Tag: Mike Lynch

Finish Him!

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Mike Lynch has a really fun post over at this blog where he discusses a cartoon class he’s teaching and, aw heck, I’ll let him explain it…

As you may or may not know, I teach cartooning. recently, I’ve been teaching some junior high and high school kids in Milton, NH. Last week, the cartoon class was given five comic strips. The first 3 panels are drawn (see below), but the last one needs to be completed.

In addition to his students, Mike also asked anyone who wanted to to send one in.

Here’s the one I picked to finish:

Rapunzel-1

I won’t give mine away, but I hear Mike’s gonna post all the stuff he’s been getting soon.

How much fun is this?!

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Learn the Lynch Way

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Hey, good cartooning pal Mike Lynch is offering to let you in on his wealth of cartoony knowledge!

Via Andertalk:

I’ll be teaching cartoon classes in the Southern New Hampshire area (Farmington/Milton/Middleton/New Durham) for 6 Wednesday nights from 7 to 8:30pm beginning February 13.

MAGAZINE CARTOONING FOR FUN & PROFIT

Professional cartoonist, Mike Lynch, will show you how to turn your ideas into a cartoon.

Through individualized instruction, we will target drawing challenges, and look at how you

tell a story through the single magazine panel cartoon. The classes are designed for the

individual, intermediate or advanced cartoonists. The course will finish with each

participant creating his or her own comic feature, including characters and story line.

Were I you, New Hampshire cartoonist-in-waiting, I’d sign up now!

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Things I Wish I’d Known Starting Out

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Mike Lynch’s recent blogs on submitting and whatnot got me commenting that I wished there’d been this sort of information easily available when I was starting out 10 years ago.

So, for the record, here’s some tips for those of you just beginning:

  • There is no standard gag cartoon size – don’t even think about it.
  • Get a Mac – save yourself the headaches.
  • Do what you think is funny – OK, you gotta do business cartoons for HBR, and you can’t always be bashing management (AKA the readers), but don’t try to figure out a market’s formula or slant. Make yourself laugh and let the markets fall where they may.
  • Good writing carries bad art – work on your drawing, but, above all, work on your writing. Good writing is so much rarer then good draftsmanship.
  • The Artists Market books are a waste of time – that is unless you’re looking to do lots of glass-making themed cartoons and be paid in copies.
  • Cartoon editors aren’t what you think – often they’re committees, or interns, or, I dunno, whomever. But, in general, cartoons aren’t top priority, and there’s nobody with the sign “Cartoon Editor” on their posh corner office door. Also, cartoon editors change all the time, so get used to it. A good cartoon editor is rare; love them while you can.

There. A little post Columbus Day realism for ya! Enjoy!

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Can’t… Stop… READING!

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OK, there’s just been a glut of fantastic fantastic stuff in bloggyland lately:

Go read!

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