Here is the latest editorial cartoon for Highlands Today, hope everyone enjoys it.

Here is the latest editorial cartoon for Highlands Today, hope everyone enjoys it.

Here is the latest editorial cartoon for Highlands Today, hope everyone enjoys it.

Here is the latest editorial cartoon for Highlands Today, hope everyone enjoys it.

Here is the latest editorial cartoon for Highlands Today, hope everyone enjoys it.

Here is the latest editorial cartoon for Highlands Today, hope everyone enjoys it.

Here is the latest editorial cartoon for Highlands Today, hope everyone enjoys it.

Here is the latest editorial cartoon for Central Florida’s Agri-LEADER, hope everyone enjoys it!

My cartoon that appeared in Highlands Today on February 12 has received quite a lot of attention, most of it misdirected. The cartoon referenced recent news stories about Obama’s healthcare plan and it’s effect on the Catholic Church. The intention of the cartoon was simply to use imagery to get people talking about the news. In some ways it was wildly successful, but it seems that there is also a very vocal minority that has chosen to view the cartoon as an attack and have asked for a public apology. I will not apologize for my cartoon. To apologize for the cartoon would imply that it was a mistake, that I was not proud of the work, or that I viewed it as unsuccessful. I do not believe any of these scenarios are true. I simply cannot control how some people have interpreted my cartoon, and I cannot control the conversations it has started. You could argue that this makes my cartoon unsuccessful, but this has been the case with every single one of my cartoons, it is the case with every editorial cartoon ever drawn, it is the case with every piece of art ever drawn… painted, photographed, written, or composed. That is what makes it art, and art should never be apologized for.

Thank you and God bless,
Gabe Clogston