Friends and readers! I’m excited to announce that I’ve written and illustrated another book of satirical poetry, coming out soon! This one is called A Confederacy of Dumptys: Portraits of American Scoundrels in Verse. In it, I’m saying goodbye and good riddance to our most recent ex-president, and instead doing a deep dive into his precursors in American history—over 30 scoundrels who were corrupt, criminal, adulterous, racist, or just plain stupid. It’s a book that begs the question: You thought HE was bad? It tells about the first Grand Wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, our boldest female con artist, and our most outrageous quack doctor. Richard Nixon is there, but also Leona Helmsley, Boss Tweed, Typhoid Mary, Newt Gingrich, Ted Cruz, the Watergate gang, and the insurrectionists of January 6th. It’s a rhyming, serio-comic romp through our national story and an exuberant reminder of how NOT to repeat history. Link in bio. #ConfederacyOfDumptys
Happy holidays everybody, and one last laugh of 2020
Here’s a beautiful tribute to the amazing Cicely Tyson written by my writer friend John Romano. A great loss but a great life.
Here’s a beautiful tribute to the amazing Cicely Tyson written by my writer friend John Romano. A great loss but a great life.
A glimpse of @cmaygallery show #temporarium #nathanredwood
LA people! Here’s a chance to actually visit an art gallery, and safely too. Go to https://cmaygallery.com/ for an appointment to see this dazzling exhibit April 3rd-May 29th 2021. Image details: Better Man, 2020 Nathan Redwood Acrylic on canvas 90 x 72 inches
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Here’s @hitRECordJoe reading one of my favorites, “One Lucky Bastard.” If you didn’t know about #JohnMcEntee, you do now. PRODUCED BY: Tim Van Patten and John Lithgow CREATED BY: B. Swibel, Adam Westbrook, and Adam Bankhead (Triptyk Studios)
Today on The #TrumptyDumpty Cycle, I bring back #impeachment memories IN SONG! Check out “Twinkle, Twinkle #KennethStarr.” PRODUCED BY: Tim Van Patten and John Lithgow CREATED BY: B. Swibel, Adam Westbrook, and Adam Bankhead (Triptyk Studios)
Here’s eminent epidemiologist #LaurieGarrett with “Our Witch Doctor in Chief” plus another of my #3rdRockfromtheSun pals, #WayneKnight, telling a tale of #MikePompeo and his version of foreign policy in “Diplomatic Gas”: “Mike Pompeo’s pungent flatus Tends to make our allies hate us. Once, he made an awful stink On G7’s interlink…” PRODUCED BY: Tim Van Patten and John Lithgow CREATED BY: B. Swibel, Adam Westbrook, and Adam Bankhead (Triptyk Studios)
A special message of thanks to… @kchenoweth @margaret_cho @whoopigoldberg @samuelljackson @glennclose @hitrecordjoe @thealanalda @sdrnews @triptykstudios and many more
Here’s a poem about the hapless #BradParscale written before he was cast out by #TrumptyDumpty. Here’s the prescient “The Invisible Man.” PRODUCED BY: Tim Van Patten and John Lithgow CREATED BY: B. Swibel, Adam Westbrook, and Adam Bankhead (Triptyk Studios)
Time for the Heroes, a few bright lights in the darkness—including @RepAdamSchiff, #MarieYovanovitch, #AlexanderVindman, @SpeakerPelosi, and #Fauci. This episode of The #TrumptyDumpty Cycle is for them. PRODUCED BY: Tim Van Patten and John Lithgow CREATED BY: B. Swibel, Adam Westbrook, and Adam Bankhead (Triptyk Studios)
“We have it totally under control.” #Trump said that in January. Wrong then and 8 million #COVID cases later, more wrong than ever. Here’s the latest in our video series, “Trumpty Dumpty Wanted a Rout.” PRODUCED BY: Tim Van Patten and John Lithgow CREATED BY: B. Swibel, Adam Westbrook, and Adam Bankhead (Triptyk Studios)
