In light of my ill-timed cartoon yesterday on writers shooting themselves and some of the mud-slingin, name-calling posts (crap headlines like; "Why Do ---holes Join OS?" Gee, why don't you tell us, buddy? If I hear another dirtbag making fun of another OS writer I swear I'm… Read full post »

 

CORRECTION; Just a quick comment. I was about to delete this post completely (and leaning that way–anyone out there like to advise me?) but it only seems insensitive to leave the cartoon up (which included a writer shooting himself)...I, of course, was not aware of today's tragic news… Read full post »

 

Welcome to Part IV of my eighteen part series, Best Advice For Writing Your Novel, which I’ll admit may or may not have begun with John Blumenthal's post and Caroline Hagood's but the ideas were flying so fast and furious it was hard to keep track. That said,… Read full post »

   

_{Bob Eckstein copyright © 2009}

No doubt, even Jesus would have had a tough time publishing in this climate. Anyhoo, this is follow-up to my last post, Good For You! Excuse Me If I'm Not Happy For Dan Brown about being Catholic & the Da Vinci Code (and spoiler alert;… Read full post »

 

_{Bob Eckstein copyright © 2009}

Sorry if I'm not doing cartwheels over Dan Brown's big day. I simply never bought into his stories which just seem, for me, not convincing and sensationalizing my religion. I'm also bias because of inane conservations I'm suffered through at snotty… Read full post »

 

So the theme for this group of cartoons is extermities. This weekend is opening week in the NFL (tomorrow is the first game) but of course I have a wedding & a bris the same weekend as the Giant opener and the US Open finals. I need three… Read full post »

If a joke falls flat does anyone hear it? The following cartoons didn't sell anywhere but are personal all-time favorites of mine. By all-time favorites, I mean they were the clinkers from my usual batch of cartoons this week.

 

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It’s simple. I need to get funny and get funny fast. Loved ones around me are depending on it. Tension is high around the dinner table ("Show me the funny!"). A timetable has been placed on my quest (next Thursday). 

 

 

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I’m using my Open Salon page to respond to Dr. Dorinda Fox and her class. She was kind enough to ask my views on a question her writing class is studying and I hope my answer is insightful.

What are your views regarding using visuals a purposeful rhetorical strategy as in an… Read full post »

To respond to inquiries as to what ever happened to T-Bucket and the Snowman...we found God. On Facebook. We are now doing God's work, getting out the good word. On Facebook.

(click one of the two halves below to enlarge and read.)

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I want to give a big thanks to OSer Lonnie Lazar, who wrote a profile about me & my office for the June issue of Mac Life. Lonnie writes for Cult of Mac and Voxilla as well.   Cartoon inspired by/…

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A new study by the Boston Public Health Commission reveals that almost half of Boston teens think that Rihanna is to blame for alleged assault "involving" Chris Brown. Where do kids get this thinking?

 

Disclaimer; The following cereal is not available in stores and is fictional.… Read full post »

A letter to my friends: OS and me. We need to talk. I was robbed right here on Open Salon and many are thinking, man, your balls are huge for coming out like this but I lost the Lexus contest unfairly! Where is the outrage?!? Can OS members be picked as… Read full post »

  

Detail from editorial done in 2004 for Time Out NY. 

Why work for The Post? (Why did I just write an editorial piece for them?)

If you’re a true writer or artist you want your work to make a difference. Looking for new clients I often seek publications with/… Read full post »