on Saturdays) in the Washington Post Style section. A compendium of his Richard's Poor Almanac cartoons was published by Emmis Books in 2005. The Richard's Poor Almanac cartoon published the week of George W. Bush's first inauguration included a mock inaugural poem, "Make the Pie Higher," composed of some of Bush's more incoherent quotations, or "Bushisms". When "Make the Pie Higher" was leaked onto the Internet, it spread rapidly and was eventually dissected and analyzed on Snopes.com, which did a lengthy review of its origins. The poem has been set to music at least five times in various styles, including Irish and choral music. Illustrations Thompson's illustrations have appeared in U.S. News & World Report, The New Yorker, Air & Space/Smithsonian, National Geographic and The Atlantic Monthly. In 2004, Thompson illustrated Francis Heaney's Holy Tango of Literature. In 2010, he wrote and illustrated "Barney Google and the Bigfoot Style", the foreword for Craig Yoe's Barney Google: Gambling, Horse Races & High-Toned Women (Yoe Books/IDW, 2010). In 2010, the Pixar director Pete Docter hired Thompson to work on character sketches and development for his upcoming movie Inside Out. In 2014, the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum at Ohio State University hosted an exhibition of Thompson's work: "The Irresistible Force Meets the Immovable Object: A Richard Thompson Retrospective". Awards 1989: A Gold and a Silver Funny Bone Award from the Society of Illustrators for humorous illustration 1995: The National Cartoonists Society's awards for both the Magazine and Book Illustration division and for Newspaper Illustration 2004: The Milton F. "Sonny" Clogg Outstanding Alumni Achievement Award from Montgomery College 2011: The Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year, presented by the National Cartoonists Society 2012: The Harvey Award for Best Syndicated Comic Strip 2012: The first ever Ignatz "Golden Brick Award" for lifetime achievement 2015: The Eisner Award for Best Humor Publication for The Complete Cul de SacPersonal life Thompson was a long-time resident of Arlington, Virginia. On July 16, 2009, Thompson announced that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, a problem he described as "a pain in the fundament", which slowed him down but did not affect his drawing hand. Stephan Pastis, creator of Pearls Before Swine, described Thompson as "probably the most talented all-around syndicated cartoonist working today" and praised the courage and optimism he showed in revealing his illness. The children's book illustrator Stacy Curtis became the inker