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Dec 1oth, 2009 was the opening of the traveling exhibit, “Cartoons in Conflict”, an collection of international cartoons concerning reconciliation and peace. I am fortunate to have my work in the show, catalogue and calendar. For more information and to view some of the art, see the articles below:
Perhaps like many New Yorker cartoonists, I always wanted to see my drawings animated. A few weeks ago, through the group PinkSlip Animation (of which I am a member), one of my drawings has come to life! Mike Milo, a very talented and experienced animator, said he would animate my sequential drawing. I did the drawing for Revolvingfloor.com, and now it is live! Note that the sound plays automatically, something that is going to be fixed soon.
About a month ago, I thought of an idea for a New Yorker cover. This happens from time to time, I can’t help it. The cover editor is very kind and on one occasion she almost bought a cover from me (the did buy it to run inside the magazine). This happened again this time–my cartoon editor, Bob Mankoff, and the cover editor, Francoise Mouly seemed to like my idea. The problem was, they had already commissioned Chris Ware to do the Halloween cover. Ah well.
Editor Michael Cohn of Revolving Floor loved the drawing and wanted to publish it. It went up yesterday.
I appeared on French Web-TV last week with my new cartoonist friend, Valerie Delacherie. If you want to cut to our segment, go to 7:50 on Emission 4. Oh, how I struggled with the French language!
I was honored to receive the International Prize at the Salon du Dessins de Presse et d’Humour in St Just, France. I was given two beautiful statues: a porcelaine cow and cartoon character. My French colleagues pictured here received the Regional Awards, and we were joined by students, who presented the awards to us.
French cartoonist Valerie Delacherie and I were interviewed on French Web TV.
The Exhibits. There were many, with cartoons from all over the world.
And there was also an Exhibit of cartoons from my book, Sex and Sensibility.
An interesting new news site, called dscriber, invited me to contribute cartoons…or panels or anything, really. I did this a few days ago in response to the hiring of Diane Sawyer as news anchor. I know the media and Hollywood love to create battles, particularly between women, so I drew this cartoon. The sad thing is, the public eats it up, and wants to believe that women hate each other. It’s hogwash, of course, and has to be shot down!
Recently, Michael Cohn, the creator and editor of a wonderful new webzine, Revolvingfloor.com, invited me to be the cartoon editor, and I happily agreed. Check the site out, it’s very different, creative, unique. It is just a month old, and already getting a lot of attention.
I like twitter, I admit it. One of the beauties of it, if you follow people correctly- i.e. select whom you follow to suit your needs and interests- you end up connecting with very interesting folks. This can lead to links, and innovative endeavors. This is how I found out about Revolving Floor. Michael Bennett Cohn has just launched a new site of fiction, poetry, humor, cartoons, photos…you name it…and it promises to be very forward thinking. It supports creativity and innovation. Check it out.
I have a cartoon up this month, as the charter cartoonist for the site. Michael also asked me to serve as cartoon editor, and we plan to look for cartoonists who not only want to do traditional-style cartoons from time-to-time, but who seek to push the medium to new formats suitable for the web, using what cyberspace and the screen of a computer can offer new media.
Check it out: My cartoon. Home page of revolvingfloor.com
(Interested in submitting poetry, mail to poetry@revolvingfloor.com)
I haven’t posted a cartoon lately on Sotomayor…did this one a while ago when she was nominated. I suppose because so much was being done, I wanted to hold back a bit until the dust settled, then try. Plus, the hearings were boring and predictable. The real news was her nomination and the immediate reaction. May do another soon.
…what kind of cheater would you rather have as a spouse? One who (at this point, at least) seems like a guy who fell in love, or a (creepy) guy who is addicted to hookers? The cartoon on my home page came from reading articles and blogs about this…And what about the difference between those two wives–Spitzer and Sanford?
