The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
If you haven’t been following inky pal Mike Lynch’s blog lately, you’re missing out on some really great old cartoons he was sent recently by a reader: A few years ago in a thrift shop I came upon a scrapbook given by an aunt to her nieces in 1958 with several hundred pasted cartoons mostly… Continue reading Mike Lynch’s Cartoon Scrapbook
Ran across this a while back and have spent entirely too much time perusing the goodness since. Vintage Ad Browser has all sorts of great old advertising, but my favorites are the comics ads. Take for example the 70’s Electroman ad (not to be be confused with the superior Electricman) below for the Cleveland Institute… Continue reading Vintage Comic Book Ads
Cartoons by Andertoons There’s all kinds of nice book cartoons here at Andertoons. Enjoy! (BTW, you can embed cartoons on your blog too!)
Recently I’ve been inspired to try and get a children’s book published. I don’t know exactly where I got the bug, but having read countless books to my two little ones, I suppose it makes sense. It’s also something new to challenge myself. And, being a cartoonist, I’m on pretty good speaking terms with failure. … Continue reading My First Children’s Book
It’s funny how when you grow up with something you don’t question it. I’ve always been pretty OK with the Fantastic Four’s Mr. Fantastic, but then I read this: Perhaps the most conceited-sounding name ever, it’s really bad when you consider Reed Richards gave the name to himself! I would have thought the other members… Continue reading Bad Comic Book Names