Watching Olbermann’s rundown of the past year, all I can think is: thank god that’s over with.

Which is what a lot of people told me they felt reading my Year in Review cartoons (here and here). (And as incomplete as they are, note that I managed to squeeze in sixteen panels apiece, rather than the twelve-panel format I’ve used in previous years. It was that kind of year.)

In related news, it looks like Joe the Plumber has found his intellectual equals at last …