What should a monthly geology cartoon look like?
This morning, I popped a signed contract in the mail to Geotimes: they've asked me to draw a monthly cartoon for that geology-themed magazine. It will probably start in the August or September 2008 issue. Technical details still remaining to be settled include: what this cartoon will look like, and what it will discuss, and even what it will be called.
Geotimes managing editor Meg Sever and I have discussed a couple of possibilities: probably it will be vary in size and form: sometimes it will be a three panel strip, sometimes it will be a single panel (like The Far Side). The goal is less to be humorous (though that's always a bonus) and more to explain. In fact, Meg initially got the idea from an odd project I did for my senior "thesis" at William & Mary: The Cartoon Guide to Geology (1996). That was peppered liberally with bad jokes, but the primary goal wasn't to be funny -- it was to explain geology through a cartoon medium.
I bring this up now to seek the good advice of the geoblogosphere. Especially those of you who are Geotimes subscribers: what topics do you want me to cartoon about each month?
Also: what's a catchy title for a monthly geology cartoon? Any advice you have would be welcome!
Geotimes managing editor Meg Sever and I have discussed a couple of possibilities: probably it will be vary in size and form: sometimes it will be a three panel strip, sometimes it will be a single panel (like The Far Side). The goal is less to be humorous (though that's always a bonus) and more to explain. In fact, Meg initially got the idea from an odd project I did for my senior "thesis" at William & Mary: The Cartoon Guide to Geology (1996). That was peppered liberally with bad jokes, but the primary goal wasn't to be funny -- it was to explain geology through a cartoon medium.
I bring this up now to seek the good advice of the geoblogosphere. Especially those of you who are Geotimes subscribers: what topics do you want me to cartoon about each month?
Also: what's a catchy title for a monthly geology cartoon? Any advice you have would be welcome!
3 Comments:
I think some kind of Far Side - like cartoon could be good, a single panel, a little weird - but I haven't thought of any titles yet.
Will they let you publish your cartoons on your blog? I think that would be great. I get Geotimes, but don't always take the time to peruse all of it. What a terrible admission!
I'm sure I can at least link to the cartoons from the blog -- assuming that they're also published online on Geotimes' website.
I'm seeing an opportunity to exploit field trip debacles, funny exam answers and bad geology puns.
I could also see the title being along those lines: "On the Rocks" or "Clastically Trained" or "About Facies", or something equally as groan-worthy. (I tried to come up with witty phrases for "Pitch(ed)" and "Inclined to ____", but I'm drawing a blank. "Sinistral" is also a cool word.)
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