This is the class blog for COMM 4811/6811 Media 2.0: Production & Distribution in the Internet Age at the University of Memphis. Instructor: Kris M. Markman, Ph.D.
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Cartoonists Index Profile
There is a guy by the name of Daryl Cagle, he is a cartoonist with MSNBC now, but he started at a conventional newspaper as the editorial cartoonist. Daryl was one of the first of his profession to fully understand and use the Internet as a way of exposing the world to the art, humor, and political commentary of many of the world's great editorial cartoonists. He started his web site "Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index" while he was still working for a newspaper, before newspapers were losing money and cutting editorial cartoonists from their staffs. With his site, he gave these artists a format with which they could continue their work and gain that niche audience that they would never have had if not for the Internet and Daryl Cagle's idea. I think this is a person who personifies the idea of a Media 2.0 individual who has used - and still is using - the Internet in a positive and progressive manner. He's making a profit as well. His should make a good profile.
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I need a link to his website so I can find out more about him.
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