(thanks to Carol Tilley for pointing it out)
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, August 21, 2016
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Anne Morse-Hambrock remembers Richard Thompson
For Richard
Anne & God webcomic (08/16/2016)
http://overbookedandunderpaid.typepad.com/anne_and_god/2016/08/for-richard.html
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Nick Galifianakis on Richard Thompson's death
Somehow we missed the announcement by Richard's best friend to his colleagues at the National Cartoonists Society:
Richard Thompson 1957-2016
– Nick Galifianakis
Pat Oliphant's thoughts on Richard Thompson in 2004
Andrews McMeel has put Pat Oliphant's introductory comic strip from the 2004 collection of Richard's Poor Almanac online. Oliphant compared Richard to Michelangelo which probably made him squirm, but grin.
His next book was blurbed by Bill Watterson, which shocked him, since he knew Pat, but not Bill.Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Comic scholar John Lent on Richard Thompson's last books
"Scratchy sketchbook drawings, doodlings, exquisite caricatures and humorous paintings": Reviewing Richard Thompson's last books
by John A. Lent, publisher and editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Comic Art.
International Journal of Comic Art blog August 10, 2016
http://ijoca.blogspot.com/2016/08/scratchy-sketchbook-drawings-doodlings.html
This review will appear in print in the Spring/Summer 2016 IJOCA issue later this summer.
International Journal of Comic Art blog August 10, 2016
http://ijoca.blogspot.com/2016/08/scratchy-sketchbook-drawings-doodlings.html
This review will appear in print in the Spring/Summer 2016 IJOCA issue later this summer.
Monday, August 8, 2016
Oct 8: Richard Thompson, Cartoonist and Illustrator -- A Tribute
Richard Thompson, Cartoonist and Illustrator -- A Tribute
Richard Thompson, creator of the comic strip Cul de Sac, passed away from complications of Parkinson's disease this summer. Learn more about this Reuben Award-winning artist through a screening of the 2014 documentary The Art of Richard Thompson and a presentation on Thompson's background and accomplishments by one of the late cartoonist's friends.
Saturday, October 8, 2016
1:00 p.m.
Mt. Pleasant Regional Library
1133 Mathis Ferry Road
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
843.849.6161
http://www.ccpl.org
Richard Thompson, creator of the comic strip Cul de Sac, passed away from complications of Parkinson's disease this summer. Learn more about this Reuben Award-winning artist through a screening of the 2014 documentary The Art of Richard Thompson and a presentation on Thompson's background and accomplishments by one of the late cartoonist's friends.
Saturday, October 8, 2016
1:00 p.m.
Mt. Pleasant Regional Library
1133 Mathis Ferry Road
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
843.849.6161
http://www.ccpl.org
Saturday, August 6, 2016
The Post's Letter page on Richard Thompson
'Cul de Sac' creator Richard Thompson, a charming man who made charming art [in print as A charming creator of charming art].
Lewis Sorley, Potomac
Washington Post August 6 2016, p. A11
Friday, August 5, 2016
Thursday, August 4, 2016
August 27: Memorial for Richard Thompson
A memorial for Richard Thompson, open to the public, will be held on August 27, 2016, at the National Press Club in Washington, DC at 1 pm. It will be in the Press Club's ballroom. Information on the Press Club is at http://www.press.org/
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