The cartoon blog of Andertoons cartoonist Mark Anderson. He discusses his cartoons, cartooning, comics and, oddly enough, LEGO.
It’s almost Halloween, and every year I do a new batch of Halloween cartoons. It seems like every year it gets harder to find new Halloween humor and I have to go further afield. Then again, every year gives you fresh zeitgeist to see Halloween through, so it all works out in the end. OK,… Continue reading Halloween Cartoons for 2013
Kids and teachers all across the country are getting ready for a new school year. (WOO!) So I thought I’d help get everyone in the mood with some education cartoons! Enjoy: I’m sure I’ve mentioned it before, but my wife is a teacher, and believe me, this cartoon is fairly accurate. I don’t know if… Continue reading 20 Education Cartoons For Back To School
Video Transcription – Hello, this is Mark Anderson from Andertoons.com and I am going to show you how I ink my cartoons. We are going to do two different cartoons here in about eight minutes. I generally ink pretty quickly – oh there is my big giant hand – but I first, let me, my… Continue reading Inking Cartoons – Video
Lifehacker is one of my favorite blogs, and their make-this-into-this ideas are so great I found myself making some ink and paper into this cartoon: BTW, here’s the actual Lifehacker posts that inspired this: Repurpose an Ikea Shelf Into a Sliding Pantry Repurpose a Rake Head Into a Wine Glass Holder Use Your Coffee Cup… Continue reading Repurposing
I think every cartoonist is sooner or later asked “what kind of pen do you use?” My normal response is usually that there is no “right” or “best” pen. Each cartoonist finds, usually through years of trial and error, the correct tools for themselves. Some prefer pen and ink, some like the cheapest ballpoints. (And… Continue reading A Cartoonist’s Tools