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Saturday, April 04, 2015

Ronnie Joyner, sports cartoonist

Check it out at:

Maryland's Ronnie Joyner May be America's Last Sports Cartoonist

by Mike Rhode on Apr. 3, 2015
http://www.washingtoncitypaper.com/blogs/artsdesk/visual-arts/2015/04/03/marylands-ronnie-joyner-may-be-americas-last-sports-cartoonist/

And here's some minor clips of material that didn't make it into the City Paper, just for the record:

Why are you in the Washington area now? What neighborhood or area do you live in?

My wife and I had three kids and stayed in Accokeek until moving to Charlotte Hall, MD, in 2001. We're still in Charlotte Hall. It's about fifty minutes south of DC, right on the Charles County-St. Mary's County line.

What local cons do you attend? The Small Press Expo, Intervention, or others? Any comments about attending them?

To be honest, I've never been to a con, so I'm not too clued in on them. I think I need to get to one and see what's up. I'll report back!

Least favorite thing about DC?

This is probably not a very original answer, but I hate the DC traffic.

What monument or museum do like to take visitors to?

I never get tired of visiting the Air and Space museum. I spent a year as a graphic artist at the US Senate in 2012, and I went down to Air and Space three times. The Apollo program was such a big deal when I was growing up that I'm still in awe of the astronauts of the 60s and 70s. To go to Air and Space and look into John Glenn's Friendship 7 capsule is pretty awesome.

What's the background on being an artist for the Senate?

After working at the same graphics firm in Old Town for 25 years, I took a job at the Senate graphics department (PGDM — Printing, Graphics and Direct Mail) down at the Dirksen Building next to the Capitol. Basically, there are two 5-team shifts of designers there that work to fill any of the graphic needs of the Senators and their support staff. Things like posters to support floor speeches, brochures, newsletters, direct mail letters and postcards, etc. It was interesting work and a neat atmosphere to work in. I stayed there a year, but I left to join a shop that was more local to me where I could work alongside a longtime friend of mine.

How about a favorite local restaurant?

I worked in Alexandria for 25 years, so I never really did much dining in DC. I'm pretty easy to please (and low brow) when it comes to food, though, so I'm happy just to eat at Chipotle in Chinatown!

Tuesday, April 06, 2010

The return of Comic Postcards

Found some more comic postcards at a flea market this weekend.

Munson postcard - drinking comics' 60325

Here's a Walt Munson. Munson was mentioned last time I did this, but with a bit of poking around I discover he was a successful sports cartoonist after he did postcards with collections of originals at Syracuse and Wichita. Also at Wichita are some Clifford Berryman originals as well as other cartoonists.

Breger postcard - changin to hotel 609 89372

Dave Breger did a cartoon while in the Army during World War II, just like Bill Mauldin, but his Pvt. Breger was never as popular as Willie and Joe. After the war, his cartoon Dave Breger got out of the service too. Personally I'd like to see a collection of these strips.

Breger postcard - welcome back 601 89364

When I read this card, I thought it was quite possibly the raunchiest comic postcard ever seen.

I've no idea who Faber was. Asking around, I got several opinions - women say they don't get it. Men say they can't believe this postcard went through the mail. The mild interpretation - the man is basically complaining about seeing something like a repeat on television. The raunchy - he's saying he had nestled in between a pair of those legs last night and left his seed. Oddly enough, both women asked where the upper bodies of the chorus line were.

Poster Coaster postcard #010 by WEG (William Ellis Green) the Australian sports cartoonist who died in 2008. I found 7 of the series of ten, and you can see the rest on my Flckr site.

Poster Coaster postcard #008. The card is a type of blotting paper.

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Post features local sports cartoonist

Sports cartoonist John Tayman of Maryland is featured in this article on the Post's website - Web-savvy cartoonist makes a bang with the NFL
By Jeff Newman
The Calvert Recorder
Thursday, November 19, 2009

Friday, February 27, 2009

Sports cartoonist Drew Litton interview on Comic Riffs

See "The Interview: Drew Litton of the (RIP) Rocky Mountain News," By Michael Cavna, Washington Post Comic Riffs blog February 27, 2009.

Saturday, March 08, 2008

Sports cartoonist Willard Mullin original art viewing

100_4726 Warren's Willard Mullins collection

Today, I saw more of Willard Mullin's art than I ever will again. Politico editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker, Washington Examiner editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler and myself admired Warren's collection of sports cartoonist Willard Mullin's work, including pages of original art. Here's some pictures.

100_4723 Warren's Willard Mullins collection

Warren, Matt and Nate look at published advertising works.

100_4724 Warren's Willard Mullins collection

100_4725 Warren's Willard Mullins collection

100_4727 Warren's Willard Mullins collection

100_4728 Warren's Willard Mullins collection

100_4729 Warren's Willard Mullins collection

100_4731 Warren's Willard Mullins collection

Washington Examiner editorial cartoonist Nate Beeler admiring sports cartoonist Willard Mullin's original art. That's a Washington Senators baseball caricature that Nate's peering at.