He left The Buffalo News in 2002, accepting an offer from The Washington Post[3] to replace their cartoonist Herblock, and is under contract by Universal Press Syndicate.

[2] In addition to Randolph Itch 2 AM, Toles also created a daily and Sunday comic strip about small children called Curious Avenue.

The band consists of Toles on drums, former HUD senior official Bryan Greene on guitar, Josh Meyer of the L.A. Times on lead guitar, Tim Burger of Bloomberg News on bass, and Office of the U.S. Trade Representative senior official Christina Sevilla on keyboard.

The band debuted May 30, 2008 at The Red and the Black in Northeast D.C.[8] Toles endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election.

[10] A cartoon published January 29, 2006[11] attracted the ire of the Pentagon in the form of a protest letter signed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff stated, "Using the likeness of a service member who has lost his arms and legs in war as the central theme of a cartoon [is] beyond tasteless."