Shannon Wheeler – Greg Goldstein's Comic Art Gallery

Shannon Wheeler — Happy Thanksgiving!

November 26, 2020 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

Sh*t My President Says, 2017

To paraphrase an old adage, sometimes you get the bird, and sometimes… the bird gets you.

I’ve discussed my pal Wheeler’s terrific cartooning skills previously. For this book (on which I actually have a co-editing credit, because of all my nagging, nudging and general meddling) he let me have first dibs on any piece, and I chose this one.

Urban legend: Ben Franklin suggested that the turkey should be the national bird. He actually did compare the bald eagle very unfavorably to the turkey, but apparently did not bring forth an official turkey proposal.

Every holiday (hell, every day, actually) feels so bizarre this year, but I’m thankful to all of you who take a moment from our apocalypse-in-training to check in on the blog.

Thanks again, and have a good holiday. Be safe out there!

Shannon Wheeler — Per Se

June 2, 2020 Greg Goldstein Original Art and The Artists

New Yorker Cartoon, Unpublished, 2015

Shannon Wheeler:

Terrific cartoonist. Brilliant humorist. Funny guy.

Also, my pal — at least most of the time. (Creators and publishers have differing points of view on occasion.)

I’ve loved his work since I met him and his wacky alternative comic Too Much Coffee Man at the 1993 San Diego Comic Con. (Also, I drink too much coffee.)

One of the many things I will miss about Comic Con in 2020 is rummaging through his originals, printed and unpublished alike. I find many of them funny as hell.

But you can buy some on-line. And they are terrific deals as far as I’m concerned.

I love gags that apply specific word choices as a chief component of the humor. To me, there is absolutely nothing that would make the cartoon funnier than “per se.”

But, maybe that’s just me.

The National Cartoonists Society would be poised for their annual awards event this month if it wasn’t for the COVID pandemic, so it’s a good week to celebrate cartoons.

See you again on Thursday with an example from the late great Gahan Wilson.