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	Cartoonists Find New Gag By Declan McCullagh March 8, 1999 Pity political cartoonists. With Monica Madness nearly over -- we hope -- they're desperately looking for new targets for their barbs. They seem to have found one in Y2K. That's what Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Mike Luckovic says. On CNN Sunday Morning yesterday, he griped to host Catherine Callaway that Y2K isn't as easy to capture as, say, Linda Tripp's mammoth nose. "Now, you know, Y2K is a very difficult issue to do a cartoon on, and the reason is there is nothing, there is not a funny character to attach it to like Linda Tripp. So I was starting to think, "Well, what could I do on Y2K?" So I did this two-panel," Luckovic said. In it, a fellow is sitting in his lounge chair and saying, "I'm not taking any chances on Y2K. I'm ringing in the new year right here in my easy chair." "And in the next panel, the thing has collapsed on him. There's an embedded chip, if you notice, under the seat-cover there," Luckovic said. Replied CNN's Callaway: "Everyone in America now is going to be looking in their easy chair to see if there's a chip in there. Everything else has a chip in it." Um, not quite.		FEATURES Book Reviews Y2K already has spawned its own genre. We tell you what books are worth buying. Chip 'n Little Cartoons Chip 'n Little goes on TV Chip 'n Little visits John Koskinen Chip 'n Little saves the world Warning: This cartoon has been called "foolish and tasteless." Y2K from A to Z Y2K Haiku Traditionalists may be shocked. Mad Cow Culture What does Y2K have in common with today's Mad Cow Culture? Answer: Everything. Declan McCullagh's Y2K articles Psychology of Y2K LATEST NEWS As of December 31, 1999 Get Your T-Shirt Quick Bill Gates Does Y2K Reader Feedback A Sarcastic Calendar Cooking After the Apocalypse A Real Y2K Disaster Hitchhiker's Guide Meets Y2K