Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 29, 2011

Which ones are Jim Davis and Garry Trudeau?

Fourth wall!

So I heard. Looks like I didn’t miss much.

Wiley would get my vote!

Most went to Boston to laugh at the underdog. Ha! Ha! De Sox is #1. You notice Eno (in the yellow polka dot boxers) is going to pitch for the Tigers today. Hey Yankees, you can’t hide on the West Coast forever. The next mini series (you lost the first two) is at Fenway, right next to the Comic Convention.

@gmartin997 – “Cul de Sac” cartoonist Richard Thompson is up for a Reuben. I hope he wins, better than that no-talent hack Stephen Pastis (prolly the ballcap guy in the fourth panel holding a beer).

It “drew” a bit crowd, did all the lines come together?

I think I’m detecting a theme here. Do cartoonists drink a bit?

Of course they do! You don’t think they come up with this stuff SOBER, do you?

Amend seems to claim it’s just a lot of chips.

Just ask Earl, if you don’t believe him.

The 2011 AAEC Convention will be held at the Poynter Institute and the Hilton St. Petersburg Bayfront, in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida, July 6 – 9, 2011.

Anyone notice how many of them got out of the tiny taxi, and one more (at least) still to come? A beautifully understated reference to a clown car. :]

A cartoonist has to be able to laugh at himself (no ladies present, I see), because few enough other people will! The rest will be divining political content out of their gags whether it’s in there or not. Am I right, Wiley?

So the picture is that cartoonists are a bunch of baboons or drunkards.

Mr. Miller, You have a classy bunch of associates! Thanks to all of you for the joy you bring to our mornings..

Cartoonists don’t get enough respect. If it wasn’t for them, how would I get my laughs? Especially when I read through posts on gomics.com?

Congratulations Richard! Very well deserved!

Okay Wiley, which one is you? Surely not the one that looks like Cap’n Eddie?

Should have been at least one bear.

“Cartoonists don’t get enough respect.”

Cartoonists probably get just about as much respect as they want. The self-deprecating image of cartoonists as immature, ink-stained wastrels has been lovingly crafted over generations (when cartoonists are asked to do self-portraits, how often do they make them flattering?).

As far as the drinking goes, remember that newspaper cartoonists originally worked side-by-side with reporters, in the newsroom. Again, their self-image was minted back in the Golden Age of Newspapers, when the “hard-drinking newspaperman” was expected type.

A joke that Walt Kelly used (more than once) in “Pogo” (and Kelly ALWAYS retained his connection with the newsroom) was “A cartoonist asks a reporter ‘Is a cartoonist a newspaperman?’, and the reporter answers ‘Is a barnacle a ship?’”

The guy with the ball cap and beer is the guy who writes "Pearls Before Swine…Stephan Pastis. He’s drawn himself into the strip too often; he’s readily identifiable. Jim Davis is the guy next to him – with the two-beer-can cap…

Life and be so disillusioning.

Wiley has won a few Reubens.I want to know who the big guy with red hair is supposed to be.And I gotta say that the people I wanted to win all won, including Kelley/Parker for Dustin (read it on Arcamax.com and wish they would run it here)Cartoonists would be an interesting group to party with.

Frank Cho is called “Monkey Boy” so that must be him in front…

Ouch!2 bite the hand that feeds…Shows the artist also has needs…2 b held to ridiculous ideals…That no one really feels…Is possible or true… But I can only really say…That at the end of the day… That monkey on the carpet is you….

R.I.P. Chuck Schultz and Jeff MacNelly… really…

Whilst I always enjoy Mr Wiley’s penmanship & irony, this cartoon totally took me by surprise & had me burst out laughing with its self-deprecating take on his profession. Also, the random drunkenness & the inclusion of clown-like characters & the Ape/Gorilla reminded me of Mad Magazine which I used to love. Well done Mr Wiley .. love your work : )

I LIKE Stephan Pastis! He’s nice to his fans and he’s funny! Don’t go calling him a “no talent hack”!

Stephan Pastis is the one with the cigarette and baseball cap.