tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post4671438392999573335..comments2024-03-17T19:22:37.877-04:00Comments on Mike Lynch Cartoons: The New York Times and Spec WorkMike Lynchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06589354018554341768noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-40302164422670202202012-02-10T09:55:02.660-05:002012-02-10T09:55:02.660-05:00I also don't quite understand. Isn't the ...I also don't quite understand. Isn't the Times asking for finished art?<br />Is the issue here that it takes much more time to do a finish than to submit a sketch idea? Asking for sketches is much more inclusive, and certainly, technology makes it more than possible to turn around the idea into a finish in time for publication. Maybe some clarification is all that's necessary?tcghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10245118778328592750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-39393057557184025752012-02-10T05:56:13.808-05:002012-02-10T05:56:13.808-05:00The difference I see is that, while many good cart...The difference I see is that, while many good cartoons have contemporary references and resonances, a good editorial cartoon is critically timely and has a very, very short shelf life. The artists the NYTimes approached already have paying clients for their work. In my mind, this leaves them in the position of either specing out one of their best ideas of the week, which seems disloyal to their existing client, or sending NYTimes one of the dregs, which seems unlikely to make the cut.<br /><br />Of course, if I'm right, they'll all be sending the Times their dregs and it will just mean that one of them a week gets another $250, which is nice. And the Times gets a mediocre cartoon, which, I guess, for $250, is about what they deserve.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16807727819590358834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25473451.post-28219441863601214342012-02-09T15:06:30.568-05:002012-02-09T15:06:30.568-05:00Yeah, the money is lousy, but as to creating stuff...Yeah, the money is lousy, but as to creating stuff on spec, that's just the way it works.Mark Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839199259226381830noreply@blogger.com