Welcome to our Ali Solomon Artist Spotlight, part of our CartoonStock Artist Spotlights series. Each feature in this collection highlights a cartoonist whose distinctive style and voice brings something special to the CartoonStock library. Ali Solomon is known for her witty, relatable cartoons that focus on parenting, relationships, and the everyday absurdities of modern life….
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“Baby Convict” Caption Contest Commentary with Lawrence Wood
In Drew Dernavich’s cartoon, a young couple stands over a crib. Someone, presumably their baby, has been drawing tally marks on the wall next to the crib. The father is speaking. Convicts mark the passage of time by scratching tally marks on the walls of their prison cells, so all my captions draw a connection…
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Cartoons for Teachers: How Cartoons can Increase Student Attention and Engagement
Getting their attention: some days, it’s the hardest part of the job. It’s no surprise; we live in an increasingly short-attention-span world. Keeping your classroom focused is no easy feat. As a teacher, you face several challenges: Making the classroom or lesson fun Inspiring conversation Making lessons relatable Creating interest in the subject matter Many…
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10 of the Best Selling Cartoons of 2021
Welcome to a new and, hopefully, improved year! Considering how low the bar was set in 2020 and 2021, it’s not unreasonable to hope for a better year ahead! Hope, like humor, springs eternal. Even in last year’s annus horribilis, great cartoons were done. They didn’t turn 2021 into an annus mirabilis but they did…
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Anatomy of a Cartoon: Poets and Poetry
Cartoon critics Phil Witte and Rex Hesner look behind the gags to debate what makes a cartoon tick. This week our intrepid critics take a look at poetry cartoons. Poetry: arguably the highest form of literary expression and the least appreciated. Who among us after college, or in the case of computer science majors, after…
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