Showing posts with label Richard Thompson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Richard Thompson. Show all posts
Monday, March 07, 2011
March 8: Arlington's Mardi Gras parade
Richard Thompson's done the poster again.
I'll be there. He might. I'll sign his name if you'd like.
UPDATE - he wasn't there. I was. Nobody asked me to sign his name. However, I did find out that Bono Mitchell of Bonotom Studio, who always commissions these drawings from Richard, colored this one, in spite of being nervous about it. I think she did a great job - I didn't realize it wasn't his coloring.
Friday, March 04, 2011
Richard Thompson's popping up all over the place
You can see a poster he did for Arlington's Mardi Gras - St. Patrick's Day extravaganza.
Tom Richmond's drawn a caricature of him leading the pack to the National Cartoonist Society's Reuben awards.
We launched the Team Cul de Sac blog tonight to try to get more regular updates about this great project out to you.
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Team Cul de Sac launches for Parkinson's Disease fundraising
Chris Sparks, Cul de Sac's webmaster, has launched Team Cul de Sac to raise money for the Michael J. Fox Foundation and Parkinson's Disease research. You can read Richard Thompson's take on it or just go right to the charity's main page and pledge some money. If you're a cartoonist, rather than contributing money, you may wish to participate in an art auction. Chris wants to raise $250,000 and has gotten commitments from excellent artists already (some of whom aren't even Richard's friends!), and Andrews McMeel will be publishing a collection of the artwork which I'm really looking forward to.
Thank you all for any support.
Thank you all for any support.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
Some more Richard Thompson book dedication drawings
My buddy Doug has four shots of drawings in Cul de Sac books up at his Dougintology blog. The drawings appear to be by Richard Thompson, but if he offers them on e-bay, I'd ask for a certificate of authenticity.
Hey, readership, what's the word for 'book dedication drawings' in French?
Hey, readership, what's the word for 'book dedication drawings' in French?
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Tuesday, December 21, 2010
Photographs of Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac booksignings
Here's a set of the pictures of recent signings that Richard Thompson did for his new Cul de Sac book. One groups is at Big Planet Comics in Bethesda, and the other is at the new One More Page book store in Arlington. The images are labelled for Creative Commons so they can be downloaded.
Monday, December 13, 2010
Dec 14: Richard Thompson signing at Big Planet Comics
Richard Thompson will be at Big Planet Comics Bethesda on December 14th. That's tomorrow! He'll also be in Northern Virginia at a new bookstore on December 20th at 7 pm.
Friday, December 10, 2010
Richard Thompson has an artistic temperament and he's a sweetheart, says advice columnist
Carolyn Hax held Richard Thompson up as an exemplar of artistic temperament in her Tell Me About It column on November 29th. Funny, he didn't mention it. Me, I'd have t-shirts quoting her made for my family.
Tuesday, December 07, 2010
Dec 20: Cul de Sac booksigning
Richard Thompson will be at a new bookstore on December 20th at 7 pm. As previously noted, he'll be at Big Planet Comics Bethesda on December 14th. Lucky these are bookstores so he can get his Christmas shopping done.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Richard Thompson on his USN&WR days
Complete with a Bill Clinton caricature for old times sake - Your Old Caricature from USN&WR for Today, November 28, 2010
Friday, November 12, 2010
Richard Thompson interview
There's a Richard Thompson interview embedded in this press release -
Web and Mobile Content Platform also Acquires First-Run Rights to Previously Unpublished Interviews with Today's Most Renowned Animators
NEW YORK & LONDON, November 11, 2010 | SHOOT Publicity Wire
which leads you to 'Gifted but not talented' and 'Frankenstein Monsters' and 'Cross-hatching' and 'Venn Diagrams' and 'High Point of Invention' and 'Meet the Otterloops' as well as a bunch of adaptations of Cul de Sac strips.
Web and Mobile Content Platform also Acquires First-Run Rights to Previously Unpublished Interviews with Today's Most Renowned Animators
NEW YORK & LONDON, November 11, 2010 | SHOOT Publicity Wire
which leads you to 'Gifted but not talented' and 'Frankenstein Monsters' and 'Cross-hatching' and 'Venn Diagrams' and 'High Point of Invention' and 'Meet the Otterloops' as well as a bunch of adaptations of Cul de Sac strips.
Monday, November 08, 2010
Death of USNWR lets Spurgeon dig up Richard Thompson's comics history
Tom Spurgeon looks at the end of US News & World Report through a peculiarly comics lens - he gets Richard Thompson to comment on his time working for them -
USN&WR Ending Its Print Iteration.
Comics Reporter (November 8 2010).
If you're not reading The Comics Reporter, you should be. It's one of three comics blogs I read every day.
USN&WR Ending Its Print Iteration.
Comics Reporter (November 8 2010).
If you're not reading The Comics Reporter, you should be. It's one of three comics blogs I read every day.
Monday, November 01, 2010
Cul de Sac picks up another paper
Comics page offers something new today*
Mansfield News Journal November 1, 2010
*i.e. a fine, fine strip produced here in America, and not outsourced to North Korea.
Mansfield News Journal November 1, 2010
*i.e. a fine, fine strip produced here in America, and not outsourced to North Korea.
Saturday, October 30, 2010
'The Millions' recommends Cul de Sac
If You Don’t Read “Cul de Sac,” You Really Probably Should
By Jacob Lambert
The Millions October 30, 2010
By Jacob Lambert
The Millions October 30, 2010
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
TCJ.com on Cul de Sac
Shaenon Garrity reviews the first Cul de Sac Treasury. Spoiler warning: She likes it. She compares it to "the giant tubeworms that flourish around the hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor..."
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Our Man Thompson on Our OSU Trip
Richard blogs about the trip to OSU's Cartoon Festival, so I don't have to. However, I do have pictures waiting to go up on Flickr. And more people knew who he was - must be something about having your name in a couple hundred papers, rather than a blog and a local paper, that leads people to recognize you. At least that's the only thing I can figure.
Dustin Harbin draws me in a comic strip
My buddy Dustin Harbin drew me (and Richard Thompson and Roger Langridge) in a comic strip about a meal at SPX - how cool is that?
Sunday, October 10, 2010
Jef Mallett's kind words for Cul de Sac
"Today, my absolute favorite strip is called 'Cul de Sac.' I think it's only about three years old. It's by a guy named Richard Thompson and he's an absolute genius. He's in the Washington, D.C. area, but he's actually got roots in Michigan. He's absolutely brilliant and his strip is a thing of beauty."
The rest of the long interview is at -
Frazz is moving in: Comic strip with Michigan roots finds a new home in the Enquirer
Andy Fitzpatrick • The Enquirer • October 10, 2010
The rest of the long interview is at -
Frazz is moving in: Comic strip with Michigan roots finds a new home in the Enquirer
Andy Fitzpatrick • The Enquirer • October 10, 2010
Friday, October 08, 2010
Cul de Sac starts Batman homage UPDATED
Richard Thompson in Cul de Sac starts a Batman homage or parody or swipe today.
If you're not familiar enough with the superhero to see the whatchamacallit, click here.
Ok, apparently I wasn't the first to notice that. Richard mentioned it on his blog yesterday. BTW, it's his birthday.
If you're not familiar enough with the superhero to see the whatchamacallit, click here.
Ok, apparently I wasn't the first to notice that. Richard mentioned it on his blog yesterday. BTW, it's his birthday.
Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Minor bits by Arlingtonians in new books
Richard Thompson has a 1-page cartoon introduction to the new Barney Google book from Craig Yoe.
Meanwhile I'm thanked in Daniel Clowes: Conversations (Conversations With Comics Artists Series) by Ken Parille (Editor) and Isaac Cates (Editor), for suggesting to Isaac that he do a Conversations book. The book was already finished when I interviewed Clowes, so print out “Likable Characters Are for Weak-Minded Narcissists”: A Chat with Daniel Clowes" and glue it in the back of the book. In the book trade, they call that 'tipping-in' and I'll autograph it for you to increase the value.
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