Today is giving day throughout the country and we want to raise money for Team Cul de Sac today. To donate please Click This Link! As you know, Richard Thompson died of Parkinson's disease and his friends have worked to raise money for the Fox Foundation's efforts to defeat the disease.
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
Compleating Cul de Sac 2nd ed (2022) ebook debuts for Giving Tuesday
Today is giving day throughout the country and we want to raise money for Team Cul de Sac today. To donate please Click This Link! As you know, Richard Thompson died of Parkinson's disease and his friends have worked to raise money for the Fox Foundation's efforts to defeat the disease.
Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Heroescon 2019 Drink and Draw art request and updates
Hi Everyone, Chris Sparks here. We just celebrated a fun Drink and Draw at #sccomiccon and wanted to give a big Shout out to Robert Young. Thanks Rob for helping find such fun stuff for the auction!
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Now it is time to start planning Heroescon Drink and Draw. June 14th after the show. ( time and place TBA) Shelton Drum the founder of HeroesCon and I have been tossing some cool ideas around that are in early development. So please watch here and on Facebook for that news.
Other news is that Emily, my daughter and I will be attending the Michael J Fox Foundation Gala in New York City on April 5th. This will be her first time to see up close the amazing work the Foundation does. I can't think of a better way to spend her 10th Birthday weekend.
We will also have a representative at our Drink and Draw this year!
So here is the pitch, we would love to have you donate original art, this can be a published page or something you want to create that is just will blow the minds of the fine friends attending our drink and draw. Do whatever you want we love to see your creativity. Have a new book out? Send us copies of that a sketch in the book. Folks love the signed/sketched books!
Speaking of creativity, thank you creator law in being one of our sponsors along with Heroescon!
How to donate?
Email me at teamculdesac@gmail.com or message me on facebook on our team cul de sac page or friend and then message me on fb. I will send you the mailing address and will post the donations here and on Facebook.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
Team Cul de Sac's 2019 link to donating to the Fox Foundation
Friday, June 8, 2018
Bill Watterson art auction for Team Cul de Sac - information on bidding
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Monday, June 4, 2018
Signed Bill Watterson book to be auctioned for Team Cul de Sac
Bill Watterson contributes a signed with a doodle in a hardcover of the Complete Calvin and Hobbes to Team Cul de Sac for our Heroescon Drink and Draw auction. A sketch from Bill is beyond very rare. We appreciate his continued support in helping us to raise money for the Michael J Fox Foundation for research in honor of our friend Richard Thompson. (Remember, you can donate at any time). Please visit our booth at Heroescon and come out to our drink and draw at the Westin ballroom on Friday night,the 15th of June. We will probably do remote bidding for those unable to attend in person
#heroescon #tea
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
Support Team Cul de Sac by donating artwork
Heroescon (June 15th-17th) is right around the corner. Guess what folks, it means it is time for me to ask for more wonderful donations for this years Drink and Draw! Which will be held on the night of the 15th after the shows activities are over for the day. Shelton Drum and the crew will be announcing the location soon over at https://www.heroesonline.
I met Richard Thompson at Heroescon in 2008. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's a year later and in 2010 we started Team Cul de Sac to raise money for the Michael J Fox Foundation. So far we have raised over $241,000 bucks and I would really like to break the quarter million dollar mark this year.
What can we use? Original published art is always wonderful! We also love any art that you would like to produce for the event that you have been inspired to do this year.
Maybe you have a new book out and would like to send a few copies with sketches in them?
Maybe you want to do a live painting at the event for us?
Maybe your publisher would like to donate other books for us to sale at our booth?
Remember every penny we raise goes to The Michael J Fox Foundation for research. Not a penny goes to the overhead of the operations.
I need donations by 8th of June. Remember to send a business card/ contact info so we can promote you and your donation!
Our address is
Team Cul de Sac
C/O Chris Sparks
54 Herron Ave
Asheville NC 28806
If you have any questions, please email us at teamculdesac@gmail.com
www.sparkingdesign.com
Friday, September 8, 2017
New collection of Richard Thompson art coming out next weekend
Art by Richard Thompson
Foreword by Joel Achenbach • Edited by Michael Rhode
The Richard Thompson Library, Volume 1
THE RICHARD THOMPSON LIBRARY
The Richard Thompson Library, published by Picture This Press, collects the work of one of the great artists working in cartooning and illustration in the last 25 years.
Paperback: $27.95 • 346 pp. • B&W • paperback • ISBN: 978-0-9906932-8-4
Hardcover: $34.95 • 346 pp. • B&W • hardcover • ISBN: 978-0-9906932-9-1
Richard Thompson (1957-2016)
Photo by Allan Janus |
Thompson—one of his generation's greatest cartoonists and caricaturists—was beloved by readers and fellow artists alike. Pat Oliphant called him "Michelangelo with a sense of humor," and Bill Watterson, who had not said anything publicly in almost 20 years, broke his silence to credit Thompson with "giving me a reason to read the comics again." In a more than 35-year career, Thompson, his work appeared in U.S. News & World Report, The New Yorker, Air & Space/Smithsonian, National Geographic, and The Atlantic Monthly. He is best known for his 2004–12 syndicated comic strip, Cul de Sac.
Friday, June 9, 2017
One week from today. Heroes con and Drink and Draw!
Chris
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
John Cuneo donates to our Drink and Draw
We received the news this weekend that one of Richard Thompson's favorite illustrators, John Cuneo was donating this drawing to Team Cul de Sac for our auction at Heroescon June 16th.
If you are not familiar with John's work, you need to get familiar with it.
The Drink and Draw will be at a Westin ballroom on Friday evening. Time9 usually at 7:30 and Room will be announced ASAP.
John, thank you for the beautiful drawing. Wow.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Heroescon Team Cul de Sac Drink and Draw 2017
54 Herron Ave
Asheville NC 28806
Monday, January 9, 2017
New donation page for Team Cul de Sac
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
Richard Thompson remembered in Montgomery College alumni magazine
Richard Thompson '78; Cartoonist Richard Thompson made us laugh.
Montgomery College's INSIGHTS Fall 2016, p. 44
online (December 6 2016) at http://mcblogs.montgomerycollege.edu/insights/2016/12/06/cartoonist-richard-thompson-made-us-laugh/
Saturday, December 3, 2016
Sunday, November 27, 2016
Thursday, October 6, 2016
Remembering Richard Thompson, by two of his friends
Between the Stacks - Remembering Richard Thompson, cartoonist and illustrator
By Susan Frohnsdorff and Gregory Frohnsdorff
Moultrie News October 5, 2016
http://www.moultrienews.com/20161005/161009896/between-the-stacks---remembering-richard-thompson-cartoonist-and-illustratorWednesday, October 5, 2016
Oct 22: Mount Pleasant Library talk moved to new date
Richard Thompson, creator of the comic strip Cul de Sac, passed away from complications of Parkinson's disease this summer. Learn more about this Reuben Award-winning artist through a screening of the 2014 documentary The Art of Richard Thompson and a presentation on Thompson's background and accomplishments by one of the late cartoonist's friends.
Mt. Pleasant Regional Library
1133 Mathis Ferry Road
Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464
843.849.6161 ~ http://www.ccpl.org
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Richard Thompson remembered in Air & Space Magazine
Friday, September 23, 2016
Chris Mautner on Cul de Sac
Comic Connections: Revisiting Richard Thompson's Cul de Sac.
By Chris Mautner
Sunday, September 4, 2016
Barney & Clyde's Richard Thompson tribute
Thursday, September 1, 2016
One final goodbye to Richard Thompson at Small Press Expo
Richard Thompson (1957-2016)—one his generation's greatest cartoonists and caricaturists—was beloved by readers and fellow artists alike. Pat Oliphant called him "Michelangelo with a sense of humor," and Bill Watterson, who had not said anything publicly in almost 20 years, sent out a note crediting Thompson with "giving me a reason to read the comics again." A short documentary celebrating Thompson's art and generous spirit will be followed by a conversation among Thompson's long-time intimates—his close friend and fellow cartoonist Nick Galifianakis, Shena Wolf, who is the Uclick acquisitions editor and was Richard's editor on Cul De Sac, as well as friend and art historian David Apatoff—concluding with an opportunity for questions and reflections from the audience. Moderated by publisher (Lost Art Books) and editor of the forthcoming Richard Thompson Library series, Joseph Procopio.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Dr. Anita Auerbach's eulogy for Richard Thompson
Dr. Anita Auerbach
https://findthequiet.com/2016/08/30/are-you-ready-noooo/
Monday, August 29, 2016
Michael Cavna remembers Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson: The art of being a smart, humane artist in a vitriolic, wired world
Washington Post Comic Riffs August 29 2016
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/08/29/richard-thompson-the-art-of-a-being-a-smart-humane-artist-in-a-vitriolic-wired-world/
Richard Thompson Memorial Celebration photographs
http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2016_08_27B3_RThompson_Memorial3
http://www.bguthriephotos.com/graphlib.nsf/keys/2016_08_27B1_RThompson_Memorial
Friday, August 26, 2016
Gail Rubin remembers Richard Thompson
Cartoonist Richard Thompson Made Us Laugh
http://agoodgoodbye.com/notable-obituaries/cartoonist-richard-thompson-made-us-laugh/
Before you read that -
The service for Richard Thompson will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, this Saturday, August 27th at 1pm.
IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC from 1pm until 2:30 pm, after which there will be a private reception for friends and family.
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
RICHARD THOMPSON MEMORIAL SERVICE
RICHARD THOMPSON MEMORIAL SERVICE
A service for Richard will be held at the National Press Club in Washington, DC, this Saturday, August 27th at 1pm.
IT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC from 1pm until 2:30 pm, after which there will be a private reception for friends and family.
Again, the family asks that in lieu of flowers please consider making a donation to the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research, either directly or through Team Cul De Sac (https://www.michaeljfox.org/get-involved/teamfox.php).
Sunday, August 21, 2016
A Richard Thompson tribute in Betty
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Anne Morse-Hambrock remembers Richard Thompson
For Richard
Anne & God webcomic (08/16/2016)
http://overbookedandunderpaid.typepad.com/anne_and_god/2016/08/for-richard.html
Thursday, August 11, 2016
Nick Galifianakis on Richard Thompson's death
Richard Thompson 1957-2016
– Nick Galifianakis
Pat Oliphant's thoughts on Richard Thompson in 2004
Wednesday, August 10, 2016
Comic scholar John Lent on Richard Thompson's last books
"Scratchy sketchbook drawings, doodlings, exquisite caricatures and humorous paintings": Reviewing Richard Thompson's last books
International Journal of Comic Art blog August 10, 2016
http://ijoca.blogspot.com/2016/08/scratchy-sketchbook-drawings-doodlings.html
This review will appear in print in the Spring/Summer 2016 IJOCA issue later this summer.