The Round-up

They said it would be the end of the world, but they were wrong … The Dandy is still with us (albeit in digital form), as mentioned here last week. There is, however, a documentary on 75 years of the comic, Just Dandy, showing on BBC One on New Year’s Eve, featuring contributions from the […]

Cartoonist refuses to grin and bear it

Matthew Inman, the cartoonist behind popular US website The Oatmeal, wrote about a website that was stealing his images a year ago. His blog post about FunnyJunk.com received a response and the subsequent removal of Inman’s images was welcomed, even though not all of them were taken down. Eventually, Inman decided it wasn’t worth the energy to continue to […]

Express yourself

The cartoonist behind the award-winning webcomic Lackadaisy, Tracy J. Butler, has produced a brief guide to drawing expressions. The guide, which includes tips about unlearning bad habits, reference, loose sketching and, of course, practice is one of a number of guides showing how Butler produces, draws, colours and finishes her comic. Lackadaisy, the story of anthropomorphic […]