I Would Like to Thank the Academy...

 

I would like to thank Sunandheir of knightandstars for awarding me the coveted Dardos Award! You are very kind, sir.


I am afraid that I have been remiss in my blog meme duties as of late, and I intend to start making up for that in the comng weeks. (I haven't forgotten about Splotchy's story meme, Liberality.)

The Dardos Award is described thus: An award given for recognition of cultural, ethical, literary, and personal values transmitted in the form of creative and original writing. These stamps were created with the intention of promoting fraternization between bloggers, a way of showing affection and gratitude for work that adds value to the Web.

I am going to change the rules slightly in this one case, and bestow these Dardos Awards on some great blogger artists. I'm not talking about the neferious gang of tweakers of pixels and collage makers (like myself) who spend our time on the computer chopping off famous people's heads and putting them on other people's bodies.

I'm talking about the bloggers that actually use pencil and paper, pen and ink, and the more traditional tools of the trade. These are some of my favorite blogger artists.

Now here are the rules:
1) Accept the award by posting it on your blog along with the name of the person that has granted the award and a link to his/her blog.

2) Pass the award to another five blogs that are worthy of this acknowledgment, remembering to contact each of them to let them know they have been selected for this award.

So here are blogger artists in alphabetical order:

Susan of Adventures, Ink, Baby Days, and phantsythat does wonderful black and white line drawings, as well as watercolors and handmade silk bags.

TF of the The Anti-Bullshit Dome of Wonder! does great comic strips and cartoons in pen and ink and colored pencils.

I think that you can guess why I like the work of Jintrinsique. Not all great art is created with a brush or a pencil! Sometimes you need a fork and a napkin to appreciate it.

Mark Poutenis has a great topical comic strip called the The Thinking Ape Blue.

What Now Cartoons has some great political cartoons.

And so does Zen Comix.

And even though she has already received a Dardos Award, there is no way I could do a post about great blog artists without including Becca of No Smoking in the Skullcave.