Cartoon Violence Takes The Easy Way Out
Friday, February 15th, 2008
Each week, the Comics Curmudgeon helps explain Today’s Cartoons.
Political cartoonists’ jobs are a lot like yours. Some days they get to work full of vim and vigor and inspiration and promise for the future, and some days, they … don’t. But even when nothing that exciting or thrilling comes to mind for our cross-hatching classes, there’s still a deadline rapidly approaching, and a top editor lurking just out in the hall muttering about outsourcing to Russia, so they’ve got to come up with something. This week, Cartoon Violence offers the aspiring cartoonist a primer on churning out acceptable filler when the clock is ticking. MORE »
Each week, the Comics Curmudgeon helps explain Today’s Cartoons.
Political cartoonists’ jobs are a lot like yours. Some days they get to work full of vim and vigor and inspiration and promise for the future, and some days, they … don’t. But even when nothing that exciting or thrilling comes to mind for our cross-hatching classes, there’s still a deadline rapidly approaching, and a top editor lurking just out in the hall muttering about outsourcing to Russia, so they’ve got to come up with something. This week, Cartoon Violence offers the aspiring cartoonist a primer on churning out acceptable filler when the clock is ticking. MORE »