Welcome to Malice Palace, home of “accidental cartoonists” husband/wife team Robert Trussell and Donna Trussell. Read The Kansas City Star magazine article. It all began with a humble collection of xeroxed sketches titled Office Art. Then, from 2009 to 2011, we drew several political cartoons per week for the now-defunct Politics Daily. We’ve also satirized journalism and clowns, and we’re working on a book: Good Morning Cancer! Read our bio here. And drop us a line at trusselltoons at gmail dot com.
By Robert and Donna Trussell (c) 2011
The Accidental Cartoonists
Posted: August 4, 2011 by Donna Trussell in UncategorizedTags: accidental cartoonists, nick sawdust, office art, trussell & trussell
From “The Accidental Cartoonists” by Robert and Donna Trussell published in the Sunday magazine of The Kansas City Star:
office art by Robert Trussell
The cartoons began as a subversive attempt to amuse and distract my colleagues at The Kanas City Star during long office meetings.
Often the characters were circus clowns or men screaming because their hair was on fire. Nick Sawdust, a “hardworking reporter,” was a recurring character. His lofty journalism ambitions were always scuttled by a phalanx of editors with an obtuse chain of command. Maybe I was the inspiration.
Regardless, many of them were photocopied and distributed in notebooks labeled “Office Art,” which ran through its print run of 20 almost immediately. That came as no surprise, considering the price: zero. And that’s about as far as my cartooning went until…
Read the rest at kansascity.com. And here are a few “office art” cartoons that do not appear in the magazine.
Here’s Your Change, Obama
Posted: August 1, 2011 by Robert Trussell in UncategorizedTags: democrat, obama, recession, republican, war
Cartoon by Robert & Donna Trussell © 2011
How Obama Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Oligarchy
Posted: August 1, 2011 by Robert Trussell in UncategorizedTags: jobs, obama, oligarchy, recession, unemployment
Cartoon by Robert & Donna Trussell © 2010
The Craft of Fine Writing
Posted: July 17, 2011 by Robert Trussell in UncategorizedTags: journalism, journalist, mainstream media, media, newspaper, reporter, reporting, trussell & trussell
By Robert and Donna Trussell (c) 2011
Who says newspapers aren’t innovative? Before there was reality TV…
Thanks a Lot, Media
Posted: June 8, 2011 by Robert Trussell in UncategorizedTags: broadcast, journalism, mainstream media, media, trussell & trussell, tv news
Created June 8, 2011, by Robert and Donna Trussell at wordle.com: What you need to know, according to the media.
