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October 16th, 2009 | Posted in News
Our group spent a good part of yesterday drawing for and meeting wounded soldiers and medical staff at the Bathesda Naval Hospital and Walter Reed. We are now in Landstuhl, Germany and will spend today visiting Ramstien Air Force Base and the Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Then it’s on to the Middle East. I have no idea what my Internet access will be on this trip. I am guessing spotty at best. I will try to blog when possible but can’t promise anything. Here are some pics from Thursday in DC including the whole group at the Bathesda Naval Hospital. READ MORE
October 14th, 2009 | Posted in News
Here is the official press release from the USO on our trip overseas. The exact places we are visiting in Kuwait and Iraq are classified… I’d tell you where they are but then I’d have to kill you. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 14, 2009 Contacts: Oname Thompson, (703) 908-6471 National Cartoonist Society to Draw Smiles on USO Entertainment Tour to Germany and Persian Gulf ARLINGTON, Va. – The USO and the National Cartoonist Society (NCS) will soon deploy ten of today’s most recognized cartoonists and caricaturists on a week-long entertainment tour to visit troops stationed in Germany and the Persian Gulf.¬¨‚Ć The group will visit… READ MORE
October 14th, 2009 | Posted in News
Please forgive this reposting of an old sketch, but in light of events today I thought it appropriate. I am headed out this morning to Washington DC to meet up with a group of cartoonists from the National Cartoonists Society, and then we are off on another USO tour to met and draw for US troops like we did last year at this time. The trip is a little different this year, because after stops to visit wounded soliders in DC and then Landstuhl, Germany, we are off to the Persian Gulf to spend several days doing the same with active servicemen in both Kuwait… READ MORE
October 13th, 2009 | Posted in News
I’m very honored to have been invited to be one of the guest speakers at the 25th annual Australian Cartoonist’s Association Stanley Awards taking place in Sydney November 12-15th. The guy I’m desperately clinging to in the above program cover illustration is another guest speaker, the legendary editorial cartoonist Pat Oliphant. The art on that cover was done by last year’s ACA “Cartoonist of the Year”, David Rowe. I’ll be doing a presentation as well as a workshop on caricature on Saturday the 14th. There will also be a book signing somewhere in the city at some point over the weekend. To say I am… READ MORE
October 9th, 2009 | Posted in News
I had taken down my little sidebar ad for my art show at the Toonseum in Pittsburgh on Monday as it was suppose to close on the 4th. However I received their e-newsletter that says they have extended the show until October 18th! So, back with the sidebar ad. Now you have a little bit more time to go see the show and be nauseated. Check out the Toonseum’s website and blog for details on upcoming shows, their big move and other news! READ MORE
October 5th, 2009 | Posted in News
The last weekend of September The Lovely Anna and I went to New York in part to attend the opening of an art show of work by the Long Island chapter of the National Cartoonists Society, aka the “Berndt Toast Gang”. The show featured, among many terrific artists, the work of my long time friend Ed Steckley. Ed is a very talented illustrator and cartoonist, as well as being one of the best live caricaturists I have ever seen… and that’s saying something as I have seen some thousands of them. He does a lot of storyboard work for commercials that you have probably seen… READ MORE
October 3rd, 2009 | Posted in News
The caricature artist community here in the Twin Cities got a big shock last month when artist Joe Williams passed away suddenly from complications with diabetes. Joe was in South Dakota doing a fair when he was found dead by a fellow artist. Joe worked for me for several years at my booth at the Mall of America. He was quite a character, doing everything from caricatures to murals to airbrush t-shirts and bedsheet banners… you name it, Joe did it to earn a living as an artist. When the traffic versus rent at the Mall of America became too out of balance Joe bought… READ MORE
October 2nd, 2009 | Posted in News
This is just a reminder that the International Society of Caricature Artists annual convention is coming up fast, exactly one month away on Nov. 2nd. I understand from current president Robert Bauer that attendance is already at record levels, and that’s before the last minute people show up at the door. Unfortunatley for those who did not register before Sept. 30th, early discount registration is over and it’s now full price to register: Members- $250 Member guests- $100 each Non- Member “Seminar Only”- $125 It might be a bit more if you show up at the event looking to register on the spot, so register… READ MORE
