Does Bill Holbrook really do that?
Night Owl
three comic strips at once. I got to wondering how does Bill Holbrook
do it? How does he maintain three comic strips at once without
constantly missing deadlines?
Super organized?
A lot of assistants?
Super caffeinated?
Doesn't really exist and is just a nom de plume for a bunch of
cartoonists all working together on a couple of comic strips?
Time travel to meet deadlines?
Carl Fink
I've watched him draw. He's fast. That's it, plus the willingness to
actually sit down for hours a day and crank out comics, something
cartoonists from the generation after Bill's don't seem to do.
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Bill Holbrook
Super organized? Yes.
No drawing assistants, no gag writers. Terrence and Isabel Marks color
the "Kevin & Kell" strips, but aside from their talented work,
everything is done by me.
Caffeine? Yes, via Coke. (It's required of Atlantans.)
Last I checked, I exist.
Time travel? Only occuring in "Kevin & Kell"...until the birds got
rid of that technology.
J.D. Baldwin
In the previous article, Carl Fink <ca...@panix.com> wrote:
> > Doesn't really exist and is just a nom de plume for a bunch of
> > cartoonists all working together on a couple of comic strips?
> > Time travel to meet deadlines?
>
> I've watched him draw. He's fast. That's it, plus the willingness
> to actually sit down for hours a day and crank out comics, something
> cartoonists from the generation after Bill's don't seem to do.
Joe Martin does three daily strips and he claims to work only a few
hours a day.
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Bill Holbrook
wrote:
> In the previous article, Carl Fink <ca...@panix.com> wrote:
>
> > > Doesn't really exist and is just a nom de plume for a bunch of
> > > cartoonists all working together on a couple of comic strips?
> > > Time travel to meet deadlines?
>
> > I've watched him draw. He's fast. That's it, plus the willingness
> > to actually sit down for hours a day and crank out comics, something
> > cartoonists from the generation after Bill's don't seem to do.
>
> Joe Martin does three daily strips and he claims to work only a few
> hours a day.
> --
> _+_ From the catapult of |If anyone objects to any statement I make, I am
> _|70|___:)=}- J.D. Baldwin |quite prepared not only to retract it, but also
> ***~~~~----------------------------------------------------------------------
I can't speak for Joe Martin, but for me it's the writing that takes
up the most time in my daily schedule.
Mark Jackson
> After reading about the repeated failure of Corey Pandolph to maintain
> three comic strips at once. I got to wondering how does Bill Holbrook
> do it?
Not to take anything away from Bill, but using Corey as a yardstick
leaves one several centimeters short of a cubit.
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Mark Jackson - http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~mjackson
Don't worry about people stealing an idea.
If it's original you will have to ram it
down their throats. - Howard Aiken
Bill Holbrook
> Night Owl wrote:
> > After reading about the repeated failure of Corey Pandolph to maintain
> > three comic strips at once. I got to wondering how does Bill Holbrook
> > do it?
>
> Not to take anything away from Bill, but using Corey as a yardstick
> leaves one several centimeters short of a cubit.
>
> --
> Don't worry about people stealing an idea.
> If it's original you will have to ram it
> down their throats. - Howard Aiken
Make no mistake about it, Corey Pandolph is an excellent cartoonist.
Antonio E. Gonzalez
INVALID...@example.com.invalid (J.D. Baldwin) wrote:
>
>In the previous article, Carl Fink <ca...@panix.com> wrote:
>> > Doesn't really exist and is just a nom de plume for a bunch of
>> > cartoonists all working together on a couple of comic strips?
>> > Time travel to meet deadlines?
>>
>> I've watched him draw. He's fast. That's it, plus the willingness
>> to actually sit down for hours a day and crank out comics, something
>> cartoonists from the generation after Bill's don't seem to do.
>
>Joe Martin does three daily strips and he claims to work only a few
>hours a day.
. . .
. . .
. . .
Nope, not going there . . .
--
- ReFlex76
Mike Marshall
>>hours a day.
They're just scribbles, but I almost always like the one I read...
And they're good scribbles, not inept scribbles...
The tough thing must me to have enough ideas to keep on scribbling...
-Mike
Mark Jackson
> On Oct 9, 6:20 pm, Mark Jackson <mjack...@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>> Night Owl wrote:
>>> After reading about the repeated failure of Corey Pandolph to maintain
>>> three comic strips at once. I got to wondering how does Bill Holbrook
>>> do it?
>> Not to take anything away from Bill, but using Corey as a yardstick
>> leaves one several centimeters short of a cubit.
> Make no mistake about it, Corey Pandolph is an excellent cartoonist.
I make no such mistake - I love his stuff. That doesn't make the
Pandolph a suitable unit of reliable productivity.
--
Mark Jackson - http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~mjackson
Night Owl
True, I'm always amazed that most cartoonist don't run out of ideas
after the first month.
Night Owl
Night Owl
> On Oct 9, 6:20 pm, Mark Jackson <mjack...@alumni.caltech.edu> wrote:
>
> > Night Owl wrote:
> > > After reading about the repeated failure of Corey Pandolph to maintain
> > > three comic strips at once. I got to wondering how does Bill Holbrook
> > > do it?
>
> > Not to take anything away from Bill, but using Corey as a yardstick
> > leaves one several centimeters short of a cubit.
>
> > --
> > Mark Jackson -http://www.alumni.caltech.edu/~mjackson
>
Yeah well, If he could just get organized and learn time management he
would be a magnificent cartoonist.
Tank
hard-workin' cartoonists.
I draw Tank McNamara, http://www.gocomics.com/tankmcnamara/ , which
involves a lot of scenes in stadium stands–one time with elephants
rampaging. I think sometimes it's harder to draw what someone else
writes than it is to draw something out of your own head. Also it's
easier to type "chaos" than it is to draw it. I also write and draw
"Cleats" http://www.gocomics.com/cleats . I also write and draw a
monthly full-page, color cartoon called Buzz Beamer for Sports
Illustrated Kids. I also write, draw, animate and do the voices for a
monthly Buzz Beamer cartoon. http://www.sikids.com/buzzs-laugh-locker/swingin-summer
. Each of those animated cartoons takes about 15 to 20 hours to
produce.
Personally, I work constantly, and I'm always behind. I dislike
holidays because of my schedule.
But I still enjoy what I'm doing.
Carl Fink
> I'm kind of surprised my name never comes up in these discussions of
> hard-workin' cartoonists.
> I draw Tank McNamara, http://www.gocomics.com/tankmcnamara/ , which
> rampaging. I think sometimes it's harder to draw what someone else
> writes than it is to draw something out of your own head. Also it's
> easier to type "chaos" than it is to draw it. I also write and draw
> "Cleats" http://www.gocomics.com/cleats . I also write and draw a
> monthly full-page, color cartoon called Buzz Beamer for Sports
> Illustrated Kids. I also write, draw, animate and do the voices for a
> in-summer
> . Each of those animated cartoons takes about 15 to 20 hours to
> produce.
I for one didn't know some of that. I don't watch TV and having no children
had never heard of Buzz Beamer. It's pretty impressive though.
Mark Tatulli does two newspaper comics, which more than some cartoonists can
manage.
Tank
> On 2009-10-11, Tank <tank...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm kind of surprised my name never comes up in these discussions of
> > hard-workin' cartoonists.
> > involves a lot of scenes in stadium stands=96one time with elephants
> > rampaging. I think sometimes it's harder to draw what someone else
> > writes than it is to draw something out of your own head. Also it's
> > easier to type "chaos" than it is to draw it. I also write and draw
> > monthly full-page, color cartoon called Buzz Beamer for Sports
> > Illustrated Kids. I also write, draw, animate and do the voices for a
> > in-summer
> > . Each of those animated cartoons takes about 15 to 20 hours to
> > produce.
>
> I for one didn't know some of that. I don't watch TV and having no children
> had never heard of Buzz Beamer. It's pretty impressive though.
>
> Mark Tatulli does two newspaper comics, which more than some cartoonists can
> manage.
> --
Buzz is only on the internet, at sikids.com. He has been in specials
on both HBO and NBC, but I didn't do that animation. I should have
added, I've done Tank for 35 years, Buzz for 20 years, and Cleats for
8 years.
John Duncan Yoyo
wrote:
So if my math is right you have been at it for 63 years.
I've always liked Tank and Cleats. Cleats is extra amusing living
with my 9 year old soccer playing ballerina daughter.
Mike Peterson
>
> Personally, I work constantly, and I'm always behind. I dislike
> holidays because of my schedule.
> But I still enjoy what I'm doing.
When I posted my recent interview with Jef Mallett, Beefies commented
that he is like every other cartoonist -- perpetually busy. It hit me
at an interesting time because, as I restart my freelance career after
a 28 year hiatus in the 8-to-5 world, I realize how critical that is.
Those who work out of their homes have to be able to deal with not
having a time they have to be at the office or anyone who will cock at
eye at the clock if they wander in late or wander out early. Freedom
is wonderful, but it only works for those who truly have an
inclination to stay busy anyway.
I was a real workaholic at the newspapers but am having a little
trouble consistently hitting that same gear now that I'm self-
employed. It makes me appreciate, and envy, those who can.
Mike Peterson
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