tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post1768421304972188854..comments2024-03-17T19:22:37.877-04:00Comments on Mike Lynch Cartoons: Scholarship in CartooningMike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-79701454718006861832012-12-19T14:58:39.340-05:002012-12-19T14:58:39.340-05:00Hey Mike, I always love catching up on your blog. ...Hey Mike, I always love catching up on your blog. It's really great!<br /><br />Since I do magazine cartoons as well as live caricatures I thought I'd speak out in defense of the guy at the fair you see every year. <br /><br />You know how it's easy for some to blow off a successfully drawn magazine cartoon without any idea of the skill and hard work put into it? The same goes for live caricature. Here in the DC-Baltimore area the level of skill of some of the caricature artists I work with is really, really impressive. When you take into account that the artist is often freezing cold, unbearably hot, or dealing with a subject that, at 2:30 in the AM, wont stop talking, moving, and wants to be drawn exactly the way they looked before they put on 20 lbs and cut their hair, well, it can be tough to judge unless you've been there.<br /><br />As for the Bob Newhart drawings-it's possible that at the 11th hour the AD insisted that the artist scrap his usual style and do everything over so it looks more like Southpark and have it in 9am the next morning. You never know.<br /><br />Just my two cents.<br /><br />-Mike ShapiroMike Shapirohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11777369066253994052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-34351260656901004902012-12-14T21:53:40.513-05:002012-12-14T21:53:40.513-05:00That was Newhart?? Thought is was Dwight Shrute.That was Newhart?? Thought is was Dwight Shrute.Smeghead2068https://www.blogger.com/profile/09662557727474498958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-46540321283983888832012-12-13T17:01:55.533-05:002012-12-13T17:01:55.533-05:00I'm not sure if I'm a professional cartoon...I'm not sure if I'm a professional cartoonist. Oh, I make a living by doing what I do, but what level makes me a PRO? People who are doctors say they "practice", but how does that make their patients feel? Do you really want some guy who calls himself a doctor practicing on on you? Sure, practice may make perfect....eventually, but in the interim, it may also kill you.<br /><br />So, am I a PRO? Know one sent me a certificate. Am I only a practicing cartoonist? Lots of people probably hate my work. Does that make me a menace to the cartooning world? And if I had a certificate of cartooning, would I lose my license for coloring outside the lines or leaving a sponge inside a cartoon character who is getting operated on?<br /><br />I have no awards as a cartoonist. I have never entered a contest to win award. My understand is that if you want to win a cartoonist award, you going to have to put your name in. That seems more like a lottery to me. If I win an award I want it to be because someone else thought my work merited it. Not because I think I should have one. Heck, EVERY person who draws cartoons thinks they should win an award - that's what they draw cartoons because they think they're good - otherwise why would they even bother doing it. If you sing like fingernails on a blackboard, are you going to try to go professional? Well, maybe if you're tone deaf, I imagine.<br /><br />Well, PRO not PRO. Who knows. I just keep drawing and make a living at what I love to do. I'll let other cypher whether I'm a pro or if I'm any good. Maybe I really just suck at it and I'm too stupid to know it.Dan Reynoldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03493924652749248285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-78433979918491766272012-12-13T15:42:00.956-05:002012-12-13T15:42:00.956-05:00I think they're just supposed to be fun. They ...I think they're just supposed to be fun. They look like little paper puppets. I don't think they're supposed to be the Sistine Chapel ceiling. If they're not your taste that's fine. I don't know the show or the people so it looks like a drawing to me. I recognize figures color and shapes. Enough information has been received to understand a basic scene. The only thing then is the criteria. It's not very realistic. Was it supposed to be? It's not very intricate. Was it supposed to be? It captures my attention for a second but I probably wouldn't hang it on my wall. If that was the criteria: check. Maybe they are able to draw really realistic and just don't because they like this style so much. I don't know from this artwork. If I wanted that style for something again would I contact that artist? yes. If I didn't want that style would I contact them? no. I guess that says it all.Jason Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01978192462472379684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-62561439732837684652012-12-13T14:32:35.743-05:002012-12-13T14:32:35.743-05:00The caricatures look like someone used a real pict...The caricatures look like someone used a real picture, shrunk the faces then cut & pasted over a cartoon figure. I agree with you on all points. Plus, I think those stick figures on cars are stupid, just like honor students.Jessica Kirbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15309598212840457710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-79474110198863239482012-12-13T14:09:46.605-05:002012-12-13T14:09:46.605-05:00It's O.K., Mike. They can't hear you as th...It's O.K., Mike. They can't hear you as they don't have ears. With the possible exception of Suzanne Pleshette but she seems to be suffering from a mastoid problem.Asinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13058261697555993247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-63537054759965619762012-12-13T08:58:33.515-05:002012-12-13T08:58:33.515-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Jim Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495683817362331159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-20135784873472546592012-12-13T08:58:19.656-05:002012-12-13T08:58:19.656-05:00Bob Newhart?!Bob Newhart?!Jim Keefehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00495683817362331159noreply@blogger.com