How do you feel about art in the age of Trump?In times like these, art is more important than ever. It has to stoke the fire, to not shy away. As artists, we need to be loud and unafraid. Especially in the public eye. I've personally had moments of, is it ok to post this? Will I offend anyone, maybe close to me? And you can't think like that. You have to make the art true to you and never apologize for it.

Who is more fun to draw Hillary or Trump?Trump is so ugly (in body and in spirit), I have never drawn him and honestly, probably never will. He simply does not interest me--and I felt the whole issue with this election was the fact that we ever even gave him any attention. I'm getting off topic here! Hillary is way more fun to draw. Women in general are more fun to draw--just look at them.

David Sipress

(Commissioned for NewYorker.com)

These days I am drawing the Daily Cartoon on newyorker.com, publishing a topical/politically themed cartoon every weekday. I like to wait for an idea to hit me close to my Daily Cartoon deadline so that my cartoon will be in direct response to the most current news stories. I drew the first version of the cartoon—“Whew!”—at 6 P.M. on election night, convinced like the rest of the world that Hillary was a shoo-in. I was trying to express the enormous relief that would be felt, not just in America, but all over the world, once Trump was history. And sadly, Photoshop came in handy again at 11:30 that evening, when the totally unexpected—and, for me, frightening and tragic—reality set in. I erased “Whew!” and, almost without thinking, wrote in exactly what I was feeling at that moment, and what I assumed that people around the globe were feeling: “OMFG!” I hated making that change.

Did you feel personally involved in her campaign?

I felt deeply involved in Hillary’s campaign, in large part because my work caused me to follow closely every twist and turn. For me it was the prospect of our electing a woman president that was the most important and exciting aspect of her candidacy, not to mention the fact that I agree with her on most issues.

How do you feel about art in the age of Trump?

Going forward will be tough for me as a cartoonist. For one thing, I am sick and tired of making jokes about Trump. There’s nothing funny about him anymore. He was kind of fun to draw, and easy—the hair, the mouth, the hands, etc,—I usually managed to capture him with a few quick strokes of my pen. But I was really hoping to have a break from doing it. (Hillary was tougher to draw—no question.) But people need to laugh—especially now. So that will continue to be my job in the age of Trump.