"I had no intention at all ... and he's recommending a different toothpaste for the president." Holbert said he was contacted by the syndicator of the cartoon Tuesday night, asking if he could ...

“I wanted another flavor of toothpaste for the cartoon, and we had a bottle of Colgate kids’ toothpaste that was watermelon-flavored … watermelon seems to be a big flavor these ...

"The editor suggested to Jerry that the use of watermelon as a toothpaste flavor could inject a racial subtext that would distract from the point of the cartoon. Jerry agreed and happily replaced ...

Holbert told Chabot and Battenfeld that the idea to use “watermelon” instead of “peppermint” or another common toothpaste flavor in the text of the cartoon came after he looked through a ...

Officials from The Boston Herald will meet with the NAACP following the publication of an editorial cartoon many deemed ... tried the new watermelon flavored toothpaste?” the man asks POTUS.

The cartoon, drawn by Jerry Holbert, features a depiction of a White House intruder asking President Barack Obama if he’s tried “the new watermelon flavored toothpaste?” The caption to the ...

the cartoon syndicate where Holbert’s work also appears reached out Tuesday night and asked him to alter his latest submission. He obliged and in the syndicate version the toothpaste reference ...

A Boston Herald editorial cartoon meant to lampoon the ... flavor only because his son’s girlfriend had left Colgate Kids watermelon toothpaste at his house. “I myself love watermelon ...