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Ever wondered who is the most popular cartoonist working today? It is relatively easy to tell with movie stars, simply looking at box office sales and how often they appear on talk shows. But cartoonists are a private bunch.

Scott Adams (Dilbert) and Gary Trudeau (Doonesbury) pretty much saturated the market in the later part of last century. Adams continues to be popular. In my opinion, both cartoonists are brilliant, but both have become a bit repetitive; unlike Gary Larson who retired early, he said "Before He Landed In The Mediocre Hall Of Fame". He was always my favorite, until Internet cartoonist Rick London came out of nowhere. He and his team of illustrators have created almost twice as many cartoons as Larson did. I am not saying they are better, but they are in a similar genre, and both The Far Side (now retired), and Londons Times (still going strong) are brilliant and enchanting.

Charles Adams was a corporate stiff at Pacific Bell in 1995 but drawing "Dilbert" at home every day. he revealed to us the "new corporate America" which was confusing at best. Workers were all packed in cubicles, like sardines. Gary Larson (The Far Side, Rick London (Londons Times Cartoons), and Dave Coverly (Speed Bump) go down as my all-time favorites. Of course cartooning like any art is subjective. I like this kind of cartooning because of what I call "extreme editing". All three of these talents know how to tell a story, a big story in just a few words. Rick London strikes me as one of the most creative with his Londons Times Cartoons. I visit the site daily, and often order products from his many gift shops. I love having humorous things that truly give me belly-laughs around the house. It is why I purchased all of Gary Larson's books and calendars (not to mention some mugs) and London has even a bigger selection of licensed products and I try to buy as many of them as I can, but usually end up giving them as gifts.

Mensa, to me, is a bit outdated in that it does not take EQ Emotional IQ into account. Some of the brightest people I have ever known or been exposed to, these brilliant cartoonist for instance, might not be Mensa material, but they are just as brilliant. This new type of brilliance was discovered by author Robert Goleman in the mid-1980's and he wrote a best-seller on it called "Emotional IQ" which I have read and is excellent.

I doubt seriously that Larson, London, or Coverly could pass the Mensa test, but I also doubt any Mensan could do what these three high EQ geniuses can do.

The main outlet was newspaper syndication when Larson's Far Side and later Coverly's Speed Bump were launched. I am so much reminded, when I see a Londons Times Cartoon a good bit of The Far Side but a little more sophisticated as are Coverly's panels. I love them equally, but to me, it is hard to beat Rick London's monumental web site of thousands of cartoons, each, to me a masterpiece (okay a few duds, but mostly ingenius). Maybe they are not that much beter but done in such brilliant color, and purposely not created for newspapers but for magazines and the Internet. I love viewing them there. I can go back and look at the website again and again and see something different every time. That so much reminds me of going back and reading Far Side books repeadedly when I had the blues. The blues magicallyi lifted.

Like Yves St. Laurent in the fashion world, who was not a very good artist, and hired others, Rick London had a similar obstacle. He too had to form a "team of creative illustrators to render his thoughts and ideas." But it worked and he surprised a lot of people, as he started with nothing, not even training or education, and ended up being the top cartoonists with the highest-ranking independent site on the Internet.

Though all these creators are great in my book, in their own way, it is impossible not to vote Rick London as the top in his field. He started with nothing and now owns the highest-ranked offbeat cartoon site. He has launched 9 niche web stores of cartoon merchaandise from aprons to clocks and they sell very well I am told. How can one not recognize this talent who only had a high school education in the Mississippi public school systems. It is almost like an Elvis story.

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The Web offers a plethora of funny cartoons. Ranked highest among them worldwide is Alexa Rankings: Top Cartoon On The Intenet, Rick London's Londons Times Cartoons



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