Sam Gross: 27,592 Cartoons and Counting

In this age of hype, maybe a hyperbolic phrase like "if you read only one cartoonist interview, the read THIS one" would come as h...

1970: More of Roy Crane's Scrapbook

From the dusty pages of Cartoonist PROfiles #6, May 1970, comes "More of Roy Crane's Scrapbook." Mr. Crane shows and tells abo...

Roy Crane "The Rise and Fall of the Comic Strip!!"

America has been going to hell in a handbasket since the signing of the Declaration of Independence. There is no shortage of yellowing, old ...

Video: Comic Book Artist Peter Gross and MIX

For a short video (about 3 minutes, plus a damn 30 second advertisement in the beginning), this Star Tribune profile of Peter Gross (LUCIF...

Where Do You Get Your Ideas?

"Where do you get your ideas?" is one of those ubiquitous questions that cartoonists get asked. I wish I could cite one source. Af...

Cartoonist Dedication

I just got an email from a young, just-starting-out cartoonist who lives in the UK, and is having a hard time finding markets. He asks for ...

Getting Paid

"If you kept up with my blog, you'd understand." ...

Cartoon Invoices

I've gotten a couple of emails asking how to invoice, what IS an invoice, etc. So, let's take a chapter from the ol' MIKE LYNCH...

Rina Piccolo: How To Get Your Cartoons Into The New Yorker

Here is the first part of Rina Piccolo's experience of going to The New Yorker offices : Let me say something about editors here — th...

The Business of Cartooning: Your Signature

One of the nice traditions of cartooning is that usually, somewhere discretely, there is the signature of the cartoonist. You don't get ...