part of an Artomatic exhibit at Reagan National Airport...You don't need a ticket to attend the exhibition...which features a large painting of a bunny riding a carrot. Sure, there are other works, but this is a bunny! Riding a carrot! Look at his little bunny face. We're sure the other art is nice, but there's probably only one piece that features a bunny riding a carrot. And what is art? Art is a bunny. Riding a carrot."
I think I might have to make up t-shirts, "Art is a bunny. Riding a carrot."
Coming soon...

Exercise & Eating Healthy Alphabet

What can be more important than exercise and eating healthy, Eh? Here's some line art I drew for the American Diabetes Association. The challenging part for me was coming up with healthy activities and healthy food for each letter of the alphabet and then having them all fit comfortably within the inside of the letter. These were then distributed nationally to schools to be colored and cut out. Sounds like fun activity in itself! Now... can you find where did I put that zucchini?? 10 points for the first correct answer!
Email me if you'd like a copy of the alphabet.