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About Elena: Allow Me To Introduce Myself

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I am an artist, graphic designer, cartoonist, comedian, commentator, writer, editor, and musician, currently living in Lexington, Kentucky. You might think of me as the Frankenstein monster creation of the unlikely marriage of Donald Trump and Barack Obama. Srsly. Even now that I know Trump is not exactly business scholar material, I still feel that I learned a lot about business from watching The Apprentice and Celebrity Apprentice, and from reading all of the books published by Trump and his co-authors. So credit where credit is due. Thank you, OranguTrump, for making me a more confident businesswoman.

My other major influence arrived in 2008, when Candidate Barack Obamacelot gave the "failure of empathy" speech and inspired people to become more involved. In case you missed it, he said (paraphrasing) that if you walk past someone who is hurting and think "Oh, that's too bad," that's not empathy. You have to turn around and do something to help. He said that we all had to become more involved. So I responded. And now...

It's Alive!!
It has a mind of its own!
And probably neither of them would be entirely pleased with the result.
The Donald less than The Barack, I suspect.
You know how these independent creations are. They can turn on you.

Small Cartoon of Donald OranguTrump Small Cartoon of President Obamacelot

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The Cartoons

Amongst my creative endeavours, my focus has been on drawing cartoons for a light-hearted look at religion and "pawlitics".

Cartoon Series From Oldest to Newest:

Les Beastiables ("Les Bez") parodies the extremist Republicans and ultra-conservatives and the nightmarish fact-free fantasyland from which they operate. I draw people in with cute animals, then diabolically repulse them with beastly sayings. Hopefully informed voters will never vote for these beasties again, informed customers will never pay these beasties their money again, and informed viewers will never watch these beasties' shows again.

I also was guest cartoonist at Daily Kos at the request of noted cartoonist Eric Lewis whilst he was away helping his favorite political campaign. The result was a temporary series, Aminal Nooz. Each weekend, Lee Carlena, my avatar, reported on the most important items of nooz from the previous week. Those cartoons will be added here shortly. If you haven't seen them, they're still nooz!

Aminal Nooz led to interest in the good folks, not just Les Beastiables; and occasional cartoons on random topics. So single-panel cartoons of Les Demochats and Les Purrgressives will be available here soon. By popular demand, small portraits of Pup Francis have already been uploaded to our store at Zazzle, as have various items with our whimsical design, Infinite Rat Race.

A new cartoon series, Breaking Pawlitics
, debuted on January 21, 2017, to advocate for policy changes, a necessity given the current Reptublican monopoly of executive, Congressional, and judicial branches! With all three branches of federal government and many state governments in Reptublican hands, We the People have to be the checks and balances. These cartoons will first post at Daily Kos and the Facebook Breaking Pawlitics page, be widely shared, be available on shirts and other swag for those who would like to spread the message of activism, and then be added to the Cartoon pages here as time allows.

Please click on Cartoons to see a variety of cartoons currently available. More will be uploaded as time allows.

Small Cartoon of Joe Squirrelboro

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Future Plans

Another cartoon series is in the perpetual planning stage, "Greed Is Piggy". My mission is to bring back a prosperous and widespread middle class. Greed is not good. It never has been. Greed is piggy.

These cartoons will also be published at Daily Kos and here when ready. Since it takes more time to research economic facts, this cartoon series has been delayed until I can support myself and my family financially and have time left over for increased cartooning behavior. Cartooning is a compulsion with me; it's a sickness, really; okay, not really. I am also blogging about various topics when the mood strikes and I feel like my quirky point of view might be helpful.

Once our cartoon characters are under control, then I will start adding vlogs including my comedy routines. The music I have planned is generally in service of those. I also take requests.

For these or any other issues, comments, suggestions, or to hire me for your creative needs, please email me at our business address below. Please put "Elena Carlena" in the Subject line. Thank you!

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A Special Note To Trolls: Before you tell me to go back to Mexico, you should know that my father's father's ancestors emigrated from Europe shortly after the time of the Mayflower, my people are typical Heinz 57 melting pot Americans of long standing, and one of my mother's grandparents was native American. So if you are a troll of pure Northern European origin, then I belong here more than you do. Diversity rocks!

© Copyright Elena Carlena. Created September 18, 2014. Last updated January 30, 2017. All rights reserved.