Cartoonist Stephan Pastis has used his newspaper comic strip Pearls Before Swine to take a very funny swipe at cartoonists who peddle what he sees as hackneyed and dated gags about subjects such as golf, henpecked husbands and "hot secretaries". Bloghorn says, feel free to voice your objections to either side of the argument in comments, below.
You can see the strip here. Thanks to Mike Lynch.
The PCO: Great British cartoon talent
It's something all cartoonists dread: you open up a magazine and see one of your precious works in print but they have done something to it.
It may be a changed caption, an amended drawing, the cartoon has been printed too small ... whatever, it's a bit annoying. Here, cartoonist and blogger Mike Lynch takes a US magazine to task for printing captions over the drawing!
Talking of presentation, it's a no-brainer for a department store to turn to a local celebrity when looking to publicise the opening of a new branch. So hats off to Harvey Nicks for their choice when opening a store in Bristol:
Don't they look lovely? The BBC News website has the story
The PCO: British cartoon talent
American cartoonist Mike Lynch tells it like it is with a blog post that states its point clearly in its title:
If You Give Away Your Cartoons for Free, You Won't Make a Living as a Cartoonist
"It's wrong if a publication (print or web) thinks they can just grab a cartoon for free content ... This isn't posturing, this isn't being unrealistic. This is me making a living."
British cartoon talent
