Comments on: The ressurection of DAWN and the desert asteroid http://newyorkette.com/2006/03/30/the-ressurection-of-dawn-and-the-desert-asteroid/ Sun, 24 Apr 2011 18:07:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: jmo http://newyorkette.com/2006/03/30/the-ressurection-of-dawn-and-the-desert-asteroid/comment-page-1/#comment-95 jmo Fri, 31 Mar 2006 12:27:53 +0000 http://newyorkette.com/?p=206#comment-95 I found it on the CD. I found it on the CD.

]]> By: NYkette http://newyorkette.com/2006/03/30/the-ressurection-of-dawn-and-the-desert-asteroid/comment-page-1/#comment-94 NYkette Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:14:37 +0000 http://newyorkette.com/?p=206#comment-94 Wow, that sounds beautiful! It sure beats mine! I should ask if that was why it didn't get bought and see if they're as good at cartoon fact-checking as you are! Did you find this on the cartoonbank.com website or in The Complete New Yorker CD? Wow, that sounds beautiful! It sure beats mine! I should ask if that was why it didn’t get bought and see if they’re as good at cartoon fact-checking as you are!

Did you find this on the cartoonbank.com website or in The Complete New Yorker CD?

]]> By: jmo http://newyorkette.com/2006/03/30/the-ressurection-of-dawn-and-the-desert-asteroid/comment-page-1/#comment-93 jmo Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:11:46 +0000 http://newyorkette.com/?p=206#comment-93 Aha. Ed Fisher did a space one on Jan 23 1965. Man on island at night, in the sky is the Earth instead of the moon. Aha. Ed Fisher did a space one on Jan 23 1965. Man on island at night, in the sky is the Earth instead of the moon.

]]> By: NYkette http://newyorkette.com/2006/03/30/the-ressurection-of-dawn-and-the-desert-asteroid/comment-page-1/#comment-88 NYkette Thu, 30 Mar 2006 22:13:54 +0000 http://newyorkette.com/?p=206#comment-88 I don't really have the attention span to go through all the desert island cartoons in the entire bank, but I did try... Didn't find any space-related ones! It would be nice if we got marks on our rejected cartoons like on our compositions in elementary school of the "nice try, but someone did it already, you get a B-". But we don't. Perhaps I'll ask my editor one day about all the rejected cartoons I've ever wondered about. Now and then I think we all do it. In the meantime, you have actually suggested what I had already imagined doing with the composition, funnily enough! Thanks for your input! I don’t really have the attention span to go through all the desert island cartoons in the entire bank, but I did try… Didn’t find any space-related ones! It would be nice if we got marks on our rejected cartoons like on our compositions in elementary school of the “nice try, but someone did it already, you get a B-”. But we don’t.

Perhaps I’ll ask my editor one day about all the rejected cartoons I’ve ever wondered about. Now and then I think we all do it.

In the meantime, you have actually suggested what I had already imagined doing with the composition, funnily enough! Thanks for your input!

]]> By: juliette http://newyorkette.com/2006/03/30/the-ressurection-of-dawn-and-the-desert-asteroid/comment-page-1/#comment-87 juliette Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:46:35 +0000 http://newyorkette.com/?p=206#comment-87 I like the idea, overdone theme or no. Has anyone done the gag in space as you have? I like your idea very much. I personally would alter the composition and the figural stance in two ways: 1) make the desert island planet smaller in size to have the blackness appear more looming and desolate around the astronaut. Perhaps place it one end of page, say lower right. THe way it is now the void appears cute and limited (is the mother ship right there waiting to rescue?) I am not sure at all, but I think the hands on hips stance says something that adds to and therefore detracts from the simple absurdity of the situation. Maybe the woman or man astronaut if standing in a more helpless stance, hands at sides, head looking in a differetn direction than the body. I love it that you ask for feedback. Gutsy and talented, among other things. I like the idea, overdone theme or no. Has anyone done the gag in space as you have? I like your idea very much.
I personally would alter the composition and the figural stance in two ways: 1) make the desert island planet smaller in size to have the blackness appear more looming and desolate around the astronaut. Perhaps place it one end of page, say lower right. THe way it is now the void appears cute and limited (is the mother ship right there waiting to rescue?) I am not sure at all, but I think the hands on hips stance says something that adds to and therefore detracts from the simple absurdity of the situation. Maybe the woman or man astronaut if standing in a more helpless stance, hands at sides, head looking in a differetn direction than the body.

I love it that you ask for feedback. Gutsy and talented, among other things.

]]> By: NYkette http://newyorkette.com/2006/03/30/the-ressurection-of-dawn-and-the-desert-asteroid/comment-page-1/#comment-86 NYkette Thu, 30 Mar 2006 20:32:16 +0000 http://newyorkette.com/?p=206#comment-86 Hmm, I always figured it must have something to do with the idea because I was always very pleased with the way it looked. Perhaps there's already something similar in existence. Or maybe they think I've sold enough desert island cartoons for one lifetime (I've sold three already). But I'm glad you like it! If I ever sell any of my variations on the theme, I"ll definitely post about it so we can compare! Hmm, I always figured it must have something to do with the idea because I was always very pleased with the way it looked. Perhaps there’s already something similar in existence. Or maybe they think I’ve sold enough desert island cartoons for one lifetime (I’ve sold three already). But I’m glad you like it! If I ever sell any of my variations on the theme, I”ll definitely post about it so we can compare!

]]> By: jmo http://newyorkette.com/2006/03/30/the-ressurection-of-dawn-and-the-desert-asteroid/comment-page-1/#comment-85 jmo Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:52:52 +0000 http://newyorkette.com/?p=206#comment-85 I have no idea why that cartoon was rejected. I think it's out of this world :) Seriously, it's a classic of the genre. If someone compiled a book of the World's Best Desert Island jokes (Have they? Probably), this would have to be in it. I'm not really sure what a "paradigm shift" is, but I've got a feeling that this is an example of one - and that's what makes it so funny. I have no idea why that cartoon was rejected. I think it’s out of this world :)

Seriously, it’s a classic of the genre. If someone compiled a book of the World’s Best Desert Island jokes (Have they? Probably), this would have to be in it. I’m not really sure what a “paradigm shift” is, but I’ve got a feeling that this is an example of one – and that’s what makes it so funny.

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