The Team Cul de Sac has added few more additions to the collection. I think the deadline has officially passed, but Sergio Aragones submits something, I think it’s accepted. Visit the TCdS site to see the Serio addition.Nick Galifianakis has also donated a drawing along with high praise:“The Searleing of Richard Thompson,” or, “The Blessing […]
ABTech profiles one of their alum, Chris Sparks, who is leading the Team Cul de Sac project to raise money for Parkinsons Disease research. The Cul de Sac project solicited original art from notable cartoonists to be auctioned off as well as sell a book collection of the art that is due out next spring.In […]
Great piece in the the Citizen Times about Chris Sparks’ efforts to create Team Cul de Sac to raise money for Parkinson’s Research. Chris’ day job is that of a web designer, but when he found out one of his favorite comic strip cartoonists (Richard Thompson) was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, he was motivated to […]
Video: Team Cul de Sac’s sorting roomChris Sparks, the organizer behind The Team Cul de Sac project to raise money for Parkson’s Disease, has posted video of all the cartoon original submissions. It looks like a great collection and the scope of which the Cul de Sac cast can be inserted into other cartoons and […]
Yesterday Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson and Comic Riffs blogger Michael Cavna were on NPR discussing Richard’s strip and his career.Transcript
Dick Locher, Richard Thompson and Peter Dunlap-Shohl all have one thing in common – they all have Parkinson’s Disease. Michael Cavna talks to Peter about how deals with the disease’s effects on his motor skills.At the same time, the Internet was changing publishing. I decided that I would start a Parkinson?s blog illustrated with my […]
Chris Sparks who is heading up the Team Cul de Sac project raising money for a Parkinson’s cure has announced that they are extending the deadline for cartoonists still wanting to contribute to the cause. He writes:We have extended the deadline until June 17th! we did this for a couple of reasons. Lee Salem, Caty […]
Team Cul de Sac – a fund raising effort lead by Chris Sparks and Cul de Sac creator Richard Thompson for a Parkinson Disease cure – is adding a zine with writer contributions lead by Craig Fischer. Craig writes:When I first visited this blog, I drooled over the terrific submissions that Chris and Richard have […]
Bill Watterson came out of retirement – albeit briefly – to submit a oil painting to Richard Thompson’s Team Cul de Sac effort to raise money for a cure for Parkinson Disease.As Richard tells it on his blog…So I was floored when I got a call yesterday from Chris [Sparks] saying that Caty Neis, who’s […]
Comic Book Resources interviews Richard Thompson about his comic Cul de Sac, his influences, and his Team Cul de Sac that is raising money for Parkinson’s Research. Much of the strip’s humor comes from the fact that many of the characters have their own unique worldview. Sometimes it?s Alice and Dill and Beni misunderstanding and […]
I’ve mentioned Team Cul de Sac before (see link for back story). Artists are starting to submit their artwork and Chris Sparks and Mike Rhode have created a blog to show case them.As of today they’ve got work from Mo Willems, Mark Anderson, Lynn Johnston, Peter Dunlap-Shohl, Shannon Gallant, and David Hagen.Check it out.
Richard Thompson and friend Chris Sparks have launched Team Cul de Sac – an effort to solicit professional cartoonists, illustrators and artists of all stripes to help contribute to a book to be published by Andrews & McMeel to raise awareness of Parkinson’s Disease. Part of the profits of the book will got to the […]