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Wyakin Warrior Foundation
Inaugural Gala Boise, Idaho (December
1, 2012) On November 30, fifteen cartoonists
gathered in Boise, Idaho, to attend the first Wyakin Warrior Foundation Gala. The Wyakin Warrior Foundation provides
a full-spectrum education and professional development program for severely wounded, injured, or ill Post 9/11 veterans, designed
for collegiate success and resulting in a rewarding career after graduation. Please visit their website to learn more:
www.wyakin.org.
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| Todd Clark, Mason Mastroiani, and I enjoying the reception at Steve Moore's lovely home. |
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| Rick Kirkman, Stephan Pastis, Jeff Keane, and me. |
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| This is what happens when you try to get a group of cartoonists, together, to take a serious photo. |
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| Enjoying the Gala with Andy Kraft. |
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CARTOONISTS HEAD OVERSEAS TO ENTERTAIN DEPLOYED SERVICE MEMBERS Wednesday, October
17, 2012
A group of renowned
cartoonists are set to drop in on deployed troops, just in time for some Halloween merriment.
Ray Alma (MAD Magazine), Paul Combs (Fire Engineering magazine), Bruce Higdon (Punderstatements), Mason Mastroianni (B.C.), Ed Steckley
(MAD Magazine) and Tom Stiglich (editorial
cartoons and Uncle Joe) are preparing for a USO tour to Germany, Turkey and Kosovo October 21-29 where they will visit, uplift
and treat scores of troops and their families with fun-filled entertainment and gifted artistic skills.
The USO veteran entertainers
will also tour multiple work sites, pose for photos and spend upwards of 30 hours drawing personalized cartoons and caricatures
for servicemen and women and their families to take home and enjoy. This tour is a follow-up to last month’s USO cartoonists tour, which
took place in the Middle East and made history by providing the last stint of USO entertainment for the USS Enterprise prior
to its decommissioning later this year. The trip marks the third USO tour for Higdon and Steckley and the
second for Alma, Combs, Mastroianni and Stiglich,
who have collectively traveled to Kuwait,
Iraq, Germany and Qatar.
“I am always excited and honored to be a part of
the USO's tremendous effort to lift the spirit of America's troops and their families,” Higdon said. “To be surrounded by our nation's heroes and, hopefully, bring
smiles to their faces, while thanking them for the service to our nation and its freedoms is a priceless experience that cannot
be described in words.”
Click on photo to enlarge:
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| The gang in Prishtna, Kosovo. |
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| Hamming it up at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. |
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| Standing outside the amphitheater in Ephesus. (See Acts 19) |
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| The group standing at the entrance into Ephesus. |
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| Entering Turkey. |
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| Drawing a young airman, at lunch-time, at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany. |
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| My little friend and I draw each other during the visit to the Outdoor Recreation Center at Ramstein |
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