The blog of Richard Thompson, caricaturist, creator of "Cul de Sac," and winner of the 2011 Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year.

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Gutzon


I'm confident that this is the only instance of a comic strip using Gutzon Borglum for a cheap laff.

9 comments:

Mike Lynch said...

I like the details of the little flecks of sandwich coming out Dad's mouth as he talks, and Petey's random foot wiggle.

Oh, and, most importantly, the gag is funny!!

ranjit said...

You know how google suggests searches for you as you type, based on what other people search for? Well, as soon as I typed "gutz" (I had to make sure you weren't lying) it came up with Gutzon Borglum, which proves that hundreds of thousands of people were fact-checking your comic today.

angryparsnip said...

After I read "ranjit" I googled Gitzon and the #5 review is so funny, cracked me up, the writer has nothing good to say about him.

Thanks for the great start of Tuesday

John Glynn said...

Nothing cheao about it ... it's great.

John Glynn said...

cheap ...sorry

brian said...

Man, seeing the beautiful crosshatching on the blown up version made me go back and re-check the version on gocomics again.
You almost forget how crummy and low-res the versions at gocomics are until you see a decent reproduction of the artwork.

nolanart said...

Those are some fine well-directed tangs there.

Stacy Curtis said...

I like how Alice's stomach is growling yet her dad is standing there eating a sandwich.

Great gag and beautiful drawing, as always, sir.

buddhacat said...

LOVE this comic, finally had to write when this one appeared, I knew IMMEDIATELY that you were referring to Gutzon Borglum... what does that say about me?? Thanks and keep up the great work.