For all the crap I give other people, I'm a pretty lousy artist. I'm trying to remedy some gaps in my artistic skill set by taking a class over at SFAI on drawing the head and the hands. This has led to some not entirely successful attempts at self-portraiture, and I got to thinking about how cartoonists represent themselves. Cartooning is, of course, representational, and it's often less about capturing what a person actually looks like than about capturing some basic essence of the individual. So let's take a look at some of the cartoonists gracing my RSS reader and their cartoon alter egos:
Adam Cadwell:
Dylan Meconis:
Erika Moen:
James Kochalka:
Box Brown (Okay, this is a cheat, since it's actually Ben, a character from Bellen! But Brown tends to treat Ben as an alter ego, and renders himself the same way in his book.):
Erika Moen:
James Kochalka:
Jeffrey Brown:
Jeffrey Rowland:
Jeph Jacques:
Joel Watson:
Julia Wertz:
Kate Beaton and her Younger Self:
Lucy Knisley:
Marc Ellerby:
Meredith Gran (Note that the quickie self portrait was done back when she had dreadlocks.):
R Stevens:
Rachel Nabors:
Randy Milholland:
Rene Engstrom:
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39 comments:
Great Post.
Too funny!
That is awesome! I love it!
KC Green:
http://i50.tinypic.com/1673zut.jpg
Do you have comparison shots for Mitch Clem?
Missing Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins from Penny Arcade:
http://imgur.com/Y7POY
Mitch Clem:
http://i49.tinypic.com/116m6ao.jpg
John Allison:
http://i46.tinypic.com/23h8t4z.jpg
Ramon Perez & Rob Coughler:
http://i50.tinypic.com/25s1zev.jpg
Thomas P. Reidy aka 'Goatboy'
http://imgur.com/TnSKW.png
Dorothy Gambrell ("Cat and Girl"):
http://i47.tinypic.com/16bakie.jpg
Chris Onstad:
http://i49.tinypic.com/14smclk.jpg
ok guys now I'm just being a dick, I'll stop
Aww, no love for Kelli Nelson? I mean, she hasn't done webcomics in a while, but still.
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Awesome, I don't have anybody I draw to look like me, well except the "Killer in the Backseat" ^_^;;;;
What we need here is a Randall Munroe self portrait :-D
Thanks for the link Elle, I have a nice spike in my stats today :)
heh, this is awesome.
Haha, awesome! Thanks for including me :)
The photo of me was taken by Lori Matsumoto, who is a really great photographer and has taken portraits of SO MANY cartoonists. I really encourage people to check out her work!
This was a lot of fun. Thanks for including me.
Dorothy Gambrell is a hard woman to find a real picture of on the internet. Out of curiosity wife and I have been looking, though maybe not that hard. Mr. Chen is easier to find.
I'm trying to make the creepiest comment, I guess.
I have photos of Jennie (The Devil's Panties) Breeden if you want any for comparison to her self-drawings in her autobiographical comics.
My cartoon self is never as happy as when it's eating.
Thanks for including me, Elle.
so awesome! I read a lot of these comics but I've never seen pictures of the cartoonists.
great post, elle! thanks for including me with this awesome group. even bigger thanks for using one of my headshots instead of a drunk twitpic.
I'll throw my hat into this ring. I'm responsible for http://www.systemcomic.com/ and yet I here's the comparison: http://twitpic.com/169q45
I found this... repeat? of your blog post over here: http://www.uniquescoop.com/2010/03/how-cartoonists-see-themselves.html
Is that kosher?
I'd love to see one for Randall from XKCD. ;)
no Karl Kerschl?
Who the heck are all these lame cartoonists? I don't recognize a single comic except penny arcade. And all the ugly chicks tend to draw themselves like some kinda hottie ... yeah right, delusional.
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Hilarious stylizations!
Rowland got a point...
Stevens portrayed himself as a true geek, I like that.
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