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A cartoonist roundup with Hilary Price, Sean Campbell, Alex Hallatt, Jason Chatfield, Edward Sorel, Sam Ingwersen, Raina Telgemeier, Liza Donnelly, and Glenn McCoy
How Hilary Price Spent Her Summer Vacation
Hilary Price occasionally (this is the first since Spring) posts something to her Rhymes With Orange Substack. Recently she posted about trying out various AI models on characters from her middle grade illustrated novel. She shows us and reviews the results.
Hilary sez:
If you want to see other cartoonists wrestle with AI, check out the Substack newsletters of Alex Hallat and Jason Chatfield. (Alex’s newsletter is free, Jason’s is behind a paywall but you can get a 7-day free trial.)
You didn’t pass over that Hilary Price is working on an illustrated novel, did you?
Speaking of Alex Hallatt and books and AI
From Alex Hallatt:
A New Zealand Diary [link added] took years to create, distilling my experience of living in the little port town of Lyttelton into illustrations and prose that worked as a book. It then took months of late nights and weekend work to get the local edition ready to print.
The general edition has been available since the beginning of the year, and an e-book form since March. The reviews on Goodreads have been fantastic. People who read the book like it. But the problem is, as for most books, most people don’t know it exists.
Alex shows how to use AI to help create an Amazon page.
When Jason Chatfield Met Edward Sorel
It was 2022, and I was sitting at my drawing board, having just returned from the profusely illustrated Manhattan apartment of Edward Sorel, 96-year-old satirical legend, keeper of every important illustration award, and the man whose caricatures have been making politicians sweat since the Eisenhower administration.
Sorel is, without question, one of the most iconic satirical illustrators in America. His recent memoir, Profusely Illustrated, is a testament to his prolificity. The book details a series of accidents that led him to become more of a caricaturist than a traditional illustrator. If you’ve ever been to the sunken dining room at the Monkey Bar on E54th (pictured above), you’ve been immersed in his unmissably unique, energetic line.
Needless to say, I’m a fan.
Jason Chatfield , at his New York Cartoons blog, tells of his visit to the home of Mr. Edward Sorel.
Sam Ingwersen, Cartoonist
Sam Ingwersen is a young cartoonist whose comic strip “LEO!” is about the adventures of seventh grader Leo Larin and his friend, Tommy Burns. Art is Ingwersen’s favorite school subject, and he plans to pursue a degree in art in college. Check out one of his “LEO!” strips published here.
Faith Dorn for The Anniston Star interviews current and future cartoonist Sam Ingwersen. (Or here.)
Do you enjoy comics? Heck yeah!
Which one is your favorite and why? I really like “Hägar the Horrible”. I like all the humor in it.
Tell us about ‘LEO!’ I wanted it to be based on real life. It is not based on my life, but I chose relatable things that could happen. I chose relatable settings like arcades and school. Leo and Tommy are best friends in seventh grade. They try and navigate their relationship with each other and try to avoid flunking quizzes from their teacher, Mrs. Simpson.
The Life and Times of Raina Telgemeier
Facing Feelings: Inside The World of Raina Telgemeier by one of the world’s best-selling comic book creators, Raina Telgemeier, is to be published by Scholastic/Graphix on the 21st of October, has set a print run of 200,000 copies. It’s kind of a clip show of her many best-selling graphic novels, used to talk about her life and her inspirations, as well as the reaction they have had from her readers. The closest she has created to a memoir, outside of her standard graphic novels, the book is based on an exhibit of her work at The Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum back in 2o23, a mix of text, artwork, and comics, across 240 pages.
Rich Johnston at Bleeding Cool gives us a preview of Facing Feelings: Inside The World of Raina Telgemeier.
Jason Chatfield (Again?) and Liza Donnelly
Nearly 500 people tuned in yesterday for Drawing Me Anything #25, and honestly, I’m not sure if they came for the cartoons or just to watch me fumble with my drawing setup like a broken octopus. Either way, I had
Liza Donnelly on—the first person I ever subscribed to on Substack, and a cartoonist who’s been breaking barriers since before breaking barriers was trendy.
Jason profiles Liza Donnelly and reviews his Draw Me Anything vlog with Liza.
The conversation took an interesting turn when we discussed how editorial cartoonists are now competing with everyone from late-night TV shows to memes.
We talked about The New Yorker’s brutal rejection rate—drawing eight to ten ideas a week, maybe selling one if you’re lucky. It’s almost masochistic…
The conversation took an interesting turn when we discussed how editorial cartoonists are now competing with everyone from late-night TV shows to memes…
A big mess o’ new greeting cards hitting the shelves soon!
Cartoonist Glenn McCoy has a new batch of cards for all occasions available.
The card companies don’t give me a list of their client stores but I’ve come across them at Target, and Walmart among other places. You can also get them thru their websites. NobleWorks Cards and Oatmeal Cards [links added].
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