Fortune Cookie Wisdom

Truth sayings or obvious projections?

I drew this the other day.

But first, it was this:

I guess I hope it’s amusing because we can be pretty sure Trump will be indicted by a Grand Jury in Georgia next week, most likely. Sometimes these cookies state the obvious.

I had adjusted the caption, basing it on a drawing of mine below that The New Yorker ran in 1984.

My first political cartoon in The New Yorker

At the time, Vice President Walter Mondale was running for President, and even though he brought a woman on his ticket as his running mate —Geraldine Ferraro— the Dems were a bit lukewarm about him. Very good man with experience and good principles—just not one who inspired enthusiasm, if I recall. Ferraro had problems for a lot of reasons, mostly her gender, but also because of stuff dragged up about her husband, a real estate businessman who eventually pleaded guilty to fraud. Ferraro was the first woman to run for Vice President— that was exciting. But not enough to get Mondale elected. I was so happy to be able to vote for a woman.

I am always a little dissapointed by fortunes in fortune cookies. Are you? Maybe I’ve seen too many in my life.

It was a dream of mine, as a young person growing up during the Civil Rights Movement, Watergate and the Vietnam War, to be a political cartoonist. This was my first published political cartoon; I was thrilled. Mondale’s office called The New Yorker and wanted to buy the original. They never did, so I still have it!

Thanks for being here, and happy Wednesday!