tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34282002010-03-24T07:55:20.057-04:00Boiling Point BlogRants, raves & pictorial propaganda from angry cartoonist Mikhaela B. Reid! Reid’s strip “The Boiling Point” runs regularly in Bay Windows and Metro Times, and has appeared in The Guardian, The Phoenix, In These Times, Ms. and Funny Times. Reid was named one of the 2006 Girls in Government/Feministing "Real Hot 100." Ted Rall calls Reid "an insurgent cartoonist: smart, irrepressible and unpredictable" and Alison Bechdel says Reid's cartoons are "right *$%@ing on."Mikhaelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02817367214920267825noreply@blogger.comBlogger1115125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428200.post-56793941185968485672010-03-24T06:50:00.002-04:002010-03-24T06:50:58.887-04:00Cartoon: Texas Textbooks<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikhaela/4459778980/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2773/4459778980_57d0686514.jpg" alt="" style="border: dotted 1px#C0C0C0;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikhaela/4459778980/">Click to enlarge</a> <br /></center></span><br clear="all" /><p>It's been quite a ride for the last eight (nine?) years but I'm sorry to say that this is my last regular weekly cartoon for "The Boiling Point." I'll explain my decision to retire from political cartooning in my next blog post.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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<p>I've been considering this seriously for over two years now, but I'm not ashamed to say that when I came to my final decision yesterday and notified my major remaining clients via email there was indeed some uncontrollable sobbing on my part.
<p>I've been drawing political cartoons since high school. I started drawing them regularly again in college with a vengeance in 2001 (which is when I started this blog) and I've been drawing them professionally for newspapers and paying web clients since 2002. Over the years my cartoons have appeared in the <span style="font-style:italic;">Los Angeles Times, The Guardian, Boston Phoenix, Bay Windows, Metro Times, The Rochester Insider, Women's eNews, In These Times, Ms., The Funny Times, Campus Progress, Girlfriends, The Minnesota Women's Press</span>, and other assorted fine publications. I've been interviewed by NPR and the BBC, appeared in art exhibitions such as "She Draws Comics: A Century of Women Cartoonists" and come in third place in the Detroit SPJ Journalism Awards for editorial cartooning. This past fall I was elected Vice-President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (a position I'll hold until this September).
<p>So why am I quitting? It's not as if the world is running any lower on evil wars, economic injustice, environmental disaster, homophobia, transphobia, racism, misogyny... And while he's no Bush, I'm certainly <a href="http://www.mikhaela.net/2009/12/cartoon-urge-to-surge-2-afghanistan.html">no big fan of Obama.</a>
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<li><span style="font-weight:bold;">The political cartooning market sucks (and I suck at marketing.)</span> This is really no secret. I started out in 2002 with one paying client, the <span style="font-style:italic;">Boston Phoenix.</span> Over the years I picked up and dropped more, and at my peak I was appearing regularly in six or seven print papers. In the past two years, as my clients eliminated or cut their political cartoon content, that number dwindled down to two, and finally, just one (the <span style="font-style:italic;">Metro Times</span>). I made some marketing efforts, pitched to editors, sent out packets--but got little to show for it. I did have a few fabulous web clients, but my cartooning income had halved, then quartered itself.
<p>When I first began freelance political cartooning I had hopes of somehow making it a full-time career, but after a few years it became clear I would always need a full-time job in addition.
<li><span style="font-weight:bold;">The relentless deadlines</span>. There are no vacations or sick days in freelance weekly alternative political cartoons. When I had pneumonia in 2003... I had to draw or risk losing my papers. When I had severe carpal tunnel problems in 2008, my husband Masheka had to illustrate my cartoons for me. I had to draw a cartoon the morning for before my wedding and while on my honeymoon. Sometimes you need to take a break--but you just can't. (And yes, I know I could have drawn some extra cartoons and saved them up for a rainy day, but still!).
<li><span style="font-weight:bold;">I'm just TIRED.</span> And it's not just because I'm hugely pregnant and exhausted all the time, though that certainly doesn't help. I've tried to develop a thick skin and ignore or laugh at the nasty hate mail, the "hope U burn in hel" and "you can't draw" and "you uggly dike bitch I hop the papers cancel you're stupid cartoons" letters and comments, but after a while, it gets a girl down. I wasn't getting paid enough for that kind of abuse.
<li><span style="font-weight:bold;">I need to make room for other things (and a tiny new person) in my life.</span> I have a lot of other passions and projects I've been wanting to tackle over the years, but drawing political cartoons in addition to working full time and having some vague semblance of a social life has made it difficult to pursue them fully. With the peanuts I was earning for political cartooning, I was theoretically doing it for fun--but I wasn't really having fun anymore.
<p>I'd like to do a graphic novel or a cartoon book on body image issues (along the lines of my <a href="http://www.polkadotoverload.com/2010/03/your-yucky-body.html">"Your Yucky Body"</a> cartoons) someday. I love writing science fiction. I LOVE to make things, and I've recently been having an amazing, hate-mail-free time blogging about sewing and style at <a href="http://www.polkadotoverload.com/">Polka Dot Overload.</a>
<p>Not to mention that Masheka and I are expecting our daughter (our first child) on June 18. I'm going to be going back to work full-time after a 12-week maternity leave, and if I'm this exhausted and finding it this hard to draw cartoons and while pregnant, I'd be foolish to imagine it would be any easier while taking care of a newborn.
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<p>Despite all that, it was still a hard decision. I'll definitely miss:
<ul><li><span style="font-weight:bold;">Having a regular public outlet to express my outrage</span>. I'm still furious and I'm still angry and I still want to fight injustice and make change in this world. But I'll just have to do that in other ways and venues.
<li><span style="font-weight:bold;">The fans.</span> You are <span style="font-style:italic;">awesome</span>. Every time in the past I thought about quitting I'd get an amazing and inspiring letter or comment or meet someone at a cartooning convention who'd been reading my work since the beginning and I'd get new energy to keep drawing.
<li><span style="font-weight:bold;">Hanging with fellow political cartoonists. </span> I've loved being a part of the <a href="http://editorialcartoonists.com/">AAEC</a> and <a href="http://cartoonistswithattitude.org/blog">Cartoonists With Attitude</a>, and I've made some of my best friends through these groups. Obviously I'm still a cartoonist and they're still my friends, but I will miss some of the camaraderie in griping about what it's like to be a regular political cartoonist.
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<p>But as I said above, I won't miss the hate mail, the comment trolls, or the never-ending deadlines.
<p>So what's next for me? As mentioned, I have a new blog about sewing and style for those of you who care about such things, <a href="http://www.polkadotoverload.com/">Polka Dot Overload. </a> And Cartoonist Baby will be here in a matter of weeks. I'll be leaving this blog and my complete cartoon archives old (<a href="http://www.mikhaela.net/cgi-bin/mkpicpg.cgi?picdir=toons">1998-2008</a>) and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikhaela/sets/72157594534894393/">more recent</a> up indefinitely.
<p>I may post occasional political thoughts or cartoons here again, and I'll let you know about those graphic novel or book projects, but it'll probably be rather silent here for a while. For now you can always read the work of my amazing friends in <a href="http://www.cartoonistswithattitude.org/blog/">CWA</a>, folks like Ted Rall, Brian McFadden, Matt Bors, Jen Sorensen, Stephanie McMillan, Keith Knight...
<p>Signing off for now...
<br>Your Angry Cartoonist
<p><center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikhaela/4358581103/" title="Valentine's Day date--23 weeks pregnant! by M1khaela, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4038/4358581103_c54f907d5c.jpg" width="318" height="500" alt="Valentine's Day date--23 weeks pregnant!" /></a></center><div class="blogger-post-footer">- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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<p>Sorry, meant to post this a little while ago! What a nice surprise that such a well-made film by such a talented director actually won--I was really nervous it was going to be "Avatar" (or way worse yet, "The Blind Side").
<p>Drawn for Women's eNews (<a href="http://womensenews.org/cartoon/090518/mikhaela-reid">temporary link here</a>).
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<p>Drawn for Women's eNews (<a href="http://womensenews.org/cartoon/090518/mikhaela-reid">temporary link here</a>).
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - -<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3428200-6484383676253547416?l=www.mikhaela.net' alt='' /></div>Mikhaelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02817367214920267825noreply@blogger.com27tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428200.post-70055582320922760892010-02-19T16:41:00.002-05:002010-02-19T16:41:54.258-05:00Cartoon: Afghanistan Apology Card #157<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikhaela/4371245508/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4056/4371245508_ebe9cf77cf.jpg" alt="" style="border: dotted 1px#C0C0C0;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikhaela/4371245508/">Click to enlarge</a> <br /></center></span><br clear="all" /><p>Self-explanatory, I think.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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<p>I realize I don't look particularly angry in the above image, but that's only because I clipped it from an illustration I did of a vintage dress pattern I'm sewing. But trust me, I'm still SEETHING with RAGE, even in my fabulous orange floral silk maternity dress.
<p>Here's the retired banner:
<p><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.mikhaela.net/uploaded_images/newmikhaelabanner-798702.gif"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 76px;" src="http://www.mikhaela.net/uploaded_images/newmikhaelabanner-798700.gif" border="0" alt="" /></a>
<p>Here's the image I pulled the new banner from:
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikhaela/4355030013/" title="Vintage McCalls 5921 Sketch by M1khaela, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2700/4355030013_6688346840.jpg" width="500" height="379" alt="Vintage McCalls 5921 Sketch" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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<p>Yes, readers, I'm getting bigger by the day and Cartoonist Baby is kicking like a soccer player. June is the big event!
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikhaela/4321686061/" title="Kwik Sew 3513 Roll-Top Knit Skirt w/ Flounce (21 weeks pregnant) by M1khaela, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4058/4321686061_25f5823f5d.jpg" width="308" height="500" alt="Kwik Sew 3513 Roll-Top Knit Skirt w/ Flounce (21 weeks pregnant)" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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<p>Is it just me, or am I drawing a lot of pregnancy-related cartoons lately?</p><div class="blogger-post-footer">- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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<p><b>Update</b>: The New York Times <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/30/world/americas/30birth.html?th&emc=th">has more on this issue.</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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<p>Here's <a href="http://womensenews.org/cartoon/090518/mikhaela-reid">the cartoon at Women's eNews</a>, and below is a permalink (the eNews link expires in a week or so):
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<p>I will add that I received a really disturbing bit of pro-rape (seriously!?) email from a Mr. John Napolitano in response to this cartoon this morning. An excerpt (warning--this is really horrible, so please don't read if it will upset you... it certainly upset me):
<blockquote>But do you understand that the rapist could be another (male) earthquake victim. pushed over the edge from being denied the aid they need?
<p>But most women's advocacy is full of this sort of narrow short sightedness, which does nothing but make another part of the people feel less than equal. I sometimes wonder if this isn't the real aim.
<p>The end result is the furthering of the "Women's Agenda at the expense of Humanity.....</blockquote>
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<p>For some reason (not sure why I didn't do any cartoons about the coup against Aristide?) I hadn't drawn any cartoons about Haiti since 2004. Here's one from 2004 and one from 2002. I was appalled to hear that the U.S. has told Haitians that even if they manage to get to the U.S. via dangerous boat journey, they will just be jailed. At least no one is being deported to Haiti at the moment.
<p>Click image to see full-size for either.
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Wish I had still been registered to vote in my home state, not that it would have made a difference. KENNEDY'S SEAT? WTF?!<div class="blogger-post-footer">- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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<p>Via Racialicious. Only caveat to this otherwise excellent piece--at the end he mentions several organizations to donate to, including <a href="http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=4172&cat=field-news">Doctors Without Borders</a> and <a href="http://www.standwithhaiti.org/">Partners in Health</a>--but also Wyclef's Yele foundation. After <a href="http://bucks.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/18/how-wyclef-jeans-haiti-charity-spent-its-money/">recent revelations</a>, I'd avoid the latter and stick with the former two.<div class="blogger-post-footer">- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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<p>By the way, you may remember this nameless couple--they've appeared a few times over the last year or so, starting with the election. Maybe at some point they'll get actual names.<div class="blogger-post-footer">- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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<p>Masheka is one of many awesome cartoonists featured in this exhibit at Green Brain Comics' Headspace gallery in Dearborn. Here's his contribution, and the details from his blog:
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Check out my version of Gil Kane's cover to Sensation Comics #109. The original art and a color print are on exhibit (and for sale) at <a href="http://www.greenbrain.biz/Gallery.htm">Headspace Gallery</a> in Michigan's <a href="http://www.greenbrain.biz/index.htm">Green Brain Comics</a> (see press release below)
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<p>Green Brain Comics is proud to announce the opening of a new exhibit entitled COVERED on Wednesday, January 13th in the recently named HEADSPACE Gallery inside Green Brain Comics.
<p>Inspired by a similar theme at the Covered blog (<a href="http://www.covered.blogspot.com/">www.covered.blogspot.com</a>) HEADSPACE curator Dan Merritt has assembled several pieces by artists that have brought their own touch to famous, and infamous comic book covers from several different decades.
<p>"The theme for this exhibit has really sparked a creative flame." says Merritt "Each of these pieces has been lovingly recreated in tribute to the original art and the original artists that created them."
<p>Featured in the exhibit will be works from Michigan based comic creators Paul Sizer, Matt Feazell, and Sean Bieri. Joining them will be other well known local artists Eric Millikin, Jennifer Rose Evans, and Chris Houghton. The Covered exhibit also features new work by many others, including Bryan Durren, Heather Hansma, Lizz James, Jesse Hughes and a piece by Masheka Wood from New York.
<p>The opening reception for the Covered exhibit will be on Wednesday January 13th from 7pm to 10 pm. And the art will be on view until Saturday March 6th.
<p>HEADSPACE Gallery is inside Green Brain Comics which is located at 13210 Michigan Avenue in East Downtown Dearborn. More information is available at <a href="http://www.greenbrain.biz/">www.greenbrain.biz</a> or by calling 313-582-9444</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer">- - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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- - - - - - - - - - - - - -<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3428200-4183953684841115863?l=www.mikhaela.net' alt='' /></div>Mikhaelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02817367214920267825noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3428200.post-78301983842569598462009-12-31T22:05:00.005-05:002009-12-31T22:07:50.800-05:00Cartoonist Baby With Attitude<center><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33957782@N08/4231494185/" title="photo sharing"><img src="http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4018/4231494185_e28a848388.jpg" alt="" style="border: dotted 1px#C0C0C0;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/33957782@N08/4231494185/">Click to enlarge</a> <br /></center></span><br clear="all" /><p>I had to share this--my mother made a newborn nightgown for my baby-to-be out of a Cartoonists With Attitude T-shirt!</p>
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