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

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

NOT IN THE BOOK

I'm going to launch a  series called "NOT IN THE BOOK." This will use up drawings that are second-rate and it'll warn readers that they're missing out on something; in this case, some really second-rate drawings.

For the first one, I've selected this image; because it's the second in a series of 3 that reaches fruition  in the drawing used as a cover for The Art book, and because my friend Nick went bananas tearing up my studio looking for it, not knowing it was under the magical  protection of Caitlin McGurk.     


4 comments:

jsutliff said...

You know, I can smell the bananas from here!

pq said...

I guess I have second-rate taste because I kind of love this.

David Apatoff said...

After due consideration, I think the phrase, "For the first one, I've selected this image; because it's the second in a series of 3 that reaches fruition in the drawing used as a cover" is a misuse of the term, "because."

Boy, I hope you had better editors than that for your book.

pq said...

Because I'm half-asleep on a Monday morning, I first read David Apatoff's comment as saying the phrase should have read "For the first one, I've selected this image to appear in the second in a series of three [collections of Richard's art] something something..."