Bearman Cartoon: New way to bailout the Banks

As the banking industry continues to stumble given the latest earnings reports, their stock takes hit after hit. I thought at what point could I just take my meager earnings and buy one of them out. End result…this editorial cartoon.

Obama Presidency Cartoon by Michael Leunig

It is a frequent occurrence that I get an email from someone I know with a cartoon attached that they think is funny. Too many times there is no reference to the original artist or their website. I’ll post soon as to what this could mean to intellectual rights of cartoonists.

I got this cartoon this week due to the inauguration that was done when Barack Obama was elected..

Once again there wasn’t any indication of the cartoonist except for their signature.

So in honor of the inauguration and a cartoonist getting full credit for his work, here is the link to his site – Michael Leunig, a well known artist from Australia.

Bearman Cartoon: Kevin Bacon bilked by Bernard Madoff

Drew this editorial cartoon after reading on the Huffington Post that Kevin Bacon was one of the unfortunate victims of the Ponzi Scheme of Bernard Madoff. (see here and here for other accounts)

My dad always said to be skeptical of anything that seemed too good to be true. This guy was pulling in unprecedented returns year after year and none of his clients were suspicious. At the very least the lesson learned should be don’t invest all your dough with one entity. Some of us aren’t talented (or lucky) enough to make a couple million for 6 months work on a movie set.

Anyway, those familiar with LinkedIn know that it is a professional networking site. If Bob is connected to Jill, they are one degree of separation. If Jill is connected to Monica, then Bob and Monica are two degrees of separation. It is much like the old college game “Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon”. So I figured Kevin might have something to trade for some work.

BTW, Kevin is on Linkedin (at least someone claiming to be him) and I am 3 degrees of separation.

Tom Richmond Caricature Tutorials

One of my new favorite places on the web is visiting Tom Richmond’s blog. Tom is a freelance illustrator who does a lot of work for Mad Magazine.

I marvel that with his workload he consistently publishes pretty much daily, with tips, news info, and caricatures he has done.

He even has a section where he has highlighted several of his caricature drawing tutorials. Of course even reading his stuff doesn’t make my crap look any better but it definitely helps you look at the drawn image differently. I especially like how he explains the “Law of Constant Mass“.

Whether you enjoy cartooning or enjoy seeing a great cartoonist…check it out.

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