[Nervous Tick]

It’s been clearly established that parody is protected as free speech, and your creation is clearly parody (that Ross invited upon himself by his own flagrant actions).

My guess is, you’re OK from a legal standpoint, although I’m not a lawyer so FWIW.

Taste is a different question altogether. :-) Doesn’t bother me personally though.

[Vigilanteman]

Years ago, when I was a Urinalism major, I took a course on libel and the law.

A libel charge cannot be applied when:

• The charge stems from clear parody of a public person, which Brian Ross clearly is.
  
• A private person, which Brian Ross clearly is not, makes themselves a public person by "thrusting themselves into a vortex of a public controversy". This particular case consisted of a private dentist suing for libel over a response to his letter to the editor.

Bottom line is the poster of the cartoon is thus protected by both rulings, even if Brian Ross enjoyed the greater protections of a private person.