Hubris Comics

Tattoo You

Oct22

by Greg Cravens on October 22, 2013 at 9:34 am

In Boston a couple of years ago, The National Cartoonist Society had their big annual meeting, and part of that was John Read’s Cartoon Art Collection Show ‘One Fine Sunday in the Funny Pages’. That’s a show of original comic strip art from a single Sunday, featuring old-school newspaper comic strips you may have seen in your local paper, depending on which cartoons your local paper runs. Very fun, and John was nice enough to ask me for a Buckets cartoon (Hubris isn’t in the newspapers, you know. Feel free to contact your local paper and explain what they’re missing. They’re always so happy to hear from readers these days.) and along with the actual showing of the show, and since there were a pantload of cartoonists right there anyhow, a lot of us were asked to go and sign autographs. There were special posters that the first however many people who came could have for free, just for autographs. It was very nice.

And then things got entertaining. This young lady thought “Why am I bothering with getting things like PAPER signed? Paper, after all, is so old school. I shall get my autographs on me. And she did.

I was using a skinny sharpie. There’s a doodle of Eddie Bucket on her forearm closest her elbow. Yay!

└ Tags: autograph, Boston, Bucket, cartoonists, comic strips, Eddie, John Read, NCS, One Fine Sunday

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When they discover fire, that’s it…

Oct10

by Greg Cravens on October 10, 2013 at 9:44 am

Posted In: Dirty Pictures

I was going to return to the photo of the cartoonists around the table, but before I got to it, I scrolled across this photo I’ve been meaning to show you since the middle of summer:

Yeah, it’s a trash can. It’s at Nesbit Park (also known locally as Stanky Creek- you didn’t think I made that up, didja?) I was there to ride the dirt trails early one morning and spotted this. It was interesting enough to me to cause me to take the photo. Anyone else see what I saw?

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That’s right. The raccoons were going in and out of this thing at some point. Their little foot and handprints are all over it. My brother (hi, Jeff!) had some fascinating stories about raccoons from the times he was a Park Ranger (Hi, Park Rangers who are currently not working unless it’s for free because our congress doesn’t know how to solve problems amongst themselves without resorting to inconveniencing the real world!)

Raccoons, I have decided, are well placed to become the next species to cause worldwide trouble the same way we have. My prediction is that the little snots will discover fire soon, and burn us all out and take our Twinkies (or whatever feeble snack cakes we’ve been reduced to eating since Twinkies don’t really exist any more. And don’t wave those silly anemic little things they call twinkies at me, ’cause they’re NOT. Wrong size. Not a twinkie. Period. Who could ever think otherwise?)

You read it here first, people. When the raccoon uprising begins, remember that I was the prophet of doom who raised the issue for the very first time. Build me a monument on the spot where the hairy little bandits finally corner and quarter me as an example to those who oppose the Raccoon Empire.

└ Tags: jeff, Park Rangers, Raccoons, Stanky Creek, Trash

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Tippy was a Spud.

Oct03

by Greg Cravens on October 3, 2013 at 3:08 pm

Posted In: Non-Hubris comics

Extra points if you remember what sitcom “Son, Tippy was a Spud” came from.

So, Lonnie Easterling does this webcomic called ‘Spud Comics’. It’s on his site with some fun Blog entries.

(Now you have to think about whether you’re a comics-only reader or if you take the time to look at the blog material, too. If you’re reading this, you’re at least a partial blog reader, or you wouldn’t be this far down the page, now, wouldya?)

Lonnie’s one of the troopers of the webcomics world. He’s a husband, father and hard worker who comes home from a long hard day, helps the kids with their homework, spends some quality time with his understanding wife, then disappears into whatever corner it is that webcartoonists disappear into until late at night.

I dunno about Lonnie, but one of the things I miss most since I committed to making sure you guys get your Hubris three times a week is going to bed at the same time as my wife.

So, slip on over to Spudcomics.com and read some cartoons, click some links and enjoy. And if you need it, his link is now down the left hand side of the page with some other fine, fine reading materials…

└ Tags: Lonnie Easterling, Spudcomics

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This is your brain on art…

Oct01

by Greg Cravens on October 1, 2013 at 3:38 pm

Posted In: Non-Hubris comics

I thought I might catch you guys up on the Snuffy Smith trip.

Lonnie’s FB photo of the bunch of us, kindly taken by our server with Lonnie’s phone or camera, I can never remember which any more. The sooner everything is one little device (A Tricorder, say) the better.

From far left, and going clockwise- John Henderson, Lonnie Easterling, John and Karen Rose, Guy Gilchrist (in THE hat), Kevin Williams (in A hat), me and Bob Kimball met up at a Nashville eatery before John’s book signing. It was fun.

You might as well get to know the people in the photo. We’ll start, I guess, with John.

HERE is his portfolio site.

and if you click HERE, you get his webcomic. We already know you read webcomics, so you might need to go there and add him into your list, right?

John’s a good guy. He does art for game designs. The freelance life is not for the faint of heart, or for those who panic anyhow. His cartoons and art say more about him than I can, so peruse his sites and keep an eye out for him, willya?

For those of us who aren’t any better at bookmarking and returning to things than I am, I’ve put John’s webcomic in the links list over there down the left hand side of the page. For all of you who are surprised there’s a Links List down the left hand side of the page… you need to examine all the little buttons and extras I throw on here for ya!

And in a couple of days, we’ll discuss Lonnie and his stuff!

└ Tags: Billy, Bob Kimball, Brain, Guy Gilchrist, John Henderson, John Rose, Kevin Williams, Lonnie Easterling

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Snuffy Smif!

Sep28

by Greg Cravens on September 28, 2013 at 7:22 am

Posted In: Non-Hubris comics

Gonna drive about three hours today, and go see my buddy John Rose, who writes and draws Snuffy Smith!

He’s got a book out. He’s gonna sign copies.

Cartoonists do that.

SO… if you’re in the neighborhood of Nashville TN this afternoon, and you can find your way to Earnest Tubbs record store ’round about 1:00, then you need a Snuffy Smith book, with an autograph.

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