It’s almost impossible to say the word balloon and still be taken seriously.
Imagine you’re watching the inauguration of the latest president. He or she pops a hand on their favourite book (as is customary), but instead of saying the usual boring stuff, they just shout “balloons are great!”
Now think about Neil Armstrong stepping out of the Eagle, making a few bouncy steps, and then saying, “the Moon is a balloon!”
Below: a collaboration with Ellis Rosen, from a recent edition of Air Mail.
Continued Balloonery
While we’re on this subject, how about I share some other silly things from my sketchbook?
Time Travel ToonStack
Check out this week’s ToonStack, from a bunch of fellow New Yorker cartoonists. It features this cartoon, from 2014: