CARTOON: Blue Hour

By Amber Siegel, Cartoonist|April 13, 2023

Cartoonist Amber Siegel describes her latest illustration as a young lady enjoying the last of the night’s silence before the world wakes up.

Two legs with pink roller-skates glide over a wooden surface. The end of the semester is coming soon, and students are racing toward the end of classes. (Daniela Barajas | Northern Star)

Skate to the finish

A fluffy, small-horned creature gasps, surrounded by a colorful chaos of blue, pink and violet brush strokes. The cartoonist used sparkling and shimmering stickers as accessories to the illustration in this piece. (Jayce Weir | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Candy

A man answers his door and asks "Dude... aren't you too old for trick-or-treating??" to a 22-year-old business major dressed up as Batman. Happy Halloween, Huskies! (Daniela Barajas | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Grown-up trick-or-treating

Grimm the Goblin, a green creature with yellow eyes and a spiny back, crouches on clawed feet. Grimm waits patiently for his chance to terrorize on Halloween next week. (Aidan Renteria | Northern Star)

Cartoon: Grimm the Goblin

Three fantastical creatures, including the cartoonist’s recurring owl character, stand back to back in dark blue and red scene. Jayce Weir inspires some of their characters from personal Dungeons and Dragons games. (Jayce Weir | Northern Star)

Cartoon: D&D Dreams

A brown cow with a tag on its ear stands on a manure-covered ground. Opinion Columnist Lalita Rai encourages consumers to avoid purchasing furs, skins and other styles of fashion that cost animal lives. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Fashion shouldn’t cost lives

A tax form and two arrows – one pointing up and the other pointing down – sit beneath the words "Look Both Ways" and above the topic of the week. Should taxes be lowered? (Jackson Shields | Northern Star)

Look Both Ways: Taxes

Dark substance floats up toward the Illinois state flag while light and heart-shaped flowers burst from the top of the flag. The Northern Star Editorial Board encourages other states to dedicate government action toward addressing hate crimes, as Illinois will do with the Help Stop Hate program. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons | Northern Star Graphic)

Editorial: Help Stop Hate program heads Illinois in right direction

A graphic shows a turkey centered in the middle of various autumnal leaves. What's the best way to spend Thanksgiving break? (Jackson Shields | Northern Star)

Poll: What is the best way to spend Thanksgiving break?

Kayla Schaffer, a senior health and human sciences major, responds to a street interviews prompt. What are your plans for after graduation? (Northern Star Graphic)

Street Interviews: Graduation

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