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[Misc] Who is the best cartoonist?

Who is the best cartoonist?

  • Gary Larson

    Votes: 2 25.0%
  • My opinion is worthless

    Votes: 6 75.0%

  • Total voters
    8


zefarelly

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 7, 2003
22,787
Sussex, by the sea
5 personal favorites from past and present.

Past

Charles M Schulz
Theodor (Dr) Seuss Geisel
Hergé
Joseph Barbera
Ronald Searle

Present

Matt Groening
Gerald Scarfe
Gary Larson
Quentin Blake
Robert Crumb

But if I had to pick just one, it would be Schulz.


Chiz. :lol: molesworth2.jpg
 






LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
I think he still lives in Hanover, used to drink regularly with my oldest mates Dad.
Didn't know that, interesting.

He lived in Brighton when I was a kid. My mum part owned a horse with his Mrs and some other people and they became friends so met him a few times including going for dinner at their house (I was properly starstruck as a lad but he was just really nice).

I've got a personalised "Merry Christmas" drawing of the penguin on my bathroom wall.

Met him again when he was doing a talk in Sheffield a few years ago. A proper down to earth guy who just happens to be exceptionally talented.
 


Live by the sea

Well-known member
Oct 21, 2016
4,718
Liza Donnelly is a very talented cartoonist .

She has done lots of cartoons for The New Yorker Magazine and she is also the resident cartoonist for CBS News.
 


Braggfan

In the beginning there was nothing, which exploded
May 12, 2014
1,983
Bill Watterson with Calvin and Hobbes.

I absolutely love his work, and massively admire the fact that he did things completely on his terms. He could have made a fortune on merchandise, tv series etc, but refused and stayed true to his convictions. His work is brilliant but I love that he has steadfastly refused to sell out.
 




vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,273
Didn't know that, interesting.

He lived in Brighton when I was a kid. My mum part owned a horse with his Mrs and some other people and they became friends so met him a few times including going for dinner at their house (I was properly starstruck as a lad but he was just really nice).

I've got a personalised "Merry Christmas" drawing of the penguin on my bathroom wall.

Met him again when he was doing a talk in Sheffield a few years ago. A proper down to earth guy who just happens to be exceptionally talented.
I saw Steve Bell " In conversation" with John Scrace at The Ropetackle, Shoreham a couple of years back. He was explaining some of this themes when it came to drawing politicians... Cameron with a condom on his head, Osborne in a gimp costume and Johnson as a pair of buttocks..... Highly entertaining evening, John Scrace came over as a great bloke too!
 


zefarelly

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jul 7, 2003
22,787
Sussex, by the sea
Didn't know that, interesting.

He lived in Brighton when I was a kid. My mum part owned a horse with his Mrs and some other people and they became friends so met him a few times including going for dinner at their house (I was properly starstruck as a lad but he was just really nice).

I've got a personalised "Merry Christmas" drawing of the penguin on my bathroom wall.

Met him again when he was doing a talk in Sheffield a few years ago. A proper down to earth guy who just happens to be exceptionally talented.

exceptionally telented indeed. not only a great artist but a good satirist as well.

In my technical folder at work I have a few snippets from work related news articles and a few of his cartoons, these from around '95 are brilliant. bell.jpg
 


Not Andy Naylor

Well-known member
Dec 12, 2007
8,995
Seven Dials
Don Martin in Mad magazine, or Gilbert Shelton (Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Fat Freddy's Cat)
 




LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
exceptionally telented indeed. not only a great artist but a good satirist as well.

In my technical folder at work I have a few snippets from work related news articles and a few of his cartoons, these from around '95 are brilliant. View attachment 130380
Brilliant. I'd forgotten about his "psycho Blair". [emoji23]

Like the best satire, he's always been happy to have a pop at anyone, regardless of their politics.
 


LlcoolJ

Mama said knock you out.
Oct 14, 2009
12,982
Sheffield
Don Martin in Mad magazine, or Gilbert Shelton (Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Fat Freddy's Cat)
Oh man. The Freak Brothers stuff was superb. Smoking weed with mates as a teenager and reading those. Almost had a seizure from laughing so hard (to complete the cliché we were listening to Steely Dan at the time). [emoji23]
 






FamilyGuy

Well-known member
Jul 8, 2003
2,513
Crawley


Albion in the north

Well-known member
Jul 13, 2012
1,556
Ooop North
There are lots of good ones but it was Gerald Scarfe who first made me see it as an art form.
As opposed to Matt who is consistently amusing.
Im not a Telegraph reader, but have a shop that sells papers :)
 


BNthree

Plastic JCL
Sep 14, 2016
11,453
WeHo
I saw Steve Bell " In conversation" with John Scrace at The Ropetackle, Shoreham a couple of years back. He was explaining some of this themes when it came to drawing politicians... Cameron with a condom on his head, Osborne in a gimp costume and Johnson as a pair of buttocks..... Highly entertaining evening, John Scrace came over as a great bloke too!

Steve Bell did one of the Christmas University Challenges. Can't remember which uni he had gone to but he basically carried the whole team. So knowledgable it was ridiculous. Seemed like a decent chap.
 






maltaseagull

Well-known member
Feb 25, 2009
13,361
Zabbar- Malta
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There were several candidates missed of the poll so therefore it is fraud.

(Posting for Mr Trump )​
 


knocky1

Well-known member
Jan 20, 2010
13,108
5 personal favorites from past and present.

Past

Charles M Schulz
Theodor (Dr) Seuss Geisel
Hergé
Joseph Barbera
Ronald Searle

Present

Matt Groening
Gerald Scarfe
Gary Larson
Quentin Blake
Robert Crumb

But if I had to pick just one, it would be Schulz.

Good shout for Dr Suess. Anyone who gets a word into the dictionary must be good.

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I found that out doing The Telegraph crossword at the weekend. Great fan of Matt.
 










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