Regarding my RGJ Editorial Cartoon from Sunday, March 21, 2010: It was a remembrance of the late Fess Parker, a Boomer icon. I really should have played up the notion that the raccoon population took a serious hit in the 50’s and 60’s with every kid under ten wearing coonskin caps like their hero Davy Crockett/Daniel Boone. The producers of those shows (Disney in the case of the Crockett shows) might have, indeed, been the Adolf Eichmann of raccoons. At the very least, I should have drawn a “tail-less” raccoon saying, “Thanks a LOT, Mr. Parker.” I missed out on a nice piece of comedy. That’s what happens when you rush to get something in the paper. Always remember, kids, to “bring the funny!”

And that is my Cartooning Tip of the Day.

Welcome to my new site. I hope there are a few things you’ll find interesting. I’m very pleased with the work Kelly Smith did on the design, and I recommend him to anyone like me (a feckless luddite) who’s in the market for professional website design. In checking out the archive of RGJ Editorial Cartoons I realized one thing: I sure have pumped out a lot of ’em!

And there’s more to come.

Later,

Jeff Hickman