Blog Review: Introducing a New Cartoonist - Matt Buck
Regular reader will know that once or twice a week in the mornings I feature (with permission) cartoons from different sources about work, life and politics.
A few days ago I came across a new (for me) cartoonist on the blogging block: Matt Buck.
Matt has had a site for some time, but has now started a blog: Hack Cartoons .
The Review
Who?
“I am one of the country’s best young cartoonists. My work has been recognised by awards judges and the editors who employ me to produce cartoons, caricatures and illustrations for their publications.”
Why?
“I trained as a journalist, as my tag, Hack, suggests (a “hack” is a “penny a line, Grubstreet writer”, according to the Oxford English Dictionary). I remain passionate about politics and the news in general, and about finding original, provocative and amusing angles on both.”
“I also chronicle aspects of my own life and have an abiding love of flying things - particularly elephants and pigs (which sometimes stray into my political work) and dragons (which don’t).”
What?
“Existential Musing” - “Been trying to sort out my web site, which is a bit of a mess. I really need to go it focused as a proper portfolio site - and then I can do my existential musing here instead.”
And an occasional “think” piece, such as this one about syndicates.
Where?
Winchester - or at least that is where the phone number goes.
How old?
The blog: 12 months +
The blogger: 35-ish, I think
How often?
Several times a week.
Stats?
Homepage Pagerank : 5
URL?
Matt’s Comments?
* Matt has kindly agreed to let me use some of his cartoons on The Wardman Wire, so if you keep reading the site you will see his work from time to time.
* Matt has been experimenting with “animated cartoons” - half way between static cartoons and animated shorts, and an interesting life-form. The Try one out here.
* Probably a blog to have in your RSS reader, or visit on Friday afternoons, rather than to set as your home page.
Titbit?
A quote:
“The well-intentioned arguments for attempting to regulate the web are daft.
There’s a great fear in some news businesses and they aren’t willing to accept both the good and the bad about human behaviour and favoured methods of communication.”
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