A great lecture yesterday with visiting artist Ann Telnaes. Besides being very funny, she gave an interesting alternative path from her intention to be a Disney Animator to being the President of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists. She works for the Washington Post and won a Pulitzer Prize for her cartoons in 2001. Lately,...

I just came back from an excellent Lettering Workshop with Laura Di Piazza at the Center for Cartoon Studies. The best part was learning to use a COLA PEN (often made by folding a piece of a Coke can!) I loved the loose, scratchy, messy freedom. The faster and harder you press, the more splatters...