I've been trying my hand at gag cartooning. I love doing these things but I haven't cracked in just yet. A couple fellow cartoonists suggested that I try switching from brush to pen. It's tough, baby. I just love my brushes. I went out and picked up about a dozen different pens from micron pigmas to rapidographs and uniball styles. I love them for sketching and roughs but it's tough to make the switch on my finished stuff. I can see how pens will be faster but.... When I feel happy about my pen finishes, I'll post one. In the mean time here's a rejected brush and ink effort.
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Heh...I like this one. I'm sure there's a place for this kind of twisted humour somewhere.
And what's wrong with using brushes? If you're happy using brushes, I say if it ain't broke, don't fix it. Not everyone uses a brush in gag cartooning, so your work would stand out against all the pigma-pens, in my opinion. I used brushes when I used to do gag cartoons (alas, I pretty much stopped because it just ain't much of a lucrative market – I'm mainly doing illustration now).
Here's a link to some of my brush cartoon work:
http://www.stormsillustration.com/Cartoon.html
Found your stuff on the Wisen – you rock!!
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