Groundhog day
One of my favorite days of the year! Old Punxsutawney Phil pops up to see just whose shadow he sees. These days it could totally be anybodies. I narrowed it to Bud Selig, Tiger Woods, and Josh McDaniels. I finally settled on Selig. He’s so much fun to draw.
Cheating and its consequences.
People through the years have asked where I learned to draw. My answer has always been honest, yet embarrassingly so. I learned to draw in algebra class. I’m proud to say, however, while I actually scored single figures on several tests (or pretty darned close to it), I never once cheated.
I love doing these cartoons about how sports effect us in our everyday lives. One of the things I enjoy most about sports are the important lessons we can learn from them. Teamwork. Hard work. Hustle. Persistence. Patience. Honor. Integrity. Rising above Adversity and defeat.
Yet these days, it bothers me a great deal the lessons that are being passed on to our children from people like Mark McGwire, Tiger Woods, Terrell Owens, Michael Vick and Brandon Marshall. And, yes, us. Fans who root for people like this regardless of their conduct and what it means. I feel as though we are not only losing some moral ground here, but skiing right off of it into a perilous abyss.
Da Bears
The Bears coaching staff went through some serious makeover work last week in this cartoon I did for the Chicago Tribune. It’s quite a mess that Mr. Cutler has gotten himself into.
A Cartoon Posting change for a few weeks
I’m going to change my posting schedule here for just a few weeks . I’ve been posting here 5 days a week since leaving the Rocky last February. For the next few weeks I’m going to post just M-W-F. Don’t worry. This isn’t a permanent change. I just want a chance to work on a web comic I’m playing with as well as some other concepts for the coming year and to do some marketing for my creative business Littoonz Studios without the daily deadline of sports cartoons. I’m asking all of you, please, to bear with me for a few weeks, to keep supporting the site by coming back daily or every other day at least. And I ask all of you as well, to tell a friend or two about the cartoons here and encourage them to give the site a try. The more the merrier.
I’m also asking you to take part in the poll questions below to help me evaluate the site and to bring you more of the content you want to read. Thanks everybody!!
PLEASE NOTE: THESE IMAGES ARE NOT CLICKABLE
2009: Unforgettable
For me, 2009 will always be remembered as the year a great newspaper died. The Rocky Mountain News had been a part of the Colorado landscape for 150 years until it’s closing in February. It set my life and career onto a new path, drawing cartoons for this blog and for places like 9News, the Chicago Tribune, United Media syndicate and The great Guadalupe County Communicator in Santa Rosa, New Mexico. I hope you enjoy this year in review piece I put together. It will be featured in the January issue of Mile High Sports Magazine on news stands next week.
I’ll have a new cartoon on Saturday.
Posted in Drew's Views 
Tags: 2009 Year in review, brandon marshall, Chicago Tribune, Denver Broncos, Denver Nuggets, drew litton, Hardball, jay cutler, Josh McDaniels, Kyle Orton, Los Angeles Lakers, Major League baseball, NBA Playoffs, NCAA Football, NFL, Pigskin, Rocky Mountain News, sports cartoon, sports cartoonist, sports cartoonists, sports cartoons
It’s Here! The First Official Drew Litton Sports Cartoon wall calendar for 2010.
The calendar features 12 Monthly Full-Color classic cartoons PLUS Daily sports event date reminders to make your sports planning for 2010 so easy. Honestly, I think these will be a super cool gift for the sports fans in all our lives. The calendars are now on sale at lulu.com for $14.95 plus shipping. Lulu.com production costs are fairly high. But they do the shipping which should make the process easier. Click on the image or the link Drew Litton Calendar to order now!
Posted in From the Locker Room Tags: 2010 calendars, 9News, Chicago Tribune, Christmas gifts for the sports fan!, Creator's Incubator, drew litton, drewlitton.com, Humorous Illustration, LittoonzStudios, Pigskin, Rocky Mountain News, sports cartoon, sports cartoonist, sports cartoonists, sports cartoons
Scrambled.
I’ve been meaning to do this cartoon for awhile now and finally got around to this very topical issue. In one of my many secret identities I do cartoons for the North Metro News here in Denver. They are always high school related and this just seemed like the right time to use this. I’m interested to hear your feedback on this one. It’s hard hitting about an equally as hard hitting subject.
My kind of town…
Starting this Saturday, October 31, I will be debuting a new weekly feature in the sports pages of The Chicago Tribune. The cartoon called “The Main Event” will be all about the Chicago sports scene. I’m more than excited to launch this new feature in such a terrific and award winning newspaper as the Tribune. I have long maintained that a sports cartoon, done on a local level, has a great chance to really connect with readers. It’s what I prided myself on while at the Rocky Mountain News. I encourage you all to bookmark the Tribune’s site and I’ll give you a more definitive url when it launches Saturday. I’ll also post the cartoon here every week sometime during the weekend, but still encourage you to visit the Tribs site as well. After all, don’t you just miss Jay Cutler that much. My daily cartoons on here won’t change. You’ll just get an extra Chicago related toon thrown in. Cool, huh.
Posted in From the Locker Room Tags: Chicago Bears, Chicago Blackhawks, Chicago Bulls, Chicago Cubs, Chicago Tribune, Chicago White Sox, drew litton, Green Bay Packers, jay cutler, Major League baseball, NCAA Football, NFL, NHL, Rocky Mountain News, sports cartoon, sports cartoonist, sports cartoonists, sports cartoons, The World's Premier Sports CartoonistA Drew Litton Calendar is Coming
We’ve begun production on the first ever Drew Litton wall calendars. My wife, Marcia, is helping input the events and I’m working on choosing the images. We’re doing a super cool calendar with dates for all of the major sports events of 2010 plus cartoons for every month. We weren’t able to get the daily desk calendars done. I just don’t have the financial resources right now to make that happen. This calendar is really an experiment. If it goes well then we will start to do a lot more merchandise in 2010 including a new book. So you can help me out by telling all your friends about the Drew Litton calendar (not to mention this blog). The more people who know about it the better. I’m also exploring doing a few Christmas Craft shows but I’m not sure about that yet. If any one has any ideas about that, I’m all ears. If there is any other merchandise you would like to see made available for this Holiday season feel free to let me know. You might remember a poll we ran back in September. It was a big help.
Posted in From the Locker Room Tags: Carmelo Anthony, Chauncey Billups, Chris Anderson, Colorado Rockies, Denver Broncos, drew litton, Hardball, Hoops, jay cutler, Joe Sakic, John Elway, Josh McDaniels, Kyle Orton, LittoonzStudios, Major League baseball, NCAA Football, NFL, Pigskin, Rocky Mountain News, sports cartoon, sports cartoonist, sports cartoonsRocktober Baybee!!!
Here’s to a ride to remember, both old and new. I think it’s safe to get on the bandwagon now. Wow. What a story. What a fantastic season. And it’s only just begun.
Caption Contest deadline is extended through the weekend. So keep the entries coming!!
An oldie from the Rocky Mountain News days that’s a perfect fit for today.
Posted in Hardball Tags: Colorado Rockies, drew litton, Rocky Mountain News, sports cartoon, sports cartoonist, sports cartoons
Good News, Bad News
That seems to be the day to day situation with the Denver Broncos. What do think? Is Orton the guy? Do you think the Broncos will be better off without Jay Cutler. And what about this crazy Brandon Marshall hold out? Bring on those comments.
Father’s day gift idea
There’s still time to get your limited edition print of the Father’s Day cartoon. They’re $20 which includes shipping and handling. See yesterdays post for details. If this works well we might try to find a way to offer every daily cartoon as a print for purchase.
Posted in Pigskin Tags: Add new tag, brandon marshall, Denver Broncos, drew litton, Kyle Orton, NFL, Rocky Mountain News
These Limited Edition Prints are now for sale exclusively here on Drew.Litton.com. Each is an 8x10 on heavy card stock paper and ready to frame, signed personally by me. $27.95. Also available is the NFC Championship (see Jan 25) print. Buy now, they won't last long.
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