I don't think we're in Kansas anymore

It's happening all over the country. Those adjustable rate mortgages are, well... adjusting. I seem to be getting more and more of my news from the financial sections these days. I'm not sure if that's a bad omen or not, but things do seem a little tenuous lately.

Here's the rough:

And here's the finished cartoon. The rough was pretty rough, but the idea was so strong in my mind that I didn't need much to go on. The shadow on the ground really helped to add to the sense of impending doom in the cartoon; linking the (2) main players. But this is more of a compositional enhancement than anything else.

I have one more national cartoon to do for the week, so stay tooned!