This summer has marked the longest period of  zero cartooning I have had since college almost 20 years ago. Seriously, I have not drawn ONE SINGLE CARTOON since June. Doodles on napkins don’t count. In fact, I don’t count the flip-book animation example I created for a class I taught on the subject at a [...]

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RSA Animate has created an excellent piece of animation based on David Harvey’s lecture on the causes of the current global economic meltdown, “Crises of Capitalism.” As a lecture, Harvey’s critique of the various standard explanation for the current crisis and placement of the implosion into a historical context is worth listening to on its [...]

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Click to read the whole thing. Glad to update Wanderlost on time for once. I disrupt Sheldon’s escapism with some hard truths coming from home. I hope it isn’t too maudlin. Thank goodness for Tuvia to provide a punchline of sorts. Speaking of neurotic comics, CNN has a profile of Jules Feiffer to publicize his [...]

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My slowly proceeding plan to take over the world has taken a significant step today: my first podcast interview was published at the Becky & Joe Show. Joe Wilson is a Molalla-based journalist who shares a weekly podcast at pdx.fm with Becky Bergman. They take on a lot of different topics. In my case, I [...]

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I wrote about this tool earlier. Rendered with a humble Pilot Precise 5 pen. Those are great for sketches. I like the bite of the line work here. I wonder if I can duplicate it in a more finished product. The challenge is to not tighten up, but respond to the line you are putting [...]

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