Two very precient cartoons I drew way back when...

[Atman]

These are from 2004. This first one is the best, message-wise, in terms of our current situation, even if it was one of my worst drawings ever.



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This one says it all...except Obama is at the bottom of the ravine, with the stagecoach about to land on his head.



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Oh, and a bonus, 'toon. If I re-drew it today, I could substitute Harry Reid or Mr. Obama, or any number of characters...

[WiffenPoof]

1. Excellent!

I really enjoy your cartoons.

I used to have a syndicated strip in the early 90's.

There is an old saying that good ideas can carry bad art but great art can never carry average ideas. I think I was among the those that had decent art but could never come up with the great ideas consistently enough.

Anyway...you got both!

-P

[Atman]

2. Thanks, Wiffen. Sadly, very few can make a living of "syndication" anymore.

It was my dream as a child. Trudeau, and then Larson and Watterson...I wanted to be them. Now, I only know a couple of cartoonists who can actually make a living at it. Wiley, the god of current cartooning, imho, is one of those few. Most cartoonists now work at ad agencies or some other "day job" because newsprint is dead, and no one has figured out a way to make serious money on the internet yet.

So what do I do now? I work at a political ad agency. And I haven't drawn a new cartoon in a couple of years. Makes me sad. But I think the time is right to get back into it.

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[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Well done!

K&R