Lee Judge, staff editorial cartoonist at the Kansas City Star, gave a special presentation at the Kansas City Central Library last night entitled "A Look Back!: Cartoons We're a Little Afraid to Show You." One of our GoComics Toonologists was in attendance and offered this review: Judge thanked the crowd for braving the icy conditions admitting, "I wouldn't come out tonight to see me." He shared many of the cartoons that -- for a variety of reasons -- the editorial page editors of the Kansas City Star were unwilling to publish during his 27-year tenure with the newspaper. He also spoke about the challenges newspapers face to be provocative and interesting and commercially viable while also avoiding complaints and lawsuits. My opinion: Lee Judge puts on a top-notch comedy show. He killed. To me it was like going to Standfords except the food and wine were free and it was funny. He had the crowd howling over his censored comics and seemed a bit surprised by how far over the line he could go and still get raucous laughter from the library crowd. In addition to sharing his comics, he was generous with his time, taking questions as long as people were willing to ask them. He described giving the presentation as a "privilege", clearly enjoying the live feedback that newspaper cartoonists don't normally receive.
I wish I could've been there, I missed out big.
Posted by: comic books | December 20, 2008 at 01:14 PM