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Salon.com > Comics http://www.salon.com Sun, 27 May 2012 13:20:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Drawing in a digital world http://www.salon.com/2011/11/07/porcellino_comics_imprint/ http://www.salon.com/2011/11/07/porcellino_comics_imprint/#comments Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=10161920

The background of John Porcellino’s website, King-cat.net, is a Crayola-blue sky populated with fluffy white clouds. The comics artist’s digital wallpaper genially marries the aesthetics of nursery-school nostalgia to those of upbeat indie animation, but anyone familiar with Porcellino knows that he is no blue-sky artist. While his work can be charming, it is never lightweight.

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In the spring of 1992 I was contacted by and collaborated with Betty Cohen, Tom Corey and Tom Pomposello on an in-house sales film that was to help define what Turner Broadcasting had in mind for its newly acquired library of Hanna-Barbera cartoons. I was informed that the Atlanta-based network would launch a 24-hour “Cartoon Network." The thought was mind-blowing! Betty and both Toms were veterans of MTV Networks, specifically Nickelodeon, and were bringing their sharp marketing sensibilities to Ted Turner’s world.

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George Booth

George Booth

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="445" caption="Three New Yorker cartoons by George Booth."][/caption]

I’ve been fortunate enough to work with George Booth on three advertising campaigns, and he was even kind enough to design one of our cards of “Happy Holidays” past.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2011/03/26/nato_libya_strategy_open2011/feed/ 0 Cartoon Saturday: Our independent judiciary http://www.salon.com/2011/02/12/tea_party_supreme_court_justice_open2011/ http://www.salon.com/2011/02/12/tea_party_supreme_court_justice_open2011/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2011 10:01:00 +0000 http://www.salon.com/ent/entertainment/comics/cartoon_saturday/2011/02/12/tea_party_supreme_court_justice_open2011

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Open Salon/Liza Donnelly

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