http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress Scratchy lines of thought Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:05:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I worked with Richard Williams on this animation. It was great experience. The goal of the project was to animate one of my cartoons, making it come alive out of the newspaper. I created character drawing of the major players along with the Opening sequence and a few key drawings. ... http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/2012/01/oldie-but-goodie/ My good friends at the French weekly magazine Courrier International contacted me last week to express their interest in reproducing artwork I created for The Economist (see below) on their cover. The only catch was... they needed to translate my text from the original English version to French. This is not ... http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/2012/01/does-french-cover-translate/ To all interested in political cartoons in the Washington DC area, here is an event you should enjoy: Art Soiree holds monthly events which revolve around cocktails, socializing and art. On Thursday January 26 Art Soiree's event is an exhibition of editorial cartoons of which I am one of the featured ... http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/2012/01/cartoon-event-in-dc/ The Economist Wall Calendar has been a big hit thus far. I got a slew of orders on Christmas and Boxing day. I can only guess that folks we hoping to get one for Christmas and were disappointed when Santa didn't deliver! Below you can see one of my favorite spreads ... http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/2011/12/good-bye-december-2011-hello-december-2012/ I had a busy week with The Economist. I completed the cover for the New Year edition as well as adding an editorial cartoon (see below) and an illustration about Ron Paul. Now it's time to catch up on my sleep! http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/2011/12/cover-for-the-economist-2/ I am pleased to announce that I am currently featured in this month's edition of Malibu Magazine. The magazine has a regular column called "10 x 10" where they ask a guest 10 eclectic questions about his-or-herself ( my favorite: What tunes would be on the five-song playlist to your life?). As ... http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/2011/12/kal-in-malibu-magazine/ [caption id="attachment_956" align="aligncenter" width="600" caption="Jerry and I in 1991"][/caption] A few days ago, the great cartoonist, writer, colleague and friend Jerry Robinson passed away. There have been glowing obituaries in the New York Times and elsewhere celebrating his virtues. He had many. He is best known by cartoon enthusiasts as an early contributor (as ... http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/2011/12/jerry-robinson-rip/ With 2 weeks left in 2011, I am happy to say that orders for the 2012 Economist Wall Kalendar have been brisk! ( you can order them from the Kaltoons store). Above you can catch a glimpse of the July spread which features the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. I am looking ... http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/2011/12/wall-kalendar-sneak-peak/ The great local NPR station in Baltimore, WYPR will be airing an interview with me in the days ahead. Their weekly show on the arts and culture called The Signal will talk to me about the my year's projects including the 2012 Wall calendar as well as my upcoming event ... http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/2011/12/kal-on-npr/ [caption id="attachment_943" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="This picture is from my retrospective exhibit at The Walters in 2006"][/caption] On Sunday December 11, 2-3:30 I will be giving a public presentation at my favorite Museum, The Walters of Baltimore. Here are some details from the Walters website: Kal will chat about his work, look back at ... http://www.kaltoons.com/wordpress/2011/12/kal-returns-to-the-walters/