Defending Truth

by Allen Forrest / February 12th, 2025

Mark Twain’s quote about outrageous lies is “The most outrageous lies that can be invented will find believers if a man only tells them with all his might”. It appears in a letter to the San Francisco Alta California in 1867.

Allen Forrest is a writer, painter, graphic artist and activist. He has created covers and illustrations for literary publications and books, is the winner of the Leslie Jacoby Honor for Art at San Jose State University's Reed Magazine for 2015, and his Bel Red landscape paintings are part of the Bellevue College Foundation's permanent art collection in Bellevue, WA. He lives in Vancouver, BC, Canada. Read other articles by Allen, or visit Allen's website.

This article was posted on Wednesday, February 12th, 2025 at 3:33pm and is filed under Cartoon.