By Pepper Parr
May 16th, 2023
BURLINGTON, ON
Cartoon Bob
He is known is as Cartoon Bob – he earns his living is as an artist doing work for both corporate clients and events.
He looks at a person sitting in front of him – asks a couple of questions and draws quickly with pen or pencil on paper.
The high tech world got to him and he does much of his work on a tablet.
It was evident at an early age that Cartoon Bob would earn his moniker. As a child of the 60’s. Saturday morning cartoons provided a wealth of influence, as he would draw what he saw on TV!
After seeing well-known celebrities in some of the episodes as well as political cartoons in newspaper editorials, he turned his attention to the art of Caricature. Friends, family members, and anyone within eyeshot ware fair game!
After decades of honing his craft, Cartoon Bob has become the resident Caricaturist for Google, Dofasco, Microsoft, and many other corporate clients, He has illustrated many published books and has created countless logos and cartoon projects.
He will be the in house editorial cartoonist for the Gazette and will focus on people who are public and private. Cartoonists have a level of editorial freedom that is equalled only by opinion writers.
Set out below is a sample of his work.
Welcome aboard Cartoon Bob.
Excellent addition to the Gazette! Might I suggest that his first official cartoon might be of “The Masked Stranger”; the Ward 3 Councillor, Rory Nisan. It would be useful for his constituents in Ward 3 to remember what he looks like as he rides off into the Ward 2 sunset to save yet another public dinner event or mundialization muddle. Have mask, will travel (much).