Here he is, the 42nd President of the U. S. A., Bill Clinton.

In caricatures, we’re always trying to spot the unique features on everyone’s face.  And with Mr. Clinton, there’s plenty of uniqueness.  His eyes are small, nose is large, eyebrows are nonexistent, haircut is signifigant, and face is red.  But there’s nothing to unique about his mouth.  So I just left it out.

As a freelance artist, I’m often tapped to draw political cartoons for people that want to make t-shirts and bumper stickers to promote their points of view.  During the Clinton years, I was approached time and again to make fun of the president.  The captions, situations, and angles of attack varied, but one thing was constant: Everyone wanted me to draw him with a cigar.  I can’t think of another representation of the years in office as iconic as that cigar.