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, September 10, 2008

Somebody's Very Special Day


Today is the first anniversary of the launch of Cul de Sac as a daily strip, courtesy of the fine folks at Universal Press.

19 comments:

Unknown said...

[wild applause] Congratulations! May this be the first of many.

Your strip has very quickly become an important part of my morning reading. Gotta have something to balance out (drown out?) all the cr*ppy news these days!

Andreas Schuster said...

i also wanted to say "congratulations" and "on to 1209 more years!"

your work is something special and stands out with fun drawings and interesting characters.
so, thank you for that!

Paul said...

Congratulations! Every day I look forward to the moment it appears in my inbox.

Now, if only Amazon would deliver my darn Cul de Sac book…

nolanart said...

Has it been a year already?

Congratulations, well done!

I second Andreas, you've created something unique and now it's hard to imagine the comics page without the Otterloops.

Long may they wave! Or live! Or exist...?

Brian said...

Congratulations!
And when is the darn Washington Post going to put you in the paper daily?
And is it me, or does Beni look like a little Kim Jong Il?

rd said...

Congratulations!

Brian, Cul de Sac is in fact finally in the WP; they snuck it in there when Single and Looking (nee Out of the Gene Pool) folded.

Kid Shay said...

A very merry birthday to the Otterloop clan! It's only a matter of time before Alice joins Snoopy at the Thanksgiving Day Parade.

Bear said...

Congratulations! I check here often and will definitely be buying your first book. You capture something with your work that few others manage to do. Keep doing it!

Brubaker said...

Congrats, Richard!

May you run for another year!

I enjoy seeing your strip in the Wash. Post!

Pat Rik said...

Bon Anniversaire ! cul de sac.

David Hagen said...

Awesome Richard!
Congratulations!!!!!!!
Time flies when you're having fun, right?

Mike Lynch said...

I saw CdS got a nice write up in today's E&P in honor of its birthday. Many happy returns, Richard!

Danny Fry said...

Well Done Richard! This strip is special... and a breath of fresh air on the comics page! Thanks for the laughs!

Stacy Curtis said...

Congratulations!

Now do it again at least 50 more times!

And make it funny!

Lucas Turnbloom said...

Wow, tempus fugit!
Many congrats Richard!

richardcthompson said...

Thanks, youall. I'm very glad it means something to you.

Richard Blanco said...

Congratulations, Richard.
It will be real hard to start my day withouth CdS.

here today, gone tomorrow said...

For years I looked for your illustrations throughout the Washington Post. Then came CdS. Then this blog.

It just gets better and better.

Thank you.

Matt D. said...

Congrats, Richard! It's a wonderful, brilliant strip and I hope it gains the success it deserves.