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Here lies a nuisance dedicated to sanity.
If you look at a cartoon on a computer screen, it really jumps and can be quite effective.
I'd rather be single, happy, and lonely sometimes than married, lonely, and happy sometimes.
It occurs to us that so-called "freedom fries" kill many more Americans than terrorists ever do.
If I can finish a cartoon in 20 minutes, then that's the ideal editorial cartoon - it's to the point.
I have never met anyone who wasn't against war. Even Hitler and Mussolini were, according to themselves.
It is a peculiar art form, but I think it's a necessary art form - and I do believe it's a noble art form.
I've never seen bad drawing destroy a good idea. On the other hand, I've never seen a good drawing save a bad idea.
A good cartoon, what it does, is sum up a situation, very neatly, as opposed to reading a lot of articles and so on.
Making a cartoon occupied usually about three full days, two spent in labour and one in removing the appearance of labour.
Many cartoons I've drawn have been controversial, perhaps a little before their time, certainly when I was getting started.
Despite that sort of reputation that Canada has of being a boring place, we really have produced really interesting politicians.
I have no idea what readership is of written editorials, but it doesn't come anywhere close to the readership of editorial cartoons.
Some critics of my work took the view that a satirist should defer to the finer feelings of his readers and respect widely held beliefs.
For a young cartoonist, they have to get going on the web, because that's where everybody goes for their information. And it really works.
Any young person who comes to see me, I say, 'Look, forget about print. You gotta think in terms of getting going with websites and online and that sort of thing.'
There is too much illustrating of the news these days. I look at many editorial cartoons and I don't know what the cartoonists are saying or how they feel about a certain issue.
Personal matters aren't really any of my business. I don't care who is sleeping with whom for example unless it is somehow affecting an individual's performance in the public arena.
Churchill was one of the few men I have met who even in the flesh give me the impression of genius. George Bernard Shaw is another. It is amusing to know that each thinks the other is overrated.
I drew a vicious cartoon of an Islamic extremist as a dog, knowing full well what an insult that was is in the Islamic world. Furthermore, I added an apology to dogs everywhere (being a dog lover myself).
I have learned from experience that, in the bluff and counterbluff of world politics, to draw a hostile war lord as a horrible monster is to play his game. What he doesn't like is being shown as a silly ass.
I think any good cartoon sums things up for people. It's kind of ironic we appear on the editorial pages of newspapers, but now of course we're transferring over to the net, and that gets a lot more attention.
I'm so glad that talented writers and everybody who produces shows are being meeting with such success - it gives me more hope for the future of satire. They're probably the most powerful form of satire out there today.
Watch out Mr. Bush! With the exception of economic policy and energy policy and social issues and tax policy and foreign policy and supreme court appointments and Rove-style politics, we're coming in there to shake things up!
People are starting to acknowledge the direction the media is going. This is a good sign that we'll continue to deliver satire and news and opinion in new and different ways. Why be limited by the medium? I hope that there are more cartoonists and people who are willing to try something new.
I think it's important to understand that a cartoonist is not drawing for favourable reviews from politicians. What we're trying to do is capture the popular feeling of the time about a politician or a particular political issue. For that reason I think it sums up public attitudes that is very helpful to historians down the road.
For a young cartoonist, they have to get going on the web, because that's where everybody goes for their information. And it really works. If you look at a cartoon on a computer screen, it really jumps and can be quite effective. I draw cartoons now, not how it will appear in the newspaper, but how it will appear on the screen. I think most of us do. Now the challenge is to make it move and animate it in a very fast, quick way.