Category: Cartoonists

Twitter for Cartoonists

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Twitip Illo-300X213There's just a spectacular article from Dog Eat Doug's Brian Anderson on cartoon tweeting over at TwiTip:

And by far the best place to get new readers is through social media. Much easier to tweet, stumble or digg a comic to a friend then cut it out of a paper and mail it. As a cartoonist if you plug into the viral bloodstream of the virtual social hangouts, the rewards are great: you can gain readers, keep up with friends new and old, and stalk your favorite celebrities from the comfort of your iPhone.

I'm looking forward to taking some cues to further my inevitable world domination. (What do you think of "And-merica?")

Seriously, go read!

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Lynda Barry Trib Interiview

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There's just a fantastic interview with Lynda Barry in today's Trib magazine.

A snippet:

Matt Groening says he tried to get Barry to go Hollywood in the '80s. "I said to Lynda, 'Let's write a romantic comedy,' and she agreed." A pitch meeting followed at a Los Angeles movie studio. Groening remembers walking into the executive's enormous office, where Barry immediately moved toward a cagelike sculpture in the corner and stood inside it.

"That was the high point," Groening says. When they sat on the sofa,
Barry cheerfully told the exec that it was Groening's birthday.

"Happy birthday," the exec replied.

"It's not," Groening said.

"It is," Barry said.

"It's not," Groening said.

"Lynda insisted it was," Groening remembers. "I gave up and said 'Yes, it's my birthday.' I looked crazy."

Afterward, Groening was mortified. Barry remembers spittle plastering Groening's windshield. She says he was frothing at the mouth. Groening remembers his car shaking, but doesn't recall the spittle.

In any case, according to Barry, Groening felt she was torpedoing her career. He felt she wasn't taking herself seriously enough.

Go read!!!

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