An R Crumb Moment, 2000

Inspired while at the 2000 Ottawa Animation Festival.  The two were seated near the program auditorium when I arrived for registration at 8am, and they were still at the same bench when I took an afternoon break at 4. 

Illustration compilation at lulu press.  Here's the link:  http://ar.gy/3UB9

While we were reading the sports section....

...or being distracted by the media with its source over substance... this is a graph of the Canadian dollar vs the US dollar over the past month.  Notice that during bits of December, it was not only on par with the US dollar, but worth slightly more.  Didn't hear much about this during the Bring Out The Clowns debates, did we?

Data from Exchange-rates.org: http://www.exchange-rates.org/history/CAD/USD/G/30