Canned 'Tooner

At least my kiddo's still at it

2009-01-26T20:31:00.003-05:00

She's still drawing--but more and more of it is done electronically.

Surveillance Project

2008-10-09T21:23:00.004-04:00

Here's an art project my daughter just finished. The assignment was "surveillance". All pastels, about 18" x 22".

She's Back!

2008-10-04T10:06:00.013-04:00

More Fun In San Antonio

2008-07-01T18:59:00.001-04:00

And here's some pics from the convention:

http://www.flickr. com/photos/ japenet/sets/ 7215760589510240 3/

Fun in San Antonio

2008-07-01T18:47:00.004-04:00

Although I couldn't attend this year's convention in San Antonio- I hear (and can see) they had a blast. Here's a little sampling of what a cartoonist's convention is like. That's Pulitzer prize winning David Horsey in the sleeveless Jack Daniels tee dancing at the end of the video. Thanks to JP for the link!

Even MORE of me dotter's artwork

2008-05-28T22:00:00.007-04:00

A sample of my daughter's pastel work. Click on the image to see it larger. Now if only I could figure out how to get this text ABOVE the damn picture!

More of Me dotter's work...

2008-02-21T20:34:00.007-05:00

I'll eventually just make this her site. Ok so here's the process..My daughter usually comes up with an idea the night before it's due to print (I guess I HAVE had an impact on her after all). This consists mostly of a LOT of internet searches, text messaging her friends and snack breaks. Once she has an idea, she pencils the main characters and then inks them with a good old fashioned rapidiograph (#2 for most). The elements usually aren't in strip form at this point- just random spot art on a page. She then scans the art at 1200 DPI Bitmap mode. She opens the Photoshop template created for her strip and places her line art. She colors everything on separate layers. We recently discovered a program called Comic Life -- she usually does all of her lettering there and then copies and pastes the captions into her Photoshop file. I sit with her and make my suggestions all along the way which she summarily dismisses. The finished cartoon is flattened, resized and e-mailed-- usually right before I nod off.

From the AAEC's convention in Wasington

2008-01-26T13:51:00.002-05:00

I ran across this recently- Dennis Kucinich speaking to us at the 50th year anniversary for the AAEC in Washington, D.C. July 7, 2007. Very funny guy, too bad he dropped out of the race- we would have had a ball drawing him.

Well at least my kid keeps drawing...

2008-01-10T20:32:00.000-05:00

It's been so long since I last posted I almost forgot how. Here's my daughter's latest--she's into Japanese anime (in case you haven't figured it out).

Lost In Spin

2007-12-08T13:49:00.001-05:00

Danger Will Robinson...Danger...
This one's a little late getting posted--I actually drew this the day that this story broke. I then wasted hours trying to color it the way I wanted--and finally gave up. I'm just now getting around to posting.

Today's posting...

2007-11-28T19:54:00.000-05:00

The Apple Doesn't Fall Far From The Tree...

2007-11-25T20:54:00.001-05:00

A couple of samples of my 15 year old daughter's cartoon work. She has a monthly cartoon appearing in her school paper.

BOO!..Again.

2007-10-27T11:13:00.001-04:00

Here's my Halloween entry for this year. A couple of websites of interest, featuring collections of this years Halloween cartoons by some other folks.

http://www.chewingpencils.com
http://www.fredericksburg.com/blogs

This Just In ...

2007-10-14T16:07:00.001-04:00

I struggled with this one. A lot of coloring, a lot of hand lettering--which I then replaced with a font in Photoshop--all in all--a lot of effort for a so-so cartoon.

Same Idea--Different 'Toon

2007-10-09T21:23:00.001-04:00

This was my first take on the "We Don't Torture" quote by Bush--but there were other, similar cartoons already out there before I got to post this so I drew the one below with Cheney and Bush, still I put the effort into coloring so I decided to post it anyway.

Murderers

2007-10-08T22:31:00.001-04:00

White House Mess

2007-09-25T19:20:00.003-04:00

I've had a couple of after thoughts about this cartoon. Initially I was going to make it look like the interior of the Oval office--but somehow decided to simplify the gag into an (almost) two panel type thing. Not sure if that was the right decision. I like the coloration- the choice of colors was a bit of a departure for me. And...should I have labeled the poop Iraq?

Reference and Initial Doodles For The 'Toon Below

2007-09-20T20:14:00.000-04:00

Here's a glimpse at what my desk looks like when I'm working on a cartoon. Google "image search" to the rescue!

O.J. Loses It ...Again

2007-09-20T20:12:00.000-04:00

The Sketch

2007-09-13T07:06:00.001-04:00

Here's the sketch for the cartoon below...complete with wrinkles. I tossed it and then thought.."Hey I'll do what my buddy Jeff Parker does and post the sketch. Originally, I was going to make a baby Uncle Sam in the back seat with Bush driving. But I didn't think I could make it "read" quick enough. Besides, the story was Petraeus' report. See my note to get reference for a Humvee?

Are We There Still?

2007-09-12T18:39:00.001-04:00

Close Enough for Gov't. Work...in color

2007-09-06T20:09:00.000-04:00

And in color...

Close Enough For Government Work

2007-09-05T20:58:00.001-04:00

The Iraqi government met 3 of the 18 benchmark goals set out by the U.S.---well 7 of the 18 if you count "partial" misses.

More On (or moron) Rove

2007-08-25T11:29:00.001-04:00

I drew these next two shortly after Karl Rove left office. It's taken awhile for me to upload because I've been experimenting with coloring my cartoons.

Easy Bake Blues...in color

2007-08-16T21:53:00.000-04:00

Another Pic From Our Mini Reunion

2007-08-16T19:37:00.001-04:00

From left to right: John Spencer, me, Jeff Parker.

Rove Rides Off Into The Sunset...in color!

2007-08-14T23:11:00.001-04:00

Woe Is Me

2007-08-11T12:49:00.000-04:00

Mini AAEC Reunion in Philly

2007-08-11T09:48:00.000-04:00

I got a chance to reunite with my roomie from the AAEC convention (Jeff Parker) last Thurs. We met at the World Cafe Live in Philly for a few beers and food. Also there was John Spencer and Tom Stiglich- both Philly editorial cartoonists. Here's a pic. (Spencer on left, Stiglich in middle and Parker on right)---Good times.

Did I go too far?

2007-08-08T18:59:00.000-04:00

The top two cartoons are oldies- but fit the category of going "too far" (at least in the eyes of some newspaper editors). Neither was published. I drew the first cartoon in response to the deaths of three kids that accidentally locked themselves in the trunk of an abandoned car in Camden, NJ. The car was the FIRST place the Police looked, but guess what?.. they didn't try opening the trunk. This after guidelines for them to follow in such emergencies were recently published. Although it was in Camden, I thought it would be funnier as "Camdumb"--but I chickened out and left it as Camdum-- I regret that.

I submitted the black and white version of this to my paper when Jim McGreevey made his announcement in August, 2004 that he was resigning as Governor because he was gay (NOT because he was inept AND crooked). My editors liked it- but thought it went too far with the punch line. This color version is the result of experimenting with a program called Painter.

Signed tee...NOT for sale on ebay

2007-08-06T22:43:00.002-04:00

I took a tee shirt with one of my "Canned "Tooner" images on it to the AAEC's 50th Annual convention in Washington, D.C. this past July. By the end of the convention it was covered -front and back- with signatures and drawings by some of the giants in this biz.

Rex Babin and KAL sign my tee

2007-08-06T22:43:00.001-04:00

For Rex's work visit:
http://www.sacbee.com/babin/
For Kal's work visit:
http://www.kaltoons.com/animation.html
or his great animation at: http://youtube.com/watch?v=XbcNKvlDVjY

Matt Wuerker signs my tee

2007-08-06T22:41:00.002-04:00

A rare breed. Matt is a success story for today's aspiring cartoonists. After freelancing most of his career, he was recently hired as the full time editorial cartoonist for The Politico newspaper in Washington, D.C. Visit:
http://www.politico.com/

Lapse dance in DC

2007-08-06T22:41:00.001-04:00

Source of his irritation

2007-08-06T22:40:00.000-04:00

Tee'd off

2007-08-06T22:39:00.000-04:00