I'm sorry to write that two of my favorite political cartoonists have retired from our tiny profession.

Sandy Huffaker is one my cartoon heroes. When I was in college I was a big fan of his cartoons that were running every week in Time Magazine. Sandy worked as a regular editorial cartoonist for a newspaper when he was young, then spent his career as a cartoon illustrator. Now he spends most of his time at his ranch in Virginia doing paintings. He had been drawing editorial cartoons regularly for our syndicate for the past few years.

Sandy called me a couple of months ago to say he was tired of the daily editorial cartooning grind. He is an Obama supporter, he thinks Obama will win and prospect of losing President Bush makes him lose his anger and passion. I encouraged Sandy to draw whenever the inspiration hits him, and last week he sent us this portrait of McCain and baby Palin (right).

If any of our readers are Huffaker fans, as I am, and are sorry to see him go, send Sandy an e-mail and tell him he is missed!

The other cartoonist we're losing is M.e. Cohen, a freelancer with a wild style from New Jersey. M.e. is retiring from editorial cartooning because of a detached retina. He plans to keep doing illustrations, but the daily, freelance political cartoons were just too much. I'm also hopeful that M.e. will come back; it is tragic to see him leave us.

See more cartoons by M.e. here. That is one of his samples below. Click here to send M.e. an e-mail and let him know he is also missed.