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Mark Fiore: Drawn to the BayMark Fiore: Drawn to the Bay

Drawn to the Bay is a look at the Bay Area through the eyes of longtime local cartoonist, Mark Fiore. Covering everything from politics and culture to science and transportation, you can find Drawn to the Bay here and on KQED’s Facebook, Twitter and Instagram feeds Monday through Friday.

Mark Fiore is a Pulitzer Prize-winning political animator and cartoonist who hatched in California before the Intertubes were even invented.

Cartoon: a dirigible floats through the sky as a happy gold mining sourdough character jumps into the sky holding a pick ax and gold pan.

The Inventor and Artist Who Tried Starting the First Airline Service to SF ... in 1849

Cartoon: a BART system route map with colorful, tangled lines is titled, "route map for face masking." The lines are labeled, "BART, CA Dept. of Public Health, CDC, judicial system and right-wing activists."

Re-Requiring Face Masks

Cartoon: happy people celebrate around a "JFK Drive" sign in Golden Gate Park. The "drive" on the sign is crossed out and replaced with a list of "walk, cycle, skate, run, frolic, amble, anything but drive."

A Park for People, Not Cars

Buckle Up for Rocket Man

Happy Earth Day!

Fast Track to Unmasking

Politicizing Public Health Decisions ... Again

Bay Area Back Then: Mammoths and Tigers and Giant Bison, Oh My!

Inflation Is in the Eye of the Beholder

Sequestering Common Sense

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