Pete Docter shout-out to the world’s greatest unknown cartoonist

Oscar-Winning Pixar Animator Pete Docter On 30 Years of 'Toy Story,' the Future of AI in Animation and New Sequel (Exclusive)
Danielle Directo-Meston
March 24, 2025

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/shopping/toy-story-5-pete-docter-interview-future-of-pixar-animation-new-products-1236170265/

Lastly, what are those two pieces of art hanging on your wall behind you?

This is from the world's greatest unknown cartoonist, it's called "Cul de Sac" by Richard Thompson. And if you're not familiar with it, check it out. It's brilliant. The other one is Mary Blair, she was a brilliant animator at the Disney Studios, and this was from Saludos Amigos. I just love the character of those birds.

 (courtesy of Pete, here's the strip)

Richard's art from the January/February 1993 issue of Contingencies Magazine

Thanks to Joe Sutliff.

 

Nancy Beiman's FurBabies pays tribute to Cul de Sac

Pop Culture and a little tribute to another cartoonist
Nancy Beiman

FurBabies Jan 05, 2025

https://nancybeiman.substack.com/p/pop-culture

Click through the link to spot Petey and Alice in her strip, 2nd tier, first panel.

In her Substack email, Ms. Beiman noted,

One of my favorites, Richard Thompson's CUL DE SAC, is a good one to study. It had a short run, only six years, since Richard sadly left us at an early age. You can see it from beginning to end and two collections feature the original weekly strips that appeared in the Washington POST for comparison together with informative interviews with Thompson. The characters changed slightly (he eliminated Mr. Danvers the talking guinea pig fairly early on) but he never lost the focus on the eccentric children and equally eccentric adults. I've read about his working methods and discovered that he also sometimes had trouble coming up with new ideas for his projects. We all do. That doesn't always make me feel better but it helps me think in a new way.

So, there is a little 'tribute' featuring Alice and Petey Otterloop in today's strip. I figured that Mrs. Oldman could have traveled to Washington, D.C. for a Santa Claus parade that was affected by cutbacks.

I think the collections she refers to are The Complete Cul de Sac and Compleating Cul de Sac that is available for purchase online and benefits Team Cul de Sac for Parkinson's disease research.

Danielle Corsetto would save her Richard Thompson artwork

From her Patreon page - Happy Pre-Halloween Dailies Day! (used with permission)

No offense, Fennel.

I can't share this comic without sharing the original art I'd regret losing. My beloved Richard Thompson originals (forgive the reflections):

Dave Kellett's original Richard Thompson art at 1 hr 57 minutes

COMIC LAB CROSSOVER (GUIGAR + KELLETT) | PENCIL TO PENCIL } 9/18/24

JAMAR NICHOLAS, STEVE CONLEY and MIKE MANLEY

Pencil to Pencil

Sep 18, 2024

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vY_TO1X4ois

WELCOME BACK to Pencil to Pencil, the creative livecast where YOU, dear viewer, get to interact LIVE with expert comic book creators. This week, your hosts, JAMAR NICHOLAS, STEVE CONLEY and MIKE MANLEY have an epic podcast crossover with the titans of creativity, BRAD GUIGAR and DAVE KELLETT of COMIC LAB PODCAST! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Guigar (Evil, Inc.) and Kellett (Sheldon, Drive, STRIPPED) are master modern cartoonists and have become a noted source on the business of comics and doing business in a changing landscape. What happens when we put our peanut butter in their chocolate?

Jason Chatfield quotes Richard Thompson 3x in his new newsletter

Jason (if I may) talks about meeting one of Richard's heroes, Edward Sorel, and then looks to Richard for some nib thoughts.  Read it here at 

'How do you decide who you're going to be when you get up in the morning?'

How one piece of advice from Edward Sorel changed my career and helped me finally find my own style.

JASON CHATFIELD

AUG 13, 2024

https://www.process-junkie.com/p/how-do-you-decide-who-youre-going

Team Cul de Sac fundraiser t-shirt by Sergio Aragones info

Hi everyone, Chris Sparks. 

Sergio Aragones was kind enough to do the art for our Team Cul de Sac shirt to raise funds for Parkinson's research.

 

I have a few xs,s and m left and more of the large, xl and 2x.

It's $35 a shirt including the shipping, supplies and fees, in the USA. 

Email me at teamculdesac@gmail.com

If you want a shirt and my PayPal email is JEDITRUE@GMAIL.COM

I will contact you as I work through the orders and wait for payment. 

I accept paypal goods and services unless it's a friend we can do friends and family.

All the shirts are WHITE. The back has the Heroescon logo! On front, it's a logo that Richard Thompson did in his own style for his first appearance in 2008.

If you have never been to Heroescon, you should plan for next year. 

Oh BTW, we made 20k at this year's drink and draw!!!!! All for Parkinson's research!

If you need multiple shirts I can do 3 per box. 

Remember, we only have White shirts. 

Invoices will be sent through my personal pp account jeditrue@gmail.com. 

Thank you Christen Ryan-Sanchez and Sergio Aragones!!!!