Tom Tomorrow For Every Tomorrow
by digby
I was sad to see that the passing of the great political cartoonist Paul Conrad went largely unremarked the other day. I wrote about it but it didn’t get much pick-up and he was an old guy so maybe most people just didn’t remember him.
But I do think it’s worthwhile to support our current political cartoonists as much as possible. It’s an important form, one that has been around forever, and it has the capacity to disseminate some very sophisticated political insights in a way that ordinary people can instantly understand. They are certainly intrinsic to American political discourse.
Unfortunately, with the stresses that are battering the newspaper and publishing business, these important voices are feeling the pinch in a big way, including every DFHs favorite cartoonist Tom Tomorrow:
Just learned that my new publisher, Soft Skull, is scaling back and shutting down their New York office. The new compilation is being printed as we speak, so it will still exist in the world — not sure what this means beyond that, except that the road ahead may be bumpy. It’s been a great experience working with their production team, and my editor Denise Oswald, and I really hope everybody affected by this lands on their feet. Also: I really don’t want this book to get lost in the shuffle. If you can afford the ten bucks, please consider pre-ordering it
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You know it will be good:
