The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
With the recent 1.1.3 release for iPhone, I thought I’d add some new icons to the Andertoons network.
Here they are for Andertoons, the Andertoons Blog, and Andertalk:
Of course they’ll get those rounded corners and shine when you see them in all their iPhone-y goodness.
Enjoy!
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OK, so I’m going ahead with this book thing.
I’m figuring about a 100-page softcover like most cartoon books you see at the bookstore. Probably one cartoon per page.
Here’s the thing – I dunno which cartoons people like, so I’m asking for suggestions.
I’m also considering putting a page in the back of the book listing who suggested what, so you might get your name in the thing.
I’ve started a sticky over at Andertalk to take suggestions.
L’il help?
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Mike Lynch posted an interesting topic over at Andertalk about a Sam Gross cartoon that “no one understands.”
(And see if you get it.)
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Another recent ebay find is this booklet from the W.L Evans School of Cartooning.
I’m just discovering the Evans correspondence course, and I was surprised how many great cartoonists got started this way – Gould, Ketcham, Segar… Wow!
I’ve found lessons one and two online, but I haven’t seen this. It looks to be what they’d send you when you mailed away for information; sort of their sales pitch.
There’s some great stuff in here:
"There are more comic pictures being published today than ever before. Every periodical, every newspaper – even the small country weekly has pictures in it. Every merchant, every manufacturer needs pictures for his advertisements – and it’s the comical ones that make the biggest hit."
Those were the days…
"A cartoonist is a power. His audience is the boundless public. He is talked about. His work is admired in society. He meets the most prominent people, and becomes personally acquainted with them."
I never knew I was powerful!
"Now what trade or profession can you learn so quickly and at such small expense? Do you know any machinists? or plumbers? or telegraphers? or carpenters? or dressmakers? or any one working at a trade? If you do, ask him or her how ling it took to learn their trade. Three or four years.. What are their salaries today? is it less than $30.00 a week? $30.00 a week is about the lowest salary the practical cartoonist gets. It’s not the maximum.."
Golly!
Anyway, it’s a great read and there’s some wonderful cartoon examples!
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I’ve been so pleased with how well the Andertoons blog has been received over the past few years.
I think one of my favorite things about it are the little conversations that go on in the comments. There’s a lot of smart, funny stuff going on there, and it’s in that spirit that I’m proud to launch Andertalk.com.
It’s a forum for folks to talk about cartoons, cartooning, cartoonists, or whatever else comes to mind.
I’ve been testing it with a small group for a week or so, and there doesn’t seem to be any major problems, so consider this its grand opening.
Enjoy!
(One quirk – when you register, you’ll get an email to confirm and then you’ll be at the forum. It’ll ask you to log in again here, which is basically logging you in twice, but it’s some sort of built-in security thingy that only happens this one time. Just be aware.)
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