7 4 , ▁St ay sk al ' s ▁editor ial ▁cart o ons ▁began ▁appearing ▁six ▁days ▁a ▁week ▁in ▁the ▁Trib une . ▁ ▁“ H um or ▁has ▁that ▁unique ▁dimension ▁to ▁cut ▁through ▁the ▁serious ness ▁of ▁what ’ s ▁happening ▁today , ▁though ▁as ▁James ▁Th ur ber ▁said , ▁‘ H um or ▁is ▁a ▁very ▁serious ▁thing ,’ ” ▁St ay sk al ▁told ▁the ▁Trib une ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 4 .   ▁“ I ▁don ’ t ▁draw ▁humor ▁for ▁humor ’ s ▁sake .   ▁My ▁cart o ons , ▁hopefully , ▁clarify ▁some ▁very ▁serious ▁situations ▁in ▁the ▁country ▁— ▁things ▁people ▁are ▁thinking ▁about ▁and ▁talking ▁about , ▁that ▁are ▁affect ing ▁them ▁— ▁and ▁capture ▁the ▁hum orous ▁side ▁of ▁American ▁life .” ▁ ▁St ay sk al ▁left ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Trib une ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 4 ▁to ▁become ▁the ▁editor ial ▁cart oon ist ▁for ▁the ▁T ampa ▁Trib une , ▁where ▁he ▁worked ▁until ▁ret iring ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁ ▁His ▁cart o ons ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁synd ic ated ▁world wide ▁until ▁he ▁fully ▁retired ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 0 . ▁ ▁St ay sk al ' s ▁cart o ons ▁were ▁produced ▁from ▁a ▁conserv ative ▁political ▁perspective , ▁including ▁sta unch ▁opposition ▁to ▁abort ion . ▁ ▁St ay sk al ' s ▁views ▁on ▁abort ion ▁“ cost ▁him ▁many ▁clients ▁but ▁won ▁him ▁grud ging