Via Matthew Hansel:
"The late, great cartoonist Dick Hodgins (who also was Hägar’s inker and letterer for decades) was part of a group of cartoonists who approached USA Today for a proposed comic strip section in the 1980s.
I" was fortunate enough to get Hodgins' entire submission package via eBay from an estate sale several years ago.
"Enjoy this strip that could have been …."
My friend, political cartoonist Clay Jones, has had a stroke, partially paralyzing his right side, and that mean that his drawing hand is affected. This was sudden and unexpected. I'm glad to see that a GoFundMe has been set up. Clay is one of the hardest working political cartoonists out there -- and a heckuva nice guy. Please click through to read more and please consider helping him out.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/clayjones
A cartoon of mine from the Chronicle of Higher Education. I think this may have been one of the first cartoons I sold to them.
I'm speaking at the New Hampshire National Education Association convention today. I'll be talking about graphic novels and drawing sequential art to teachers and administrators. I was happy to be asked back, and these are fun talks with a great group of dedicated professionals.
And it's good that when it comes to getting good information about cartooning, they ask a cartoonist. Besides, it gets the cartoonist out of the studio on a beautiful fall day.
Via Samuel Goldwyn Films:
Dave Stevens created The Rocketeer and reintroduced the world to 50's pin-up model Bettie Page. While carving out his own unique corner of importance in comic book and illustration art, Dave showed the world what it's like to pursue the life of a creative individual.
Via John Garvin:
One of the earliest and most important interviews of Carl Barks, conducted by Tom Andrae and Don Ault in 1975. Remastered in 2025 by John Garvin.
This "See Yourself As Others See You" cartoon of mine originally appeared in The Chronicle of Higher Education. It's pretty weird and I remember just trying to come up with an offbeat NYC lunch cart cartoon and I was thinking of a cart that would offer something other than food. I think this was the second or third cartoon I sold the Chronicle. So much of coming up with ideas is playing around and hitting dead ends. I didn't keep all of the sketches that lead up to this, but there sure is a lot of wandering around and making mistakes when you are trying to come up with a good cartoon idea.
Pen and ink on paper. Digital grey tones.
Via Henry Chamberlain:
Joe Sacco discusses India, a country of over one billion people, a significant player on the world stage, that calls itself a democracy. How does that work? Find out in Joe's new book, THE ONCE AND FUTURE RIOT, published by Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt & Co.
Via Jacksondangergarcia:
25 YEARS OF FAMOUS MONSTERS OF FILMLAND MAGAZINE!
Join “Mr. Sci-Fi” Forrest J. Ackerman as he takes you on a terror tour deep inside the Ackermansion and 75 years of monster movie magic!
Fascinating info and film clips on King Kong, Frankenstein, Dracula, Metropolis, War of the Worlds, Earth vs the Flying Saucers and more...
Plus amazing anecdotes on Karloff, Lugosi, Chaney, Price, Lorre, the birth of Famous Monsters, rare stills and behind-the-scenes glimpses inside Forbidden Planet’s Robbie the Robot. The fantastic Ackerman collection of classic movie props, posters, books, masks, memorabilia and a scare score more!
A trip down memory lane with the dean of Daymares!
Special guest appearances by Ray Bradbury, TV Horror Host Zacherly, Robert (Freddie Krueger) Englund and Bobbie Bresee For the youngsters of yesterday or today, this is the Filmonster fans ultimate trip!
Honestly, some things don't come together no matter the intentions. When you try to mix some innocent fun into a corporate setting ... well, sometimes it just does not work out. The nice thing is that the cartoon sold to Harvard Business Review, so something DID work out. At least for me. But not for that grouchy boss. Phooey on him. Happy Friday, everyone.
Cartoons should skewer reality somewhat and here is an example. We have the juxtaposition of what a person might read to relax, and what her pet would find appealing. The fact that the dog can read (and sit like a person as well) is just something we accept to make the humor work I suppose. I try to draw "specific" furniture as well. I mean, nothing generic. Something real and a little personal. This helps the cartoon from being generic. I like the woman's slightly concerned face here.
The garden as of October 1st. I pulled most everything up (see last photo). Time for the garden to go to bed.
It's fall and the leaves here in Northern New England are going from green to red to brown pretty rapidly. Here's a cartoon of mine from Reader's Digest for this occasion. I drew this (ink on paper) and did not like the digital colors I was getting. I wanted soft, fall colors. So, I took out the dime store watercolors I had in a drawer, and colored it that way. Sometimes old school methods are the best.
There's scant biographical information about illustrator Tom O'Sullivan on the web. But here's a look at one of my favorite books that he illustrated: "I Live In the City ABC" by Lou Moore, A Whitman Book, copyright 1969 by Western Publishing Company.
On the cover, a little girl leans into the wind as her pinwheel turns. It may look like she is off balance but her smile tells us otherwise. All of her friends lean into the wind as well. Look at "F is for Father going to work," and see him angled, running toward us, while turning at his pelvis to wave goodbye. The city itself is full of architecture, trees, cars signage, traffic lights, fire escapes -- all lovingly detailed. In this edition, the kid who owned the book before me got so excited that he/she got out a purple crayon, adding some frantic lines to the last couple of pages.
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