It’s that time of the year again

The War on Christmas season is upon us again! For the Tom Tomorrow fan in your life (and whose life isn’t simply overflowing with them?), a few modest suggestions:

— The TMW store at TopatoCo, where you’ll find t-shirts, books, stickers and even a plush Sparky.

Gift subscriptions to Sparky’s List! (Or you can get a regular subscription for yourself via either Amazon or Paypal, and help keep TMW afloat in this time of ongoing uncertainty!) (If you haven’t yet heard about the exciting disruptive innovation that is Sparky’s List, click here.)

RIP San Francisco Bay Guardian

The 48-year-old weekly was abruptly shut down yesterday by the company that has owned it for the past two years. It was not a paper without flaws, and it was looking pretty thin on my last couple of visits to the city, but it was an institution. It was also the print home of TMW in San Francisco for more than two decades.

The paper’s demise is a small reminder of the fragility of the ecosystem which sustains my cartoon work. On a related note: please consider joining Sparky’s List!