and doing amazing. i think it will be permanently diminished. >> >> reporter: according to the association of american editorial cartoonists there are fewer than 100, compared to 280 a few years ago. >> the heyday of newspapers is never coming back, so it's more of a freelance position, but there are still people out there willing to do it. >> he's more that willing to do it, and certainly able. his liberal commentary has gained him national syndication and a spot on the short list for a pulitzer prize last year. >> who were your -- >> i always wanted to draw x-men. i didn't get into political cartooning under the run up to the war. "war is boring" that's the title of his first cartoon novel. that same year bors took hess sketch pad to afghanistan to draw attention to the scenes there. now he's inkoppetted those into