Barry Bonds has been a frequent topic for me through the years. This cartoon inspired by a famous photo featuring Babe Ruth is one of my favorite images. I think it about summed up the Bonds fiasco with no words, just letting the picture do all the talking. Maybe even a thousand words worth.

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Shortly after the Broncos captured their first Super Bowl victory I was faced with a dilemma. The Elway Covers the Cup cartoon had been pretty popular but, of course, no longer relevant. Larry Strutton, the publisher of the News at the time paid me a visit one afternoon at my Cartoon Cubicle, just a few days after I returned from covering Super Bowl XXXII in San Diego. He suggested I should revisit the Elway-Sakic cartoon. I didn’t relish digging out an idea I’ve ready printed and retooning it for publication, but I had to admit Larry had a point. So, after a few hours of swaet I came up with this Elway Reeves cartoon with Dan Reeves coveting Elway’s Lombardi trophy. Imagine my horror when the very next year Elway faced off against Reeves in Super Bowl XXXIII. I didn’t want to have to revisit it again. Thank goodness Elway made sure I didn’t have to by totally crushing the Falcons for another Super Bowl victory. This one was drawn in pen and ink and colorized in Adobe PhotoShop.

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I usually work today for tomorrow, which does really strange things to your central nervous system. Deadlines are tight. The closer you get to it the faster and louder the heart pounds. The secret is quieting the sucker long enough to get an idea to seep through. This cartoon was drawn right after the Colorado Avalanche captured its first Stanley Cup and a year before John Elway would hoist his first Lombardi Trophy. I had the idea a few weeks before the Avalanche clinched the championship which absolutely NEVER happens. I could hardly wait to draw it for publication. One of the prints hangs on Joe Sakic’s wall. It’s drawn in pen and ink and then watercolored.

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