"Word of the Day" is a popular feature at Merriam-Webster Online. John has challenged himself to draw a cartoon each day based on that day's word. Cartoons appear here daily, shortly after the Merriam-Webster Word of the Day is posted. Join our mailing list to get the Cartoon of the Day in your email every day, or subscribe to our RSS feed. Post your comments and join the discussion on our Facebook page. Enjoy our searchable archive of past Cartoons!   01/03/2013: festoon click for definition noun | fess-TOON first previous random next latest   John Ambrosavage's cartoons have been nationally syndicated and distributed. He was one of amazon.com's first electronic card artists. His feature "Where's My Slice?" was an early digital feature in pandomag.com. The long-running "Ambrotoons" was one of the first web based comic offerings in the Seattle Weekly. cartoonist: John Ambrosavage editor: Ray C. Freeman III proofreader: (after the fact) Kenna Winston "John Ambrosavage is an American Treasure". -Dave Liljengren, editor, Pandomag