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Sam Cobean Online

August 1, 2006December 21, 2009 andertoons1 Comment

Addamsdrawing One of my favorite cartoonists is Sam Cobean. I discovered him a few years back and have since collected both of his books. (Sam’s career was tragically cut short by an automobile accident in 1951.)

In addition to being a New Yorker cartoonist, Cobean created ads for Ken-L-Ration and The Chicago Tribune, and worked as an in-betweener on Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.

Cobean’s easy bold line, spare washes, and gentle humor speak to me and I was really pleased to find a nice collection of his work online at SamCobean.com.

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Like many sites of older overlooked cartoonists, the design is spare, but the art shines through. The best part is that many of Cobean’s originals are for sale!

It’s a great place to invest some time getting to know an artist I wish had had more time with us. Check it out!

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Schulz’ “Alter Ego”

July 30, 2006December 21, 2009 andertoons

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I bet that graphic got your attention!

No, Sparky didn’t moonlight as Batman, in issue 59 of Alter Ego…

...there is an interview with Al Plastino, long-time comic book artist, former cartoonist of the Nancy comic strip, and most relevant to this discussion, the guy whom United Feature Syndicate had tapped for taking over Peanuts should something happen to Schulz (back before it was decided that Such Things Would Not Be Done.) Among the illustrations for the article are small but clear reproductions of three Plastino Peanuts dailies, showing us what might have been.

(Thanks to The Aaugh Blog)

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More Cartoon Blogs

July 28, 2006December 21, 2009 andertoons1 Comment

Lately I’ve been restructuring everyone’s favorite cartoon blog, and I’ve been adding some new blogs to the “Cartoon Blogs” section.

Some recent fun finds:

The Aaugh Blog – Info for the serious Peanuts fan since 2000 (WOW!)
Chewing Pencils – Matt Glover gives you the cartooning lowdown
A Gag a Day – Tim Harries has a great individual style and a weird sense of humor; right up my alley
Tom’s Mad Blog – Tom Richmond slings some serious ink

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Glorious Failure, and Plenty of It

July 20, 2006December 23, 2009 andertoons3 Comments

I was talking about failing and failing often earlier in the week, and I ran across this Henry Martin book, “Good News – Bad News.”

Martin is one of my favorite cartoonists, and goodness knows he was successful, but when I got to the back of the book, I noticed how many of the cartoons were listed as ‘previously unpublished.’ (Click on the images to see larger ones…)