Above is a detail from my new comic strip, This Bright Future. Think of it as distilled Weltschmerz. Tighter. Sharper. And just as funny.

Horst and his friends return -- Frank, Cosmo, Raj, Donya and even maybe Celia. But the strip will be more focused on current affairs, less on personal foibles. Not surprisingly, Stephen Harper has put in an appearance more than any one of the above.

You can find it every week at The Canadian Charger, a web magazine that aims to expand the range of discourse in our corporate-dominated media. TBF is on its front page.

I may start a TBF blog if time and energy permits. And if enough readers request it, this new strip could appear on local newsprint (hint intended).

Please visit the Charger Thursdays to for your satire fix. You can become a fan at my Facebook page. And please spread the word. Thanks.