|
|
|
| Wed, Nov. 25 - - Mobile - RSS | |
|
|
Toon TalkBy Clay Jones
Nov. 24, 2009 1:46 pm
I hate the holiday cliche cartoons. I got through Halloween without any and almost made it through Thanksgiving (not counting the cartoon I'll have to do for Thursday which will be all about giving thanks and blah blah blah because my editor loves those kind of cartoons and it's required here). I don't feel too bad about drawing this turkey, and I actually like drawing turkeys. They're fun. I hate drawing anything Christmas. Every cliche for Christmas is boring like Santa, Xmas trees, candy canes, elves, reindeer, etc. I promise I won't draw anyone sitting on Santa's lap with a wish list.
Perma-link: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/clayjones/index_html?blogger_id=7&p=1259088414
Nov. 23, 2009 6:51 pm
This week's winner is a three-time winner. Eric Hennessey of Spotsylvania took 93 votes in our weekly challenge to win his third original cartoon along with having it printed in Tuesday's Free Lance-Star on page two. I'm not sure how Eric is going to handle all this fame. Coming in second with 82 votes is Mary Lou Russell of Hartwood who submitted "Shucks! I’ve been practicing my fist bump all week". Coming in third with 56 votes is Calvin Williams of King George who submitted "Now hop on one leg and sing the Japanese National Anthem". Coming in fourth with 26 votes is Justin Lewis of Fredericksburg who submitted "The U.S. economy is worse than we thought. He is trying to shine my shoes". *NOTE* There will not be a contest this week because of Thanksgiving. Bill Freehling, our weekly challenge coordinater, and i will both be out of the office Thursday and Friday. Also, we don't think people will focus much on a contest during a holiday. So concentrate on eating Turkey and watching football. The contest will return next Tuesday, December 1.
Perma-link: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/clayjones/index_html?blogger_id=7&p=1259020293
Nov. 23, 2009 2:19 pm
I'm really starting to enjoy Judy Hample's tenure as president of the University of Mary Washington.
Perma-link: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/clayjones/index_html?blogger_id=7&p=1259003978
Nov. 20, 2009 6:28 pm
I drew this for my syndicate. My paper didn't kill it. In fact, I didn't show it to my editor. I drew a local cartoon for Sunday and focused on drawing it for the paper. I did this as a bonus for Creators Syndicate.
Perma-link: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/clayjones/index_html?blogger_id=7&p=1258759702
Nov. 20, 2009 2:00 pm
I don't know if the check is in the mail or if it's check mate. Ha! Ha! Ha! See what I did there? Ya know, that thing with the pun? I kinda subtly put it in. Oh, never mind! Carry on with your Friday.
Perma-link: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/clayjones/index_html?blogger_id=7&p=1258743653
Nov. 19, 2009 1:05 pm
Several Palin cartoons ago, I mispelled "rogue" and made it "rouge". Thankfully, a copy editor caught it. Today, I spelled "rouge" intentionally. I think I kinda freaked out the copy editor, not that it's the first time.
Perma-link: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/clayjones/index_html?blogger_id=7&p=1258653951
Nov. 18, 2009 1:56 pm
I thought of a lot of diferent ideas on this issue, but I didn't want to beat up on James Monroe High School. To me, it seems like an honest mistake, and not just on the coaches part. Editorial cartoons aren't mean to be fair, but yesterday I didn't feel like being unfair to a bunch of 50 students, not counting the rest of the school, who didn't do anything contribute to this problem. All those kids did was go out and win a bunch of footballs games and qualified for the playoffs then had it taken away from them from someone else's oversight. So this cartoon's kinda light. No, I didn't trace the drawing. I did study it however. Yeah, I've used the Lucy football things one time too many. I've also used the Lucy psychiatry booth idea one time too many. Sorry for being lame, but at least I'm not doing a ton of movie or Wizard Of Oz analogies. I hate those Oz analogies.
Perma-link: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/clayjones/index_html?blogger_id=7&p=1258570590
Nov. 17, 2009 6:27 pm
Use our ultra handy online entry form to enter this week's caption contest. Your deadline is NOON Thursday. From there four of the best will be posted on the weekly challenge for readers to vote on the winner. The winner will be announced on this blog next Monday and the cartoon will run with his or her winning caption, inked in by me, on page two of Tuesday's Free Lance-Star. The winner also receives the original art work.
Perma-link: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/clayjones/index_html?blogger_id=7&p=1258500477
Tags: caption contest
Nov. 17, 2009 1:12 pm
Any misstep Obama makes has conservatives howling. It's bad enough they make stuff up about the guy, so he doesn't need to give them ammo. But hey, at least he didn't try to give one a back rub (W. to Germany's FEMALE chancellor) or throw up on anyone (George H.W. Bush on a visit to Japan).
Perma-link: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/clayjones/index_html?blogger_id=7&p=1258481530
Nov. 16, 2009 3:31 pm
Receiving 140 votes in our Weekly Challenge makes Bob Huffman of Hartwood this week's winner. Bob wins the original cartoon with his caption inked in by me. It also runs in tomorrow's Free Lance-Star on page two. Coming in second with 52 votes is Steve McCormick of Fredericksburg who submitted "Protests at home likely". Coming in third with 44 votes is James Bapple of Stafford who submitted "Will I win the Heisman Trophy?". Coming in fourth with 24 votes is Stanley R. Kennedy of Fredericksburg who submitted "You the man". Come back tomorrow for contest #51. We're on our way to 100, which should take us another year or so.
Perma-link: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/clayjones/index_html?blogger_id=7&p=1258403511
Tags: Caption Contest
Nov. 16, 2009 1:45 pm
This is last Friday's toon. I should've posted it then but I had to hurry out of town to speak at a student journalism conference in Washington. Of course I was late. Sorry, kids.
Perma-link: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/clayjones/index_html?blogger_id=7&p=1258397157
Nov. 12, 2009 1:41 pm
Perma-link: http://fredericksburg.com/blogs/clayjones/index_html?blogger_id=7&p=1258051282
|
What do you think?
If you would like to post a comment about this blog, please log in.
You can use your FredTalk user name and password here. If you don't have one yet,
REGISTER Now...
Contact Clay Jones' Toon Talk blog.
Tags:
(101) |
Clay Jones is the editorial cartoonist for The Free Lance-Star. In his spare time, he plays in the local rock band Corporate T-Shirt.
 |
|||
|
|||
