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

Saturday, January 22, 2011

Today's Cul de Sac, January 17 to 22, 2011

The week that was in Cul de Sac.
The idea for this one made me happy, though I thought the execution was a little meh. Distracted attention seems like a ripe subject for a cartoon, especially as it applies to preschoolers.
Note the use of the pointing finger in the first panel, a gesture that some cartoonist has labeled The Dumbfinger. It's a lazy thing to draw and a gesture nobody ever makes, at least in this context. But I like the black & white, stop & start panels.
Wirf!
I'm starting to think Alice is not so much a dog person.
You'll note that Alice offers to chew off Petey's arm, not hers.
The theatre review was a lot of fun to write and I had to leave out a bit of it. I'm assured that the spelling "theatre" is preferred by theatre folk. 

8 comments:

Briana said...

Several times throughout the day I had to go back and look at the strip with Antsy the Norwegian anthound again because it made me laugh every time I saw it.

said...

this might just be my favourite ever week of cul-de-sac... it's just brilliant.

Brian Floca said...

What praise is sufficient for a strip that can offhandedly drop a line like "lyrical, rich and loamy" into a second panel? The mind cannot find the words.

Jorn said...

I just realised Little Neuro is Marcel Proust...?

Unknown said...

Alice had better watch out. I once knew an annoying guy with a big bucket head, and I married him.

crs said...

There was absolutely nothing "meh" about the Monday strip dancing through the flowers.

And Kevin looks just so PLEASED after the encounter :)

brad said...

love the way you drew the dog! :)

Robert Cook said...

"I just realised Little Neuro is Marcel Proust...?"

Or possibly Oblomov....