This is another image on the healthcare reform. It shows a woman sneezing the hell out of herself.

This tiny promo brochure has just gotten printed. It shows a selection of full-size whimsical-style images that I created for a book on politics for children a while ago. Entitled Tim asks Tom, the book sets out to explain terminology from politics and society to juveniles in easy-to-understand language.

Tom Buhrow, a bestselling author and a popular TV anchorman for Tagesthemen, Germany’s most watched daily news show, explains about 60 weird words and phrases that you typically hear on the news, ranging from “anti doping” to “renewable energy” and “board of inquiry.”

BILD, Germany’s largest daily paper, praised the book as “made for kids.” In a statement, Tom pointed out my “tremendous work ethic, paired with a huge amount of experience” (blush).

I have added a few sample spreads below; the complete booklet, which is really, really small (A7!), can be downloaded here as a PDF file.

I created this crossword puzzle illustration to highlight some of the financial problems involved with Afghanistan these days. Words like budget, benefit, people, revenue, tax, Western, develop etc. all help in finding the hidden phrase, AID.