Richard Thompson's Blog

Lot: 97165
Richard Thompson Cul de Sac Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 4-6-08 (Universal Press Syndicate, 2008)....
 
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A classic, but too rich for my blood
Richard Thompson Cul de Sac Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 4-6-08 (Universal Press Syndicate) Current Bid:$1,100
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Read the story here - Press Democrat Adding Two Strips D. D. Degg  October 21, 2025  https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/20/press-democrat-adding-two-comics/ 
DD says, "The paper is giving comic fans the choice of six comic strips – Arctic Circle, Crabgrass, Cul de Sac, Dumplings, Macanudo, and Sherman's Lagoon."
My comment on the Daily Cartoonist site is "As much as I love him, and his strip, there's no way Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac should be considered for this. It's not even a zombie comic strip. He's been gone for years now, and the comics page should belong to living cartoonists."

TDC @ 20: Meeting Your Heroes Alan Gardner  October 8, 2025  https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2025/10/08/tdc-20-meeting-your-heroes/

Chris Sparks will be doing the annual Drink and Draw at Heroes Con this summer. Danielle Corsetto, who was a big fan of Richard's, was in Asheville this weekend and drew this coaster (along with another of her characters) for fundraising for Parkinson's disease research.

Comic Culture at HeroesCon 2024, part 4 [Team Cul-De-Sac]
terence dollard
May 14, 2025https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCxNqIT97uE
Part four of Comic Culture's annual pilgrimage to the largest comic-only convention, HeroesCon. Discover the charitable side of the convention, Team Cul-De-Sac, and more interviews from the show floor. Comic Culture is directed and crewed by students at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. I'm posting the video as producer/host and not as an official University publication.

The Team Behind Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow Looks Back on Kara's Legacy, and Her Future Tom King, Bilquis Evely, and Matheus Lopes sit down with io9 to discuss shaping Supergirl's modern legacy in Woman of Tomorrow. By James Whitbrook  io9 March 28, 2025https://gizmodo.com/supergirl-woman-of-tomorrow-interview-tom-king-bilquis-evely-matheus-lopes-2000582142

Jason Chatfield did a live drawing talk on one of his Substacks today.
I asked him to draw Mr. Danders - he pulled out Richard's Poor Almanac (9:15), and said, "I keep this book at arm's reach from my drawing board at all times... I consider Richard Thompson to maybe be one of the best cartoonists that ever lived. Up there with Ronald Searle, Sergio Aragones, Steadman, Scarfe... these guys who have their very distinct styles... This book - on days when I don't feel like being creative or drawing - I just flip through it and snap myself out of my funk. If you haven't heard of Richard Thompson, I'm jealous that you get to discover his work for the first time. If you have, I implore you to go back to it."
And then he drew Mr. Danders from memory.


"I really, really adore Richard Thompson."

See the whole video at:
Jason Chatfield
DMA#1: Draw Me Anything!Process Junkie! Apr 3, 2025
https://www.process-junkie.com/p/dma1-draw-me-anything

PS. I subscribe to Jason's other Substack, New York Cartoons @ https://www.newyorkcartoons.com/

Oscar-Winning Pixar Animator Pete Docter On 30 Years of 'Toy Story,' the Future of AI in Animation and New Sequel (Exclusive)
Danielle Directo-Meston
March 24, 2025
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lifestyle/shopping/toy-story-5-pete-docter-interview-future-of-pixar-animation-new-products-1236170265/

Lastly, what are those two pieces of art hanging on your wall behind you?

This is from the world's greatest unknown cartoonist, it's called "Cul de Sac" by Richard Thompson. And if you're not familiar with it, check it out. It's brilliant. The other one is Mary Blair, she was a brilliant animator at the Disney Studios, and this was from Saludos Amigos. I just love the character of those birds.

 (courtesy of Pete, here's the strip)

Thanks to Joe Sutliff.