A New Ipswich artist who created a political cartoon of a local state representative said his house was vandalized in response. Matt Patterson of New Ipswich mainly creates art of wildlife, with a special interest in turtles and amphibians. But he recently tried his hand at political satire of State Rep. Paul Somero, with a […]
Every October there is a celebration of ink drawing with the surprising codification of Inktober. Many artists go freelance while others take up “prompt” challenges. This year IDW through its Library of American Comics brand has the challenge I’m excited about. We know many of you are artists, cartoonists and illustrators! Many of you have […]
Exuberant President Trump supporter Scott (“Dilbert”) Adams has taken Trump’s failure to denounce white supremacy as a personal affront, and that cost him Adams’s vote. Mediaite reports: The Dilbert creator explained that he was excited when the “fine people hoax” came up again and expected Trump to shut down “the lie,” but was incredibly disappointed […]
Over at The (Comics) Beat Avery Kaplan gives a very positive review of Half Full-cartoonist Maria Scrivan’s middle grade novel “Forget Me Nat.” From the review: One of the highlights of the Nat series has been the way Scrivan brings her well-honed skills as a syndicated daily newspaper cartoonist to the drawing table. Scrivan’s skill at spinning […]
We’ll start our look at cartoons from overseas with one from over the river: Bruce MacKinnon (Halifax Chronicle-Herald) cracked me up with this reversal, in which, rather than Trump exploiting racists, it’s the racists taking advantage of his accommodating-one-might-almost-say-submissive nature. Which is to say, if he were any more delighted with praise, he’d pee on […]
A fellow named Rickey Scott got in touch with me at CSotD and offered to compile a list of Patreon and other support sites. If you are a cartoonist with a support site not listed here (or you spot a typo in yours), put it in the comments and drop me an email. And if […]