LARRY ROIBAL

Ballpoint Reruns

Its been a year since I last took a sabbatical from Drawing On Observations to visit London and Paris. This year we have something special planned. I’ll tell you about it when I return. In the mean time, I’m reposting some of my favorite portraits doodled over the past year

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Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

The brother of the Afghan president and suspected player in Afghanistan’s illegal opium trade, Ahmed Wali Karzai is also on the CIA payroll for the past eight years. Are we sacrificing lives and treasure in order to prop up an illegitimate government and drug lords?

Ball point pen on the morning newsprint

An international audit found widespread fraud in Afghanistan’s August 20th election. The U.N. backed investigators have thrown out nearly one third of the ballots and after considerable pressure, President Hamid Karzai conceded that he did not receive the majority needed and has agreed to a run-off election with his main rival, Abdullah Abdullah.