Rob Tornoe – Page 4 – Delaware Liberal

‘It’s a Shore Thing’ #5: Happy Fourth of July

By Rob Tornoe July 4, 2014

Fireworks Fourth of July Beach Shore Independence Day

Fireworks are always better at the beach (especially when they're not washed out by some damn hurricane).

‘It’s a Shore Thing’ #4: Welcome to North Lower Bayheightsville

By Rob Tornoe July 2, 2014

Shore beach funnel cake french fries ice cream

On a hot summer day at the beach, is anything better than a slice of pizza, a funnel cake and an ice cream? Check out episode #4 of "It's a Shore Thing."

‘It’s a Shore Thing’ #3: Time for some traffic problems

By Rob Tornoe June 30, 2014

Shore beach traffic New Jersey bed and breakfast Tornoe cartoon

The Featherstones just received an email from an anonymous Christie staffer which reads, "Time for some traffic problems." Check out episode 3 of "It's a Shore Thing."

‘It’s a Shore Thing’ #2: Packing up for the Shore

By Rob Tornoe June 27, 20141 Comment

Shore the beach, Down the Shore Bed and Breakfast Tornoe cartoon

The Featherstones pack up everything and prepare for their journey to the Shore. Check out episode 2 of "It's a Shore Thing."

Check out my new webcomic ‘It’s a Shore Thing’

By Rob Tornoe June 25, 20147 Comments

Today, my amazingly-funny wife Kristen and I launched our new webcomic, "It's a Shore Thing," over at the super-cool Newsworks.org.

Gridlock, thy name is Wilmington

By Rob Tornoe June 20, 20141 Comment

Ever since the closing of the I-495 bridge (surprisingly not named after some local politician), a quick daily check of traffic through Wilmington on Google Maps reveals more red than an episode of "Game of Thrones."

What happens when you’re in a Twitter ‘spat’ with Chip Flowers and don’t even know it?

By Rob Tornoe May 27, 201433 Comments

According to Jonathan Starkey over at the News Journal, I was in a Twitter spat with Chip Flowers over a tweet I sent on Sunday about one of his challengers, Sean Barney, getting a choice spot on msnbc while the network scrambled to cover President Obama's surprise visit to Afghanistan. Apparently, Flowers wasn't too keen on my innocent joke that he was "pissed" at Barney's free airtime (or, in true Flowers fashion, one of his employees was pissed, since he blamed the now-deleted tweet on an unnamed staffer). According to Flowers, Memorial Day is "above politics."

We deserve answers from Beau Biden

By Rob Tornoe May 9, 20149 Comments

By now, everyone's heard the news that Beau Biden, our intrepid attorney general and holder of the royal Biden coattails, has decided not to run for re-election and will instead focus on becoming Delaware's next governor. But there's a lot being left unsaid.