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July 14th, 2009 · No Comments

You should click that image to read it at full size. You should.
Then you should check out Mudtown by Brendan Clawson and Greg Bigoni. But probably not at work.
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Tags: cartoons · in contempt

Too Much Monkey Business

February 21st, 2009 · No Comments

A screenshot of search terms that brought users to In Contempt yesterday:

“Orangutan masturbation” — surprisingly, not a feature of my recent work. An orangutan does appear in a couple strips last year, so at least one strip got a hit. Sorry to disappoint the ape fetishist who sought more prurient fare.
Speaking of ape fetishism: Yesterday’s [...]

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Tags: cartooning · racism · war

In Contempt (2/19/2008): Racism 101 for White Cartoonists

February 19th, 2009 · 4 Comments

Click that image to read all that glorious text. Glorious snarky text.
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Tags: cartooning · cartoons · in contempt · racism

Over a Barrel

November 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments

Josh Fruhlinger wants to know (and so do I):
I’m completely uninterested in discussing the didactic content of this cartoon, but it does bring up a question I’ve always found completely fascinating, which is: why are large, wooden barrels the Universal Comics Symbol For Poverty? I mean, I know I’m a decadent 21st century denizen who [...]

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Tags: cartooning

Will Elder is Dead

May 17th, 2008 · No Comments

I just learned the news from The Daily Cartoonist that Will Elder has died. Alan Gardner links to a great tribute by MAD cartoonist Tom Richmond. Tom links to Mark Evanier, as well as some great stories about Elder at Journalista!.
For those who don’t know, Elder was among the original stable of MAD Magazine cartoonists [...]

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Tags: cartooning