David Burd, Wally Wood, and the Cartoonist’s Credo
April 16th, 2008
For reasons I can’t remember, during a conversation the other day with Dan Meth I mentioned a card my old friend idea man/writer/comedian David Burd used to hand out (when he was working on MTV networks IDs for us in the 80s) called “The Cartoonist’s Credo.” I couldn’t remember the exact wording but it seemed applicable to our conversation.
I emailed David and he wanted me to make sure to give credit where credit is due to the originator, Mad’s Wally Wood, and that I should link to www.impko.com. And he sent me a pile of the cards too! Thanks David.
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On April 16th, 2008 at 12:00 am
Of course, when Woody came up with those rules he was drawing comics by hand. They need to be updated for today’s world:
Never draw anything you can copy
Never copy anything you can scan
Never scan anything you can right click and Save As…
On May 13th, 2008 at 8:11 pm
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