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Barney Tobey, a contract cartoonist for The New Yorker, had over 1,200 cartoons published in the magazine. When he was in his 20s, he sent in 3 cover ideas to The New Yorker magazine. To his pleasant surprise, they sold. That was a turning point. Mr. Tobey walked out of his BBD&O advertising agency job to become a full-time cartoonist freelancer.
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Below are his words, his sketchbook pages and then, the final cartoon finish, for two of Mr. Tobey's cartoons, taken from the appendix of the book.
THE MAKING OF A CARTOON - I
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THE MAKING OF A CARTOON - II
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Cartooning may look like it just easelessly drips out of the cartoonist's hand like a leaky creative faucet, but here is a peek at the time, the writing, the rewriting, the missteps, the hard labor — that all go into making the end result look effortless.
1 comment:
Great post, Mike. I enjoy seeing the creative process of other cartoonists.
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