Rod McKie Illustrations and Cartoons

Cartoons and illustrations for Playboy, The Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal, Readers Digest(USA), Prospect (UK), Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, National Lampoon, The Phoenix (Ire), Marian Heath Greeting Cards, and various publications worldwide. rodmckie-at-lycos.com

Thursday, March 30, 2006

The Chatter

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You might spot a current theme (well themes) on a couple of the cartooning blogs I link to. It's old TV shows and dolls, er, action fig...
Sunday, March 26, 2006

Exodus?

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Actually, I gave up smoking about 10 years ago, and the urge to smoke has now worn off. My son smokes though. What can you do?
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Yes! Feeling it again.

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Things are a little slow, but I'm creeping back into it. Here's a handy tip, after a period of not working, begin by cleaning out yo...
Wednesday, March 22, 2006

Forced back to work.

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Things are going well, considering the added complications. As usual the NHS staff were brilliant, beyond brilliant, in fact. Dom is home,...
Sunday, March 12, 2006

OPERATION

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Sorry, I won’t be posting until my daughter (she drew And wrote Edward for Shoit Crock 11, see below) leaves Hospital, and is back home, saf...
Thursday, March 09, 2006

Redraws

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If any of you are tapping the links, you should have visited Mike Lynch's blog by now. I'm sure my Breetish Chooms are staring goog...
Tuesday, March 07, 2006

CRAPQUEST

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On a non-cartooning note, I've had 100 phone calls from a company that thinks it's hard. It's called Capquest and it appears to...
Monday, March 06, 2006

Why is everyone else so talented?

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I really like this cartoon, but it just isn't catching the cartoon editor's eye. So, anyway, I stop for lunch and unwind a little, a...
Sunday, March 05, 2006

Beautiful Mutants

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I've only just recently discovered the work of MARK MOTHERSBAUGH (I know, I'm slow), which is weird because I collect old Freak Sho...

Crowned Jowells'

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Would you believe it? I was drawing into the wee small hours, and then emailed lo-res cartoons in for approval, and one hour later the Jowe...
Saturday, March 04, 2006

Current Projects (all books)

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These are all books and I'm working on them simultaneously, but individually, if you follow. Each project sits in its own A3-size walle...

Current Projects 2

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In order to work on these book projects I try to concentrate on only a very few gag cartoon markets. I try to knock those cartoons out earl...

The Death of the Gag Cartooning Craft

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Don't get me wrong, I enjoy drawing gag cartoons, but I'm not a masochist. There used to be a slew of markets, but they just are no...
Friday, March 03, 2006

Free the One Wagner (Wagner One, really)

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Cartoonist and cartoon historian Arnold Wagner has a terrific blog at the best of times, but he has really outdone himself with his article...
Thursday, March 02, 2006

The 11th Shoitcrock

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I have heard through the grapevine that Shoitcrock 11 is landing on door mats in the US already. It won't get to the UK for weeks, but ...
Wednesday, March 01, 2006

The Mad Women still in that Attic.

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I was thinking about the untimely death of Linda Smith and it struck me that if any male comedian had died in her place, no matter how medio...

Linda Smith RIP

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Linda Smith, R.I.P I laughed out loud every time I heard Linda Smith’s droll humour. She was incredibly funny.  I even watched Have I Got Ne...
Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Brian Fies Book Launch for Mom's Cancer

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Brian Fies is inviting people over to his blog to see pictures of his Mom's Cancer book launch. Even if you aren't interested in ...

Harvard Cartoons

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I get the Harvard Business Review a month or so after my cartoons are published, but it's still exciting because it comes in Doug's...

This Month's Prospect

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I've a cartoon in this month's Prospect (March 2006). It's teeny, but it still works. It's on the Arts page alongside an ar...
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Draws cartoons and illustrations for publications from all over the world including Playboy, the Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, Readers Digest, and National Lampoon.
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