The bad cartoonist

Koterba isn’t entirely without originality. His cartoon attacking my cartoon about Pat Tillman inspired me to draw an attack on his attack of my attack on Tillman.

Jeff practically defines meta.

yeah I’d want my toons removed from your site too… if they were as lame-o as they are

How about a link to these two cartoons, Ted.

What a profession we have. We eagerly embrace the holy grail of syndication, a system which greatly reduces the chances of new talent breaking into daily cartooning by Wal-Marting “big name” cartoonists to outlets which might otherwise take the risk of hiring their own local artist. I think that plays a role in keeping our numbers down.

Then some of us hide in the weeds and take pot shots at our fellow endangered species, the few who survive. Wonder if there’s a Bad Panda blog out there somewhere, run by a Panda who argues that the best way to increase their numbers is by getting rid of a bunch of them.

Maybe I’m just pissed because I’m not a good enough cartoonist to get syndicated, or well-known enough to get thumped by Bad Cartoonist. Tell you one thing for damn sure: In spite of myself I can’t resist reading this snarky blog.

more ascerby…

http://joshreads.com/

Great job here! I truly envy the time you have on your hands to do all this research and courageously show us just how lame editorial cartoons and cartoonists are today. This is sorely needed.

It’s just a shame you’re not able to make a living as a satirist. But then, I guess if you had a life, you wouldn’t be able to provide us with this valuable service.

Cartoonists need to sign their work to get paid, drawing what the editors want…nothing too controversial or upsetting as to lose advertising revenue. A stick figure drawing can convey a point. Your blog therapy is the most pathetic stab at humor…Instead of hypocrites the profession could use worthy critics. Once you’re off shift at BurgerBarn post a few of your “spectacular” signed cartoons.

Why don’t you share some of your own editorial cartoons so that we can see what you consider better than the rest?

You do draw don’t you? Or do you write this blog because you can’t either?

Man, a little peer-review is always a welcomed thing; you whiny bitches need to suck it up and try to better.

P-R, you should have capitalized the word try in your first sentence.

And you forgot a period in your last.

Everyone sucks except Bad Cartoonist, of course. He’s a freakin’ genius!

“Protip: whining about anonymity on the internet makes you look like my grandfather.”

Don’t suppose it ever occurred to you that your grandfather might know more than you.

“Seriously guys, work in film some day if you want to know what criticism feels like. Bad Cartoonist is writing you love letters in comparison.

Protip: whining about anonymity on the internet makes you look like my grandfather.”

Maybe your grandfather could point out to you that film critics don’t make their criticisms anonymously, dumbass.

(this post intentionally made anonymously to make a point)

“Where in the handbook does it say we have the right to face an accuser?”

We’re not talking about rights, dumbass. It’s about ethics, which is something your grandfather may have known something about and you obviously don’t. What’s the matter, can’t take any criticism of your moronic post, you pussy? Stop your whining and take like an anonymous man. Fucking jackass.

Jesus, you really are fucking stupid, aren’t you? How many of these anonymous posts do I have to make before you get the point on how utterly useless anonymous criticism is? Do I have to spell it out for you?

Oh, and you offered a rebuttal? Well, guess what, so did a lot of other people to “bad cartoonist”, which you dismissed as whining. You offered nothing to begin with, so stop your whining.

Congrats BC, by the way. First post to break 30 comments! All it took was a pointless tangent between two people with too much time.

I think it was the fact that I brought up my grandpa. I had no idea he was such a smart and upstanding fellow.

“All it took was a pointless tangent between two people with too much time.”

Is the point about anonymous “criticism”, otherwise known as being a troll, finally beginning to sink in? The genius of this blog is that BC has created a forum where he gets to be a troll and never worry about being kicked off for it.

http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/trall/2004/trall040503.gif
Ted Rall’s Tillman cartoon

http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/blog/BLOGgifs/koterbaRall.gif
Koterba’s cartoon commenting on the Ted Rall cartoon

I couldn’t find the Ted’s cartoon making fun of cartoonists(Koterba) who comment on other cartoonist’s cartoons intead of news. It’s in the book America Gone Wild

Thanks for the two links, david. Gotta say Rall nailed the ugly truth there, and yeah he was kinda shocking. If you’re not outraged then you aren’t paying attention, etc.

Koterba. His was just boring. I haven’t seen enough of his stuff to judge whether he falls in the category of classically un-funny conservative cartoonists, but if that sample is typical, well..

matt – sorry, old chap. I was not in a good mood the day I made all those nasty points. carry on.

Ha-NO, they’re not the least bit the same.