The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
It’s taken me a while to decide whether or not Flickr is useful, but after taking a hundred or so pics of my Spider-Man toys, I’ve caught the bug.
Here’s a collection of rejection slips I’ve gotten over the years. So far there’s only six, but I’ve got more sitting next to the scanner.
I’ve also started a group for people to upload their own rejection slips.
So, now I’m on Flickr too. Yeesh…
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Yesterday I was really excited to see cartooning pal Mark Heath back up and blogging again!
The most interesting of yesterday’s entries for me was this blog about assembling the Sunday comic. There’s a lot of different pieces to be cobbled together in Photoshop, and it’s just so neat to see how differently comics artists work today vs. the gigantic WYSIWYG originals I just saw in Milwaukee.
Anyway, I was recently poring over some originals, and I found this rare uncut sheet of my cartoons.
To save on paper I usually do three to four cartoons on a 9×12 sheet of Borden & Riley. Then I cut them out (sometimes in really goofy shapes depending on the layout) and scan them in.
Then a little Photoshopping and voilà !
For some reason this one never met my scissors:
Here are the cartoons in their final forms:
Leprechaun Cartoon
Weatherman Cartoon
Psychiatrist Cartoon
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I have cultivated an extremely thick skin for rejection after years in sales and cartooning, but I got a rejection letter today that, for some reason, really cut me to the quick.
Here’s the bad part:
I’m OK with the standard form letter, but the fact that they took the time to beg me in handwriting to please stop sending them my submissions hurt more than I’m used to.
Greeting cards have been a good extra stream of revenue for me in the past year or so, and I thought Recycled might be a good fit.
Guess not…
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I just finished watching the 1965 Jack Lemmon film, How to Murder Your Wife…
…and I thought it might be interesting, through this remarkably accurate depiction, to show how we cartoonists go about our daily lives.
First off, the studio.
Although mine is only one story, this is fairly typical of most cartoonists’ workspaces. Spiral staircases, chandeliers, priceless art…
Also, you might have noticed…
…the manservant. I don’t know how other artists start their days, but if my butler doesn’t hand me fresh-squeezed orange juice while I shower, I’m just off kilter for the rest of the day.
My wife wakes up more leisurely…
…thanks to putting on her makeup and styling her hair the night before.
After breakfast, I head to the club where I discuss my many financial and legal matters with my on-retainer lawyer while getting my morning massage.
After another shower, and more butler-served OJ, I get down to cartooning, dressed in clothing depicting my characters.
Later my lingerie-clad wife dances on our piano for the evening’s dinner party guests.
I finish the day’s cartoons, and pass out at my drawing board in my tux.
All in all, a pretty standard day. Thank goodness Hollywood got cartooning right for once!
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Meeting Mike Lynch!
Dick Locher’s Presentation
Piraro puts on the ritz
Locher gets T-squared
The McCoys in “That 70’s Awards Show”
Jim Borgman accepting
Mark, Mike & Don – The Three Pen-ors
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