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

Sunday, January 18, 2009

Last Chance


One last shot across the brow. This was for the New Yorker a few years back.

Saturday's Almanack


I did one like this for Bush, too, and I'll post it if I can find it.

Friday, January 16, 2009

Morning Sing-Along

Good morning! It's 12ยบ in Arlington. Let's warm up with an Ann Telnaes sing-along! 

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

First Cul de Sacs


This is the first Cul de Sac, which appeared in the Post Magazine on February 8, 2004.
This is the second.
This is the rough for the third, which I'd planned to be the first (note paste-overs).
And here's the third.
More TK, as us print journalists say.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Saturday's Almanack


If you live in the DC area, you know what I'm talking about.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

The Elderberries


Today's Elderberries by the mad comic genius Corey Pandolph has a shocking development. If Dusty and Boone think I can fix a radio, they're in for an awful let-down. And my thanks to Corey for drawing my nose not too big.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Battle of the Bands


Hey Kids! Let's go to a rock 'n' roll concert! Featuring Titanic Tom Toles of Suspicious Package on drums! YAAAAAAAAAAAAY!

Go here.

Saturday's Almanack


The "Corrections" in a newspaper can make entertaining reading, like the animal report column, or the restaurant closings. I've done one of these almost every year since 19-ought-97, and I'll keep doing 'em until somebody laffs.

Wednesday, December 31, 2008

Happy New Year


When I was a kid, we'd watch Guy Lombardo and at midnight, under the watchful eyes of my parents, we'd go outside, bang pot lids together and yell Happy New Year. And we still do, only without Guy.

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

The Rest

Here are the other 2,500 drawings I did for the Dave Barry piece. As you can see, I didn't exaggerate the work involved. My many thanks to the mighty J Porter, Art Director nonpareil, who somehow managed to shoehorn all these into a 30 page magazine and still leave room for the words.








Sunday, December 28, 2008

Year In Review

The Wash Post Mag with Dave Barry's Year In Review comes out today. Here are some of the 5,000 drawings I did for it.



Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Francis Pharcellus Church


I did this in 1997, on the 100th anniversary of the editorial. It's all true, though I might've exaggerated the moustache.

Monday, December 22, 2008

Stay Tooned


This was for Mr. John Read, who edits & publishes Stay Tooned, with the combined energy, charm & talent of ten men. Plus two!

Saturday, December 20, 2008

Today's Cul de Sac


This is the original version of today's Sunday strip. It ran in the Post Magazine two years ago. What I like is the tree vender, who's pretty much a funeral director, if not an outright mortician. Weirdly enough, yesterday's Lio plays around with a Frankenstein tree too, only differently http://www.gocomics.com/lio/2008/12/20/. I'd sure like to arrange a playdate with Mark Tatulli's kids.

Christmas Fun


The fun in doing this was turning off my mind and doing 90 billion little scratchy lines in a zen state. I wish all drawings could be done like that. Or better yet, while fast asleep.

Friday, December 19, 2008

-Another Crummy Commercial-

If you clicked on the link to the Cartoon Bank below, then threw up your hands in dismay at the very-reasonable-yet-maybe-a-little-steep prices, try the Click Here to Buy link below the Obamables button to your right>. That opens a Cafe Press page full of every kind of tchotchke with the Obama print on it that you could need. And stop throwing up your hands in dismay; people only do that in comic strips.

Thursday, December 18, 2008

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Did you know that the Cartoon Bank is the safest place for your money in these rough economic times? You don't see them lining up for a government bailout, no sirree bob! Not yet.

Christmas Rerun


I think I posted this last year, but not formatted correctly. It's drawn from life, at least as far as the subject matter, and it's kinda pretty.

Sunday, December 14, 2008

Santa Advisory, Again


Here's yesterday's Almanack, which is a sorta retread of one from last year, which is below. Only of course, the new one is much, much better, as I've improved immeasurably since last year.