I Wish I'd Drawn...(24)

...this wonderful cartoon by Peter Brookes.

More from the Times cartoonist:

"Sketch Freedom Cartoon Expo" at the Gothenburg Film Festival

The 37th Göteborg International Film Festival (January 24-February 3) will host the "Sketch Freedom" Cartoon Exhibition with cartoonists Liza Donnelly, Cristina Sampaio, Ann Telnaes, Damien Glez, Vladimir Kazanevsky, Riber Hansson, Kianoush Ramezani and Jaume Capdevila.

Bizarro Original Art for Sale

From the Bizarro blog.

I stopped doing drawings on paper in November of 2011 (I now draw directly on computer) so my original art from previous years is now all that will ever be available. A friend of mine has begun offering one image per week on eBay, which is a great way for you to get one for less than I normally charge. Here’s this week’s eBay listing of a Sunday cartoon which I have featured on this blog. I charge $600 for these but as I write this, the bid is less than $50! I’m late in posting this so there are only a couple of days left on this sale, I think. Hop on over there and pick it up, I need the money!

Ariel Sharon by Ann Telnaes

From Ann Telnael's blog.

The post Former Israeli PM Ariel Sharon has died appeared first on Ann Telnaes.

USA Today swipes graphic from Scott Bateman

Alan Gardner in The Daily Cartoonist.

Scott Bateman’s infographic on the recent cold spell that he posted on his Tumblr site last Friday ended up in USA Today yesterday – kind of. The infographic that ran in USA Today was cleaned up (language), but essentially left intact (see below).

The incident was reported by Jim Romensko. USA Today’s editor-in-chief David Callaway apologized to Scott and assured that he was addressing the issue to make sure Scott receives the proper credit and the lapses inside the paper were addressed.

The Art Of Rube Goldberg

Many people know Rube Goldberg as an adjective — a shorthand description for a convoluted device or contraption. But Rube Goldberg was a real person — one who earned a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning and who captivated imaginations with drawings of complex chain reactions that completed the simplest of tasks.

Goldberg died in 1970, but Jennifer George, his granddaughter, has collected the zany world he created in a coffee table book, The Art of Rube Goldberg: (A) Inventive (B) Cartoon (C) Genius.

Frédéric Back 1924-2013

From Sequential.

Oscar-winning animator of “The Man Who Planted Trees” started career as cartoonist on Quebec TV.

by BK Munn

Frédéric Back, the animator best known for his Academy Award-winning short films, The Man Who Planted Trees and Crac!, died December 24 after a long battle with cancer.