Tuesday, May 06, 2008
Is James Turner BLIND?
James Turner of the wonderful Beaver and Steve recently held a contest to find a guest artist for 5 or so comics. I, as well as SEVERAL others, entered, drawing a comic based on a script which he provided. Somehow, my work of genius was overlooked and this one chosen the winner. I didn't even make it among the runners up! I'm not sure how James does such a great job at Beaver and Steve, being obviously BLIND and all... SCREW YOU JAMES!

Nah, just kidding. There were lots of good entries, though I think I would've picked this cartoonish-styled one as the winner. Only after I drew my comic, did I see in the forums that he was encouraging people to interpret Beaver and Steve in their own style, rather than a duplication of his style.

On to Todd and Penguin...
Thanks for all the email regarding the comic recently. For those who thought Monday's comic was the happy ending of the storyline, you haven't been reading long, have you?

A new comic is up tonight. I think the last panel might be the most honest exchange I've ever drawn.

No new Taking Up Space this week, yet. Sorry. I'll try for Friday. I've been swamped. There WILL be a Todd and Penguin Friday, though. No... really.

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posted by Blogger Dad at 10:38 PM -
2 Comments:
  • At 11:41 AM, Blogger j.lowe said…

    James Turner is far more popular than he gives himself credit for in his little blog posts. I do agree; I was kind of puzzled by his choice of the winner (though I didn't hate the choice either), and I did like the one that you linked to (there's a certain energy to it!), but it was an all right choice.

    Today's Todd and Penguin is so cute.... i like the detail with the 2 little cookies in the first panel..... it's so penguin.

     
  • At 4:19 PM, Anonymous tpiro said…

    I agree, I was somewhat befuddled by James' choice of the winner. It was good--it just didn't seem whimsical enough for me.

    Thanks for pointing out your submission. I would have missed it since it was mixed with all the other ones.

     
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I was a reporter at a Florida newspaper, where I covered city politics and draw editorial comics. Now, I'm a Blogger Dad (click the link for my webpage - the blog on the bottom is for Todd and Penguin) in search of a job and attempting to write a book or four. I'm also a cartoonist, how most of you know me, who draws Todd and Penguin, Taking Up Space and the occasional other titles, featured on KeenSpot.com. I'm married (sorry, all you ladies interested in overweight guys who spend too much time drawing) and have a one year old son and two cats. Three of the above mentioned poop way too much!
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