Achtoon Baby - U2 Cartoons

Kelly Eddington is our @U2 staff cartoonist. She created monthly U2 cartoons for seven years, took a two-year break, and is back for more. Due to time constraints (watercolor paintings can be surprisingly labor-intensive), Kelly is now offering new Achtoon Baby episodes on a quarterly basis. Please visit Kelly's fine art website to read her painting blog and view, purchase, and commission her original watercolor paintings.

2012

• Questioning U2's Work Ethic

2011

• How Can U2 be "Relevant" in 2012?
• How Do We Top the 360 Tour?
• What Did I Miss?

2009

• March, 2009: My Two NLOTHy Cents
• February, 2009: Get On Your Boots: One Woman's Perspective
• January, 2009: U2 2009 Calendar ... Sort Of!

2008

• November, 2008: It's a Wonderful Band
• October, 2008: It Might Get Li'l
• September, 2008: Bono - What I did on my summer vacation!
• July, 2008 - Dear U2: Please stop doing this
• June, 2008 - LETS MEET BUNS NEW FAMILY;;;
• May, 2008 - U2 in Good Taste
• April, 2008 - WANNA SEE BUNS CRAFTS;;;;
• March, 2008 - War Story

2007

• December, 2007 - U2 Have Infiltrated My Art
• November, 2007 - L'il U2 and the Secret of the Tower
• September, 2007 - More U2 in bad taste
• August, 2007 - U2 in bad taste
• July, 2007 - LOL U2;;;;;
• June, 2007 - Fez Travel Tips
• May, 2007 - L'il U2 in 3D!
• April, 2007 - Hypothetical Report Card
• March, 2007: The Littlest Knight, by BUN
• January, 2007: What if they all had blogs?

2006

• December, 2006: L'il U2's Busiest Fall Ever
• September, 2006: When Worlds Collide...
• August, 2006: BUN WRITE HAIKU;;;;;
• July, 2006: The U2 C.M. part 2
• May-June, 2006: The U2 C.M. part 1
• April, 2006: The Best U2 Joke I've Ever Heard
• March, 2006: U2 in Four Words
• February, 2006: BUN MAKE VALENTINES FOR U2;;;
• January, 2006: Li'l U2 2006 Calendar

2005

• Christmas, 2005: A card from Bun and K (one page - no clicks)
• December, 2005: U2 & EXIT - A Love Story
• October, 2005: @U2 @10 winner: Ian C., Montana
• September, 2005: How To Be Me
• August, 2005: "That was hands-down the stupidest dream I ever had"
• June-July, 2005: The Ten U2 Moments That Matter to Me
• May, 2005: U2 INTERVIEW BUN;;;
• April, 2005: Catalog of Official U2 Merchandise
• March, 2005: How Could You Do This To Me?
• BONUS: January/February, 2005 - WHY NO GOOD TICKETS FOR BUN;;;
• January, 2005 - A frank talk about the packaging

2004

• December, 2004 - Random Bomb Thoughts
• November, 2004 - A Very Special Achtoon Baby
• October, 2004 - BUN: Extra Special Not Made Up Interview U2
• September, 2004 - Still More Postcards From The Edge
• August, 2004 - WHERE U2 CD GO (guest cartoonist)
• July, 2004 - U2 News Withdrawal
• June, 2004 - Achtoon Guy / Answer Baby
• May, 2004 - Lil' U2 Super Activity Fun Pack
• April, 2004 - Cheating on U2
• March, 2004 - Your Fellow U2 Fans
• February, 2004 - What Is Going on Over There?
• January, 2004 - Achtoon Baby is Experiencing Technical Difficulties

2002-2003

• December, 2003 - Wheee! We Have a New U2 Product
• November, 2003 - How to Paint Larry and Adam!
• October, 2003 - How to Paint Bono and The Edge!
• September, 2003 - Inside Larry's House O' U2 Stuff
• August, 2003 - What does the new album sound like?
• July, 2003 - Are you a U2 Fanatic?
• June, 2003 - U2 Fantasy Portraiture
• May, 2003 - Bono and J-Lo: How did this happen?
• April, 2003 - U2 fans: Count your blessings
• March, 2003 - An Oscar Awards preview
• February, 2003 - The U2 press photo drinking game
• January, 2003 - A sneak peek at the next U2 DVD
• December, 2002 - Do we keep the Boomchas?

@U2's original cartoonist, Jo Whitby, is solely responsible for creating this feature back in November, 2000. She kept it going until November, 2002, when other commitments took her away from us. We're eternally grateful for her time and effort, and we're happy to archive her cartoons below. Thanks, Jo!

• November, 2002 - Larry the Lobster regrets his words
• September, 2002 - What will happen when U2 reworks a song to death....
• August, 2002 - So they're supposedly remixing the POP album...
• July, 2002 - Crash, rattle, and hum
• June, 2002 - Here come the bride and groom!
• May, 2002 - Ali sends Bono shopping
• Special - April, 2002 - Pimm Jal de la Parra, 1966-2002 tribute
• April, 2002 - U2 wins big at another awards show
• March, 2002 - TIME asks "Can Bono Save the World?"
• February, 2002 - U2 works with the DDDA on a new studio location
• January, 2002 - All is quiet on New Year's Day

2000 / 2001

• December, 2001 - Santa shopped at PopMart
• November, 2001 - Bono ventures out into a new business
• October, 2001 - Edge gets logged off before he can log on
• September, 2001 - The Picture of Dorian Gray Larry Mullen, Jr.
• August, 2001 - Not now, Bono, I'm on the phone!
• July, 2001 - The Adventures of POP #1
• June, 2001 - The mullet makes a comeback
• May, 2001 - Bono's mistaken identity
• April, 2001 - The Goal is ... ?
• March, 2001 - Bono goes crowd surfing
• February, 2001 - U2 were having problems with merchandising
• January, 2001 - The Fly is caught on U2's studio cam
• December, 2000 - Bono, Edge, and a friend at the Paris airport
• November, 2000 - Beautiful Day video shoot