Comments on: Chad Carpenter named Cartoonist Laureate

By: Rich Diesslin

Rich Diesslin — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 05:30:05 +0000

Paul, that is a terrible bit of luck. I heard the bartender knew you by name and asked if you wanted the usual!

By: Wiley Miller

Wiley Miller — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:24:03 +0000

“I do admit to hanging around with a cartoonist from Maine on occasion. He needs all the friends he can get.”

*sniff*… I’m so lonely…
Another round, bartender.

By: Paul Fell

Paul Fell — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:23:46 +0000

That’s a nice award for a nice guy. Chad has been working as hard as any cartoonist I know to carve out his own niche in Alaska.

I first met him by chance some years back when my wife and I were finishing up an Alaska cruise and tour with an overnight stay in Anchorage. We walked down to the local shopping mall and saw Chad’s kiosk there. He wasn’t around, but the girl working there said he had a booth at the Saturday farmer’s market right across from our hotel.

At the farmers market, I immediately spotted his booth by the big, gaudy sign that read “Actual Living Cartoonist”. Among the ways Chad promoted himself, his strip “Tundra”, and his books was by setting up at events like farmers markets, art fairs, and county fairs all over the state, plus working at his kiosk at the mall.

I’d like to see him conduct a workshop at the NCS convention about making a living as an independent cartoonist way up north. Just goes to show… if you’ve got talent and want to work hard and think outside the box, you can make it as a cartoonist, wherever you live…

By: Paul Fell

Paul Fell — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:15:24 +0000

Oh, yeah… the one time I go into a bar and John Read prints the photo in his damn magazine. Thanks a lot, buddy. I shudder to think what all those good folk out here in Nebraska will think of me when they see the next issue of Stay Tuned.

I do admit to hanging around with a cartoonist from Maine on occasion. He needs all the friends he can get.

It’s true, I’m not from Maine, but was born and lived in Massachusetts until they shipped me off to college in Nebraska.

By: Beth Cravens

Beth Cravens — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 19:12:01 +0000

That’s pretty neat “Cartoon Laureate” congrats Chad

By: Corey Pandolph

Corey Pandolph — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:55:33 +0000

ugh.

By: J Read

J Read — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:53:14 +0000

“Your man” or “young man”…just don’t call me me “your Maine man!” Hyuck, hyuck.

By: Corey Pandolph

Corey Pandolph — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:42:52 +0000

YOUNG man. Not your man.

By: Corey Pandolph

Corey Pandolph — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:42:21 +0000

“In Mr. Fellâ€™s defense – not that he needs defending – I should point out that he does not hail from Maine.”

I’ve had just about enough of your Maine bashing, your man!

By: J Read

J Read — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:39:32 +0000

In Mr. Fell’s defense – not that he needs defending – I should point out that he does not hail from Maine. Though I’ve been told he associates with a cartoonist who does.