I've never used a gag writer. I write and draw all my cartoons, for better or worse.  But I'm writing an article about cartoonists that mentions gag writers. If you are a gag writer (gagwriter) and have written for magazine cartoonists, please leave a comment or email me: pen dot drawing (the dot is a period) ...

Found on Facebook. I rarely click on videos, find most of them uninteresting, but I clicked on this one, and am I glad I did! It's only just over a minute, which is also sweet. Clever. I think the OP on Youtube calls it the Ultimate Tease. It is! Here's my promise to you: if you don't ...

Sergio Aragones, famed cartoonist for MAD is also known in Los Angeles as a bon vivant, and man about town! I've known Sergio for many years, through CAPS and NCS when I belonged to those clubs, and occasional cartoon get togethers. He really is a fascinating man - married three times, and was a real ladies ...

For Illustration Friday, subject: Perspective. When I first started cartooning I realized that I knew nothing about perspective. I looked at other cartoonists' work and was amazed at how they had  several things in the drawing, all the proper size! I bought (easy) books, asked people, but most of all I practiced, and studied how other cartoonists ...

This tweet below, from a man who is one of the best selling single-panel cartoonists in the country -  his drawings of big nose, big feet, bug eyes, to go with his obvious gags, must please the most obvious editors, obviously. I do so many tech cartoons, I figure it's time to get on Twitter and ...

Thin people look younger. Take heed, Los Angeles. Topic for Illustration Friday: skinny. This is also Wordless Wednesday, but forget that idea right now. I will never be wordless. Back when people designed stationary I designed some for editors that said at the bottom, ...because pictures speak louder with words. A cartoon is not an illustration, and ...