I love Mike Holms cuz he is the cartoonist for Wings of Fire

So so so many, and across such a broad spectrum. You didn't even mention Asterisk (Albert Udurzo), which looks so gorgeous it genuinely put me off superhero comics, which looked crude by comparison. My absolute political cartooning hero is Sir David Low. His "jokes" were just timeless, and his line work and composition is superb. There are also the classic Punch magazine artists like Pont.. Then you have Ralph Steadman, and Gerald Scarfe. For current stuff, Ann Telnaes is just impeccable. I don't think you event mentioned Chuck Jones, perhaps forgivable, but not to mention Maurice Noble's backgounds!

I love that you have done this episode, and I would love for you to talk more about The comic code authority and Wertham's work to censor comics. I am especially curious because you seem to be sympathetic to Wertham's program to cleanse cartooning. If you could also talk about how Wertham and his crusade led to the rise of the super hero genre and all that has meant for Pop culture that would be great.

I don't have anything to offer on this topic just wanted to say really looking forward to the expressivity and abstraction episode. Thank you for dedicating an episode about cartooning. Would be great if you could include an interview in one of your future episodes with someone who specialises in cartooning to give some instruction advice or simply insight. But if not, all good. Thanks guys

Scott McCloud, author of Zot and The Sculptor, has written three important books: Understanding Comics; Reinventing Comics; and for aspiring comics artists, Making Comics. He is brilliant. These books can present the aspiring comics artist with as accurate a picture of the profession as is available. Also the idea that cartooning should ideally be funny runs counter to Pulitzer Prize-winning artist Art Spiegelman (Mause), Persepolis by Marjane Sartrapi, Alan Moore's V for Vendetta, and Neil Gaiman's The Sandman, just to mention a few very different types of serious comics creators. I loved the podcast and the guideposts you folks presented. I just wanted to give this side of the spectrum its due. Not to mention Japanese Manga. If I have missed something you have already covered in another podcast or resource, I apologize. Scott McCloud | Journal http://scottmccloud.com

@Marshall Vandruff Wow! This episode was such a blast! I'm from Germany and we had indeed a copy of the "shock-headed-Peter" ("Struwwelpeter") as kids. It was written in 1844 by Heinrich Hoffmann who was a doctor and psychatrist. I don't think we ever thought it was funny...but in an eery way creepy. I grew up mainly on franco belgian Comic book artists who I adore so much. Moebius, Régis Loisel, André Franquin, Peyo, Hergé of course and Uderzo... German Cartoonists I adored were Rolf Kauka and later (after the reunion) the East German Comicbook series "Die Abrafaxe" byLoni Rietschel, today by Jörg Reuter and a small team (it's an ongoing comic book series that is still running since 1976). Thanks for that episode! I could as well spand a lifetime in Comic books.

It's pricey now, but a helpful out-of-print book for learning solid drawing is "Draw the Looney Tunes" by Dan Romanelli.

Look out, Marshall!