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March 31st, 2011 | Posted in News
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation, the charitable arm of the NCS, announced the winner of the 2011 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship yesterday: 2011 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship Winner March 28th, 2011 The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) is happy to announce the winner of the 2011 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship. Diana Huh, is a sophomore at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) where she studies history. Huh was chosen from over 100 applicants for the award, which includes a $5,000 scholarship and a trip to the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award weekend in Boston in May. The scholarship applicants submitted eight examples of their… READ MORE
March 30th, 2011 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
This week’s sketch is a bit of a cop out… as it was part of a preliminary drawing for a cover illustration job I did recently. The subject is reality TV… uh…. “star” Kim Kardashian. The image changed quite a bit after the client’s art direction. I will be able to share that final art sometime next month. READ MORE
March 29th, 2011 | Posted in General
A few months back the website The Cartoonist Studio put together a media press release about their official launch, and tapped a few of the cartoonists on the site to do a drawing for one of the recipients. I did this little spot illustration for the packet that went to The TODAY Show. If you haven’t visited The Cartoonist Studio, you should. It’s a virtual tour of the studios and work of (currently) 23 professional cartoonists including those working in editorial cartooning, comic strips, illustration, gag cartooning, greeting cards, etc. It’s fun to see the faces and places behind some work you are sure to… READ MORE
March 27th, 2011 | Posted in Mailbag
Q: I’ve read on your blog that you have several caricature booth stands in a few different amusement parks around the country. How did you get into that and how can someone apply for a job drawing caricatures? A: My first real “art” job, outside of a few commissions for friends and others, was drawing caricatures at Six Flags Great America theme park in Gurnee, IL just north of Chicago. I got the job by answering a flyer ad with the headline “Can You Draw?” that was hanging in the studio arts building at the University of Minnesota-Minneapolis while I was attending college there. It… READ MORE
March 25th, 2011 | Posted in General
The Lovely Anna and I are headed to Southern California on a business/fun trip. Sadly it’s cold and rainy there, but at least there’s no snow. READ MORE
March 24th, 2011 | Posted in Freelancing
The brouhaha from Nov. 2008 concerning Apple’s rejection of the iPhone app “Bobble Rep” due to the heinous nature of my caricatures has long died down, but the app needed updating now that the 112th congress has convened. Thus, I had to do small disembodied caricatures of the new members of congress for the app’s bobblehead images… all 108 of them! Here are a few of my favorites: Steve Chabot- OH¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć Daniel Coats- IN Sean Duffy- WI ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć Alan Nunnelee- MS James Renacci- OH¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ć ¬¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ƭ¨‚Ć Frederica Wilson- FL The new and… READ MORE
March 23rd, 2011 | Posted in Sketch O'The Week
Ordinarily I mock and ridicule people who mock and ridicule things like movies, TV shows or books they haven’t at least tried or given a fair chance. That said, I have to admit I have never seen any of the “Twilight” movies nor read the books but am guilty of unilaterally disdaining them mainly because they are so inescapable in all aspects of pop culture that I’m just sick of hearing about them… kind of like the Kardashians and “Jersey Shore”. Then again, you could say the same thing about Harry Potter, and in that case I loved both the books and the movies. Frankly,… READ MORE
March 22nd, 2011 | Posted in News
I’d go to this: R. Crumb Retrospective – NYC 2011 Friday, March 25, 2011 – 7:00pm-10:00pm Society of Illustrators, 128 E. 63rd St., NYC The Society of Illustrators proudly presents “R. Crumb: Lines Drawn on Paper,” an exhibition of original artwork spanning the past four decades. This 90-piece exhibit showcases seminal covers and interior pages from ZAP, HEAD COMIX, THE EAST VILLAGE OTHER, MOTOR CITY COMICS, BIG ASS, HOMEGROWN FUNNIES, SAN FRANCISCO COMICS, and much, much more. This retrospective, curated by BLAB! magazine founder Monte Beauchamp, editor of The Life & Times of R. Crumb (St. Martin’s Press), presents key pieces culled from the private… READ MORE
