Comments on: Discussion: Which cartoonists belong on Rushmore

By: Eric Burke

Eric Burke — Tue, 20 May 2008 02:07:14 +0000

1. Herriman- The “Godfather” of comic strips?

2. EC Segar- I think the numerous shoddy animated versions cheapened and undermined how great a strip Popeye really was.

3. Schulz- Too obvious to list…

4. Watterson- Brought back a level of appreciation of the comic strip that hasn’t been there since his retirement.

By: Eric Burke

Eric Burke — Tue, 20 May 2008 01:21:26 +0000

I wish I could quit this thread

Good to see Brokeback Mountain jokes still going strong…

…just in time for The Dark Knight on June 18th…

By: Antonio Diaz

Antonio Diaz — Sat, 17 May 2008 16:23:18 +0000

Charles Schultz should should definitely be up there, since he is the greatest cartoonist of our life time.
Also Bill Waterson and Gary Larson.

Corey Pandolph, I like you attitude, and you’re not so bad yourself.

By: Mike Lester

Mike Lester — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:03:54 +0000

This is a fascinating exercise. Most people just go to porn sites. To that end, I’d like to suggest redesigns of other great works of art by asking…

“Which Cartoonist Needs to Have His Head On The Venus De Milo?” – or, “should have his arms cut off?”

I’ll start:
-Steve “Jeff MacNelly’s Dead?” Benson
-Jim (how do you say “breaks over” in Cantonese?) Davis
-Mike “I got two turntables and Photoshop” Thompson
-Ted “I hold my pencil somewhere else anyway” Rall
-Michael “The Thomas Kincaid of Cartoon” Ramirez
-Lynn “If you’re a guy reading me -you’re gay” Johnson
-Pussy Division: The Bad Cartoonist

(Disclaimer: I’m just pissed I have to work all weekend and needed some levity. So please don’t be offended if I left you out.)

By: KRANKY (JOE RANK)

KRANKY (JOE RANK) — Sat, 17 May 2008 05:10:29 +0000

Capp, Schulz, Kelly, Mauldin.

Too many other worthies: Robert Minor, Gould, Oliphant, Herblock, Conrad, Walker….

By: Jeff Vella

Jeff Vella — Fri, 16 May 2008 10:22:00 +0000

Alan, Did I say YOU were wrong…? What I meant to say is… Well, ya’ see it’s…

Oh hell, serve me up some of that humble pie, You’re right and I wrong. Maybe I should do my homework before I speak next time, huh? My apologies, Alan.

Meanwhile, I’ll re-think the fourth cartoonist on that list of mine.

By: Alan Gardner

Alan Gardner — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:32:07 +0000

Well Jeff, if I'm wrong, I suggest you start informing others as well - like the OSU Cartoon Research Library, The U.S. Senate, and The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Seriously, don't mistake Benjamin Franklin as the first to DO an editorial cartoon with Nast used the art form powerfully in shaping public opinion for which he earns the title, "Father of American Editorial Cartooning."

By: Jeff Vella

Jeff Vella — Fri, 16 May 2008 00:18:25 +0000

Alan – You said “Thomas Nast would be the father of Editorial Cartooning”… sorry Alan, you’re wrong.

Thomas Nats was born in 1840, and approx. 100 years BEFORE Nast was born, Ben Franklin not only started the country’s first newspaper, The New England Courant (Later to be renamed The Hartford Courant is still in publication today), but is also concidered to be the very first Editorial cartoonist with his now famous “Join, or Die” Comic.

So, in retrospect, my list would be as follows:

Benjamin Franklin (The “Real” Father of Editorial Cartoons)
Thomas Nast, Bill Mauldin, and Charles Schulz

By: Charles Brubaker

Charles Brubaker — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:32:15 +0000

“Thereâ€™s only one logical route to go with thisâ€“SETH McFARLANE (with Peter, Brian & Stewie filling the other three slots)”

Man, if this really happened, I’d love to see how Amid Amidi reacts (hopefully, not too much violence).

By: Wiley Miller

Wiley Miller — Thu, 15 May 2008 23:15:47 +0000

Corey Pandolph would be fitting because, as we all know from an announcement here a couple of weeks ago, he’s dead.