Surrounding it. Where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away from the effectiveness of the cartoon. So it is not that i am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring the mess age that i am trying to communicate to the audience. Brian this is a personal question. We will talk about your book. Are you really the brother to two sisters that are medical doctors and two brothers as well . Michael i am. And their spouses are as well. We have like nine people that are closely related better all doctors. The only way i can get them to show up at family reunions is i say i deal with politicians and congress, so i am sort like a proctologist. Them a sort of let me into the family reunion. Brian go back to this, two sisters and two brothers are medical doctors. And how many of their spouses are . Michael my older brother is a fertility specialist. His wife is not a doctor.
I think where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away from the effectiveness of the cartoon. So it is not that i am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring the message that i am trying to communicate to the audience. Gets to the audience. Brian this is a personal question. We will talk about your book. Are you really the brother to two sisters that are medical doctors and two brothers as well . Michael i am. And their spouses are as well. We have like nine people that are closely related better all that are all doctors. The only way i can get them to show up at family reunions is i say i deal with politicians and congress, so i am sort like a proctologist. Them a sort of let me into the family reunion. Brian go back to this, two sisters and two brothers are medical doctors. And how many of their spouses are . Michael my older brother is a fertility specialist.
Michael you know, i havent. And i wouldnt. I probably wouldnt to be honest with you. I dont do controversial cartoons just for the sake of controversy. The purpose of cartooning is to reach a message to the audience that will not be overshadowed the controversy surrounding it. Where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away the effectiveness of the cartoon. So it is not that i am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring that the lessons i am trying to communicate gets to the audience. Brian this is a personal question. We will talk about your book. Are you really the brother, two sisters are medical doctors, and two brothers are as well . Michael i am. And their spouses are as well. The only way i can get them to show up at family reunions is i say i deal with politicians and congress, so i am sort like a proctologist. Brian your brothers and sisters are medical
Father. How did that happen . Michael im am half japanese. Mexican, and1 4 completely confused. My father was in the military in army intelligence. He met my mother in japan. She lived in the United States. But i was born in tokyo, japan. My older brother and i. The first language i spoke was japanese. You know, its been a long road. I have lived all over the world. It has been good exposure because i lived in belgium, germany, paris, and on and off between the United States and japan. Brian the political cartoon came to you when . Michael i never anticipated being a political cartoonist. The strangest part of this story is i really wanted to be a doctor. I recall reading the newspaper every morning with my dad. We had two when i lived in california. We took the Orange County register and the l. A. Times. Times had paul conrad. The register had jeff mcnally. He was working for the Richmond Times later. It ran his cartoons. We had this morning ritual where we would have breakfast, he wo
The purpose of cartooning is to reach a message to the audience that will not be overshadowed the controversy surrounding it. Where there may be an opportunity to use mohammed, just the fact of having that in the cartoon would overshadow the point i was trying to make and take away the effectiveness of the cartoon. I am not opposed to using mohammed but i am more for ensuring that the lessons i am trying to communicate gets to the audience. Brian this is a personal question. We will talk about your book. , twoou really the Brother Sisters are medical doctors, and your brothers are as well . Michael i am. And their spouses are as well. The only way i can get them to show up at family reunions is i say i am like a proctologist because i deal with congress. Your brothers and sisters are medical doctors. And how many of their spouses are . Brother is alder fertility specialist. His wife is not a doctor. All of the other spouses are doctors. My grandmother and grandfather were in the medica