Cartoonist Brian Gordon, the fun-loving dad behind the series Fowl Language Comics knew he wanted to be a cartoonist since kindergarten. Some would say it now ironic that his highly acclaimed comic serious Fowl Language Comics is centered around the laughable moments he has parenting his two children, Max 8 x, 10, who is portrayed as the yellow duck and Phoebe, 7 as a slightly smaller pink duck.
“I’m crazy about my kids — I’d live and die for my kids — but kids can be frustrating!” Gordon said with a big laugh. “These cute little muses of mine drive me nuts sometimes, and they’re also the source of my inspiration,” Brian said in an interview with the Today Show while touring his book he released in 2016.
His journey to his dream of becoming an acclaimed cartoonist has been a passionate and dedicated one. He graduated from Massachusetts College of Art and Design. He took a hiatus from school to work as a freelancer earning a masters degree from Syracuse University in 1997.. With a master’s degree in hand and a knack for making comics that made people smile he was offered an internship at Hallmark in 1997 which led onto a career writing greeting cards for 18 years.
While at Hallmark Cards, Gordon maintained a blog its web site called Brian’s Brain where he would draw additional comics for a Chuck & Beans series he created about a rabbit and dog in their 20’s. The characters whose life centered around dating and pop culture were featured on many Hallmark greeting cards..
After marrying and having children, he found it hard to write relatable comics for Chuck & Beans and so, win July 2013 Fowl Language Comics was born as an outlet to write laughable comics about parenthood. Gordon said he chose to draw the characters as ducks because ducks were one of the few animals he did not draw very often for Hallmark Cards.[The comics were “too edgy” for Hallmark cards but Gordon had fun creating them.
When Hallmark Card’s went through financial troubles, Brian suddenly lost his job in 2015. As the saying goes“ When one door closes, another door opens.” only two hours after being let go from Hallmark The Huffington Post contacted Gordon asking to publish some of his comics on their website. Gordon was thrilled and Fowl Language quickly became one of the most shared comics on Facebook. His online popularity led to several offers to publish his comics in paperback.
“My comics are largely inspired by my struggles as a parent, my fascination with technology, science and all things geeky. Oh, and a constant, crushing wave of self-doubt and anxiety. That’s a big source of inspiration, too” Brian Gordon
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We decided to check in with the Relatable Duck and see how he feels about the ringing in the New Year with this funny collection of 3 comics.
“To improve is to change, to be perfect is to change often.” – Winston Churchill
“My comics are largely inspired by my struggles as a parent, my fascination with technology, science and all things geeky. Oh, and a constant, crushing wave of self-doubt and anxiety. That’s a big source of inspiration, too” Brian Gordon
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Richard Church Thompson (October 8, 1957 – July 27, 2016) was an American illustrator and cartoonist best known for his syndicated comic strip Cul de Sac distributed by Universal Press Syndicate to 150 worldwide and the illustrated poem “Make the Pie Higher”. He was given the Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year for 2010.
Born in Baltimore on October 8, 1957. He was an avid reader from a young age and was particularly drawn to Winnie the Pooh and Dr. Seuss. Thompson continued his formal art education at Montgomery County Community College, although he dropped out prior to graduation, in 2004 the college would give him the Milton F. “Sonny” Clogg Alumni of the Year award.
In 1982, Thompson applied for a position at The Washington Post, which brought him to the attention of art director Francis Tanabe. Tanabe immediately hired him as a freelance artist, and the association would continue for nearly three decades. Thompson contributed regularly to both The Washington Post and The Washington Post Magazine and was the newspaper’s unofficial staff artist by 1985.
The weekly, watercolored incarnation of his comic Cul de Sac launched in The Washington Post Magazine on February 14, 2004. The strip focuses on a four-year-old girl, Alice Otterloop, and her daily life at preschool and at home. He also created the series Richard’s Poor Almanac is a cartoon series by Richard Thompson which ran in the Washington Post Style section from 1997 until his passing in 2016.
Upon learning that George W. Bush had opted not to invite an official poet to his inauguration ceremony in January 2001, Thompson composed his own poem from Bush malapropisms, and assembled them into a free-form verse entitled “Make the Pie Higher” The cartoon was widely circulated online over the next year, was set to music by multiple composers. SOURCES: WIKIPEDIA, COMPLEX, WASHINGTON POST
PHOTO CREDIT: DUSTIN FENSTERMACHER FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
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Cartoonist Brian Gordon who is also a fun loving dad shows the difference between how children and parents dress in these relatable duck comics!
“My comics are largely inspired by my struggles as a parent, my fascination with technology, science and all things geeky. Oh, and a constant, crushing wave of self-doubt and anxiety. That’s a big source of inspiration, too” Brian Gordon
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Off The Mark is a comic panel created by Mark Parisi which began in 1987 and now appears in 100 newspapers. It also appears on greeting cards, in magazines, on T-shirts and more. Off The Mark is distributed daily by Andrews McMeel Universal.
Parisi began drawing when he was very young, and frequently copied comic strips out of newspapers. Parisi said that after reading Charles Schulz’ comic strip Peanuts, he “immediately wanted to draw it.”
After many odd jobs and a graphic design degree from Salem State College, Mark felt he had two marketable skills: cartooning and grocery bagging. He decided to choose cartooning, even though it didn’t pay as well. With influences ranging from Charles Schulz, MAD Magazine and, more obviously, Gary Larson, he started self-syndicating his off the mark comic panel in 1987.
The humour of this comic panel focuses on off-beat, slice-of-life situations. Andrews McMeel Universal describes it as: “A world of scheming pets, evil computers, and talking plants that puts an ironic, absurd or just plain silly spin on everyday life.”
Off The Mark was named “Best Newspaper Panel” by the National Cartoonists Society in 2008, and again in 2011. It was also nominated in 2004, 2006, 2013, and 2016. Off The Mark greeting cards were named “Best Greeting Cards” by the National Cartoonists Society in 2013. Mark is still drawing hilarious comics as well as put out a book series for kids called Marty Pants. SOURCE WIKIPEDIA, OFF THE MARK,
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Cartoonist Brian Gordon who is also a fun loving dad highlights the woes of family flues in this comic.
“My comics are largely inspired by my struggles as a parent, my fascination with technology, science and all things geeky. Oh, and a constant, crushing wave of self-doubt and anxiety. That’s a big source of inspiration, too” Brian Gordon
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Guy Berkeley “Berke” Breathed is an American cartoonist, children’s book creator, director and screenwriter, best known for comic strips Bloom County, Outland, and Opus. Bloom County earned Breathed the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1987. He is only one of two cartoonists to have one a Pulitzer Prize for Bloom County, which dealt with socio-political issues as seen through the eyes of highly exaggerated characters and humorous analogies.
Breathed was first published when he was hired part-time by the Austin American-Statesman to draw editorial cartoons for the newspaper. This job was short-lived; he was dismissed shortly after one of his cartoons caused outrage. His first regularly published strip, Academia Waltz, appeared in the Daily Texan in 1978. The strip attracted notice from the editors of the Washington Post who recruited him to do a nationally syndicated strip.
On December 8, 1980, Bloom County made its debut and featured some of the characters from Academia Waltz, including former frat-boy Steve Dallas and the paraplegic Vietnam war veteran Cutter John. Bloom County earned Berkeley the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1987. The strip eventually appeared in over 1,200 newspapers around the world until he retired the daily strip in 1989, stating, “A good comic strip is no more eternal than a ripe melon. The ugly truth is that in most cases, comics age less gracefully than their creators”.
He replaced this strip with the surreal Sunday-only cartoon, Outland in 1989, which featured some of the Bloom County characters, including Opus the Penguin and Bill the Cat. He ended Outland in 1995. Eight years later, Berkeley began producing the comic strip, Opus, a Sunday-only strip featuring Opus the Penguin, who was one of the iconic characters from Bloom County. He colors the cartoon himself with Adobe Photoshop.
In addition to his syndicated cartoon work, which has produced eleven best-selling cartoon collections, he has also produced seven children’s books, two of which, , were made into animated films. Berkeley’s writing has also been featured in numerous publications. In 2015 he began posting starting a cartoon entitled “Bloom County 2015” and he now posts a new comic almost daily. SOURCES: WIKIPEDIA, GRAPHIC NOVELS, FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
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Cartoonist Brian Gordon who is also a fun loving dad has a laugh at making art in this relatable duck comics!
We all would like to channel and maximize the potential of our inner creative self, but often it seems to end up like this.
“My comics are largely inspired by my struggles as a parent, my fascination with technology, science and all things geeky. Oh, and a constant, crushing wave of self-doubt and anxiety. That’s a big source of inspiration, too” Brian Gordon
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like if superhero’s had babies?
Brazil-based artist Lucas Eduardo Nascimento, also known as Dragonarte has taken his imagination to illustrating superheroes meeting their babies for the first time in the maternity ward.
Even the most novice superhero fan’s will enjoy scrolling through this slideshow and seeing their “super” resemblance.
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Hägar the Horrible is one of the most popular comic strips. Learn more about Richard Arthur “Dik” Browne, the creator of Hägar the Horrible.
Hägar the Horrible broke all records when it was launched on Feb. 4, 1973, becoming the fastest-growing comic strip ever.
“Dik” Browne got his start drawing courtroom sketches for New York newspapers; debuted a military strip, Ginny Jeep, for servicemen after entering the Army in 1942.
Following an advertising stint where he created the Chiquita Banana logo, he was asked to tackle art duties on the 1954 Beetle Bailey spinoff strip Hi and Lois.
When he felt the urge to create his own strip in 1973, Browne thought back to how his children called him “Hägar the Horrible” when he would playfully chase them around the house.
The little red-bearded Viking has appeared in advertisements for IBM, Mug Root Beer, and Skol Ale, and in the opening titles for the TV show “Caroline in the City,” which starred actress Lea Thompson as a successful female cartoonist.
Hagar has appeared on his own CBS special and is featured in Universal’s Islands of Adventure: Toon Lagoon theme park.
The strip now appears in about 1,900 newspapers around the world. It appears in 56 countries and is translated into 12 languages and is now drawn by Dik’s son, Chris Browne. Scroll down to see some classic Hagar the Horrible comics.
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A hilarious and relatable comic on the big kid hit game Fortnite and the flossing that follows.
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Rube Goldberg was an inventor, an engineer, and a sculptor and multi-award-winning cartoonist who drew incredible and amusing contraptions. His Rube Goldberg machines live on to this day in physics classes and popular media. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for his editorial cartoon “Peace Today which conveyed a warning against atomic weapons.
Rube Goldberg was born to Jewish parents on July 4, 1883 in San Fransisco. He began drawing at a young age, to such an extent that his parents arranged professional drawing lessons for him at the age of 11. His father encouraged him to study engineering and he earned a degree from the University of California in 1904. He took a job designing sewer pipes for the San Francisco Sewer Department
A few months later he became a sportswriter and cartoonist for the San Francisco Chronicle and the San Francisco Bulletin. He also briefly worked for the New York Evening Mail, creating three long-running comic strips. His most popular drawings depicted complex gadgets that performed even the simplest tasks in convoluted, elaborate ways, known as Rube Goldberg machines.
Rube was fascinated by the advancement of technology and thought it humorous as people either embraced change and the benefits technology brought or were reluctant as it seemingly increased dependency and laziness. He personally believed people preferred choosing a more difficult route instead of completing a goal simply and directly.
As he said, “the machines are a symbol of man’s capacity for exerting maximum effort to achieve minimal results”
His inventions were interesting as he did the complete opposite of what most machines do – instead of making difficult things easy, he made easy things difficult. On his “Rube Goldberg Machine” work, he would spend over 30 hours on each piece with close attention to precision regarding the lines and details. n his cartoons, they were created by a character called Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts.
The National Cartoonists Society, in which Goldberg was the first president, named the Rueben Award in his honour, to recognize the “Cartoonist of the Year”.He also received several awards from the National Cartoonists Society including the Gold T-Square Award in 1955, the 1969 Rueben Award and the Gold Key Award, after his death in 1970. To further add to this list of accomplishments, he won the Banshee’s Silver Lady Award in 1959, he was a co-founder of the Famous Artists School , President of the Artists and Writers Club and a member of the Society of Illustrators. To this day high schools and universities worldwide, there are Rube Goldberg contests which challenge students to create intricate machines to do easy tasks
“I do not count the years. Tomorrow is just another day to create something I hope will be worthwhile.” Rube Goldberg
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Ever wonder what would become of our wonderful Superheroes if our world no longer needed thei help? This lighthearted chart explores some possibilties for some of the world’s most famous superheroes based on their classic personaility traits and skills.
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B.C. is a daily American comic strip created by cartoonist Johnny Hart. Set in prehistoric times, it features a group of cavemen and anthropomorphic animals from various geologic eras.
B.C. made its newspaper debut on February 17, 1958 and was among the longest-running strips still written and drawn by its original creator when Hart died at his drawing board in Nineveh, New York, on April 7, 2007. Now produced by Mason Mastroianni, B.C. is syndicated by Creators Syndicate.
Hart was recognized with several awards, including the Swedish Adamson Award and five from the National Cartoonists Society. In his later years, he sparked controversy by incorporating overtly Christian themes and messages into the strips. Hart was referred to as “the most widely read Christian of our time
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Some weeks Friday feels like it cannot come soon enough. To celebrate this lovely Friday we take a look at some funny TGIF Friday comics.
“Music always sounds better on Friday.“ Lou Brutus
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Mark Tatulli is a comic strip writer/artist, animator, and television producer, known for his work on the cable reality television series Trading Spaces and A Wedding Story, for which he has won three Emmy Awards. Tatulli began drawing in elementary school, where his cartoons first appeared in the school’s newspaper.
After trying unsuccessfully to promote eight different strips over a decade, his first comic strip was Bent Halos, which features two angels named Harold and Mort who achieve little success in their attempted roles as guardian angels. Liō, which has been published since May 2006, is a “sweetly dark” pantomime cartoon without dialogue that was inspired by Tatulli’s love of the horror movies he watched while growing up as a child in the 1970s.
The title character is a “weird little boy” who inhabits a world occupied by aliens, monsters, robots, and other strange characters. According to Tatulli, he came up with the name “Lio” because he “wanted a simple name to go with the simple, wordless concept. Just three letters.” In 2012, Tatulli released Lio: There’s a Monster in My Socks, a book compiling comic strips from the first year that the cartoon was distributed, with a focus on those strips that would most appeal to children. In 2009 Tatulli was recognized as “Best Comic Strip” by the National Cartoonists Society
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Cartoonist Brian Gordon who is also a fun loving dad reminds us that sometimes the little things truly are the big things for kids in this funny comic.
“My comics are largely inspired by my struggles as a parent, my fascination with technology, science and all things geeky. Oh, and a constant, crushing wave of self-doubt and anxiety. That’s a big source of inspiration, too” Brian Gordon
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The Far Side is a single-panel comic created by Gary Larson and syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate, which ran from January 1, 1980, to January 1, 1995, when Larson retired as a cartoonist
Its surrealistic humor is often based on uncomfortable social situations, improbable events, an anthropomorphic view of the world, logical fallacies, impending bizarre disasters, (often twisted) references to proverbs or the search for meaning in life. Larson’s frequent use of animals and nature in the comic is popularly attributed to his background in biology. Reruns are still printed in many newspapers.
The Far Side was ultimately carried by more than 1,900 daily newspapers, translated into 17 languages, and collected into calendars, greeting cards, and 23 compilation books. SOURCE WIKIPEDIA
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Cartoonist Brian Gordon who is also a fun loving dad created this comic on fall leaves and natures wonders is.
“My comics are largely inspired by my struggles as a parent, my fascination with technology, science and all things geeky. Oh, and a constant, crushing wave of self-doubt and anxiety. That’s a big source of inspiration, too” Brian Gordon
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You can never have too many smiles in a day, here are a few comics to spread some more smiles!
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