Clay Bennett with yet another example of excellent draftsmanship combined with the right concept. It’s not a terribly common combination. It’s frustrating to see good art wasted in the service of a so-what concept, or, worse, one that can’t quite be made out. But it’s also a shame when a really good idea is only half-realized […]
And if ever an idea pops into your head without having to dig for it – and this sometimes happens – it’s rarely usable straight out of the gate. Ideas need to go through a process of development to become usable, and sellable. Those tools I’ve mentioned are in fact actual methods used to do […]
Lizzie of “Reply All,” explains computer updates and upgrades in language we can all understand.I currently have two semi-working laptops and one that works well.By “semi-working” I mean slightly odd and tweaky, which is acceptable for goofing around but definitely not okay for a telecommuter to work on, since it’s hard to fake productivity when […]
It’s the tiny doll shoes. There are more tiny doll shoes than tiny doll feet, and they breed under sofas and in register grates and the back corners of closets. Tiny doll shoes are the larval stage of pods.At least they were when I was a kid. I, too, was a big brother.But when I […]
Matt Bors had this one ready to roll out as soon as the verdict came in last night, and the Lord’s sideline glance is worth the whole piece. But Bors immediately caught flak on Facebook for the comparison.No, not from the Penn State alums. Which leads to my first observation, which is that commentators kept […]
Reporting Texas, a student publication from the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin, has a favorable follow up article to the Stephanie Eisner controversy earlier this spring with her Trayvon Martin cartoon that sparked a campus and national uproar. Her cartoon appeared in The Daily Texan and was meant as a […]
Interesting art by Michael Paulus who sketches the skeletal structure of famous cartoon characters such as Charlie Brown, Lucy, Betty Boop, Fred Flinstone, Hello Kitty, Tweety Bird and many others.Via Florian Satzinger
Tom Gammill showed us this Learn to Draw at the Reuben Awards. Plot: Tom want’s his son to work on The Doozies so he can take it over when he retires. To provide inspiration, he visits Mort Walker and his sons who are involved in the Beetle Bailey comic.
I love a good barroom joke, and I love a good barroom-pickup joke even more. And I love dogs, so today’s The Other Coast was right down the ol’ pipeline for me.There’s some inaccuracy in this, if you can imagine a cartoonist veering from 100 percent accuracy simply to get a laff. Microchips give you a […]
Stephan Pastis is taking his game to Pittsburgh. He’ll be at the Toonseum this weekend for two engagements (first one is already sold out) – both require tickets. According to the promotional material, Stephan will talk about his strip, his conversion from lawyer to cartoonist and show some of his best work. A book signing […]
Many comic creators are turning to Kickstarter to fund publishing book collections and other projects. Rich Burlew raised $1.2 million; Jake Parker raised $80,000. Those are some of the major success stories. Seth Godin, author and authority on marketing in the internet era, has written an article worth reading on why some Kickstarter projects fail.Seth:Kickstarter […]
The Guardian has a great interview with Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat whose hands were beaten and left for dead last August by pro-regime thugs trying to quiet his work. In this interview Ali gives a first hand account of what happened. He also talks about returning to cartooning after and it’s physically painful to draw […]
Matt Davies notes the irony of American criticism of Egyptian attempts at free elections.Now, from the start, it’s important to note that you don’t have to be perfect in order to criticize someone else. It is possible, for instance, to say, “For god’s sake, you don’t want to wind up like us!”But I haven’t discerned […]
I gave Stephan Pastis a hard time when his last Pearls Before Swine collection came out because the title was so long (Because Sometimes You Just Gotta Draw a Cover with Your Left Hand: A Pearls Before Swine Collection) and the fact that it seemed like he came out with a book every other month. […]
Salt Lake Tribune editorial cartoonist Pat Bagley will be one of five individuals honored this weekend for the 2012 Mayor’s Artist Awards. Pat is being recognized in the category of literary arts for his editorial cartooning. The awards are given to “individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to the artistic landscape of the […]