Richard Thompson (cartoonist)
- Richard Thompson (cartoonist)
Richard C. Thompson (born 1957) is a cartoonist who has also worked as an illustrator. His cartoon "Richard's Poor Almanac" appears weekly (usually on Saturdays) in "The Washington Post" Style section, and his comic strip "Cul de Sac", which began as a Sunday feature in the "The Washington Post Magazine", is now syndicated as a daily and Sunday by "Universal Press Syndicate" and was launched in more than 70 newspapers in the Fall of 2007. A compendium of his collected Almanac cartoons was published in 2005 by Emmis Books.
The Almanac cartoon published the week of George W. Bush's first inauguration was a mock inaugural poem, comprised of some of Bush's more incoherent quotations, or "Bushisms." The cartoon was entitled "Make the Pie Higher". It leaked out onto the Internet and spread rapidly, even being featured on Snopes.com, which did a lengthy review of its origins. The poem has since been set to music no fewer than 5 times in various styles, including Irish and choral music.
Thompson's illustrations have appeared in "U.S. News & World Report", "The New Yorker", "National Geographic" and "The Atlantic Monthly". He has received the National Cartoonist Society Magazine and Book Illustration Award for 1995, and their Newspaper Illustration Award for 1995. He also won a Gold and a Silver Funny Bone Award in 1989 from the Society of Illustrators for humorous illustration. Thompson received the Milton F. "Sonny" Clogg Alumni of the Year award in 2004 from his alma mater, Montgomery College, which he did not graduate from.
His book also notes that, "Since breaking his toe in a dance-related accident nearly twelve years ago, Mr. Thompson has been forced to draw with his hands."
External links
* [http://www.amuniversal.com/ups/features/cul_de_sac/bio.htm Universal Press Syndicate Bio]
* [http://www.snopes.com/politics/bush/piehigher.asp Snopes.com] on a poem attributed to Thompson
* [http://www.gocomics.com/culdesac Cul de Sac archive]
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