The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
Calling all Chicagoland cartoonists!
I’ve just started a Meetup group for cartoonists here in the windy city and the breezy suburbs. There’s a lot of cartoonists out here, and we hardly ever get together, so I’m trying to jump start things.
Anyway, I’m figuring we’ll meet at a local bookstore or coffee shop to gab, share and complain.
There’s no cost to participate, so, all you Chicago folk, let’s meet!
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I’ve been steadily adding new cartoon blog to my right sidebar, and you gotta admit, the list is pretty long now!
Today’s additions:
And, under non-cartoon blogs:
Will it Blend? (Note – This will link to the videos; use the subscribe link at the site to keep up to date on new blends.)
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If you looked at this artist within right now, pretty much you’d find mostly Christmas cookies.
Thanks to Sandbox for hipping me to another book to buy before year’s end!
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I gotta say, this looks nice. And it’s funny to boot.
Will it fly? Got me. But kudos to Kurtz for giving it a shot.
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There’s a nice piece in today’s Chicago Tribune Magazine about Bill Mauldin.
There are so many great cartoonists past and present I have yet to delve into, and, sadly, Mauldin is still on my to-do list.
The good news is I there’s an exhibit of his work right here in Chi-town until the end of the year! It’s so rare that something like this is close to me that I’m positively giddy about it!
At the end of the Tribune piece, there’s a little thing that disturbs me, however:
The Chicago Tribune currently has no full-time editorial cartoonist on staff, not since the great Jeff MacNelly died at 52 in 2000. I showed some of Mauldin’s work to editorial page editor Bruce Dold. He smiled and said, “They don’t make ’em like MacNelly and Mauldin anymore.”
Would he hire Mauldin if he walked in the door today?
“In a second,” said Dold. “In a second.”
A note to the Trib:
While another Mauldin or MacNelly might never be, it shouldn’t take you six years to find another vital cartoon voice.
MacNelly left some big shoes to fill, but maybe we can find someone who can stuff some newspaper in the toes for a while?
Trib, baby, you know I love ya, but come on. You owe it to the cartoonists that helped make you great to get off your duff and hire someone already.
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