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The Cartoonist’s Cartoonists: Stephan Pastis
With the return of The Cartoonist’s Cartoonists, I’m happy to feature Pearls Before Swine creator Stephan Pastis. “Pearls” became one of my all time favorites with its dark and irreverent humor. Apparently I’m not alone, the feature runs in roughly 500 papers.
Pearls Before Swine was the fifth syndication attempt for Stephan and according to his [...]
Posted on: Mar 5, 2008, Section: Cartoonist's Cartoonists, Comic strips, Comments: 10 Comments
The Cartoonist’s Cartoonists: Rick Kirkman
This week’s featured cartoonist is Rick Kirkman. Rick started out in advertising, freelance illustration and selling gag cartoons to magazines. In 1987, he teamed up with friend Jerry Scott for their second attempt at syndication. This second feature, Baby Blues, was inspired by the recent births of his two children. Baby Blues launched in 1990 [...]
Posted on: Dec 10, 2007, Section: Cartoonist's Cartoonists, Comments: 2 Comments
The Cartoonist’s Cartoonists: Nate Creekmore
This week’s featured cartoonist is Nate Creekmore. Nate’s feature, Maintaining, launched last May by Universal Press. In 2005, he was named best college cartoonist by the Associated Collegiate Press and has the distinct honor of having been twice awarded the Charles M. Schulz award (Scripps Howard Foundation) in 2003 and 2004.
Posted on: Dec 3, 2007, Section: Cartoonist's Cartoonists, Comments: 9 Comments
The Cartoonist’s Cartoonists: Sandra Bell-Lundy
This week’s featured cartoonist is Sandra Bell-Lundy. Sandra’s feature, Between Friends, launched in 1994 and is loosely based on friendships with her close friends. It is now in over 130 papers. She recently wrote a series of blog posts about her road to syndication. Here is Sandra’s list of cartoonists that have inspired her or [...]
Posted on: Nov 26, 2007, Section: Cartoonist's Cartoonists, Comments: 11 Comments
The Cartoonist’s Cartoonists: Mort Walker
This week’s featured cartoonist is the legendary Mort Walker. Mort’s career began as a magazine editor for Dell Publishing, but his big break came with the creation of “Beetle Bailey” (1950) and “Hi and Lois” (1954). He received the Reuben Award in 1953 for “Beetle Bailey”, the National Cartoonist Society Humor Strip Award in 1966 [...]
Posted on: Nov 19, 2007, Section: Cartoonist's Cartoonists, Comments: 15 Comments
The Cartoonist’s Cartoonists: Dave Coverly
Editor’s note: Each week I invite a cartoonist to list 10 or so other cartoonists whose work he/she admires or has influenced their own work. This week’s featured cartoonist is Dave Coverly. Click on the cartoonists’ names to explore more about them and their work.
Posted on: Nov 13, 2007, Section: Cartoonist's Cartoonists, Comments: 6 Comments
The Cartoonist’s Cartoonists: Richard Thompson
Editor’s note: Each week I invite a cartoonist to list 10 or so other cartoonists whose work he/she admires or has influenced their own work. This week’s featured cartoonist is Richard Thompson. Click on the cartoonists’ names to explore more about them and their work.
Posted on: Nov 6, 2007, Section: Cartoonist's Cartoonists, Comments: 7 Comments
