Renaissance cartoonist
I was going to say I was a “Jack of all trades cartoonist”, but that seems to be a pejorative phrase. Let’s just say I follow many paths in the forest, and have a diversity of interests to cartoon about.
Donna Barstow here, cartoonist in multiple periodicals and newspapers. (That doesn’t mean I’m funny, however.) Picky eater, great friend, curious observer, elitist artist, midnight writer, voracious reader, omnivorous chocoholic, impatient driver, and so-so lover.
I’m a hybrid. I’m the only New Yorker cartoonist who made a crossover to political cartoons, AND lives in California! I still love doing the classic non-political panels, however, so you can find my cartoons in the Los Angeles Times, Psychology Today, PsychCentral, The New Yorker, Harvard Business Review, Wall Street Journal, Glamour, etc.
I do regular weekly features of some of my favorite topics for newspapers and websites: Restaurant Cartoons, California Politics, and Girl Talk Cartoons. Here’s how to get them for yourself.
My editorial cartoons appear in USA Today, WSJ, The New Yorker, LA Times, Christian Science Monitor, Newsweek, Daily News, CalWatchdog, etc. I’m in the LA Press Club, so I get an ID card, and a placard for my car, for when I park outside murder sites. 🙂
I am tickled to do a column of psychology and therapy cartoons for Psych Central (now part of Healthline.) I’m also in the esteemed Psychology Today group.
I have two books out and in print, What Do Women REALLY Want? Chocolate!, and Love Me or Go To Hell: True Love Cartoons . More info and descriptions, including how to get them signed, here.
Separate blogs for diverse cartoons!
I cartoon on many specific niches. Some of them are like unpredictable stallions: for instance, my Libertarian political cartoons don’t play well with people looking for staid New Yorker ditties, or Family Circle type traditionals. 🙂
I’ve gathered some in these places.
- Chocolate Arts— food blog about desserts and chocolate, partly to match my chocolate book, but more to have fun talking about the sweet life and a true obsession.
- Hot Spots — Op-Ed Cartoons that I did for Slate and Yahoo News. Some are mine, but then I branched out into editing the best, funniest political cartoons, which really need a good editor! If you think you don’t like editorial cartoons, you might have fun with these.
- Griffith Park (and Silver Lake) — includes local Los Angeles politics, but tends to veer off into animal and tree rights, as I’m an urban naturalist.
- Why I Did It — tech tips for artists, copyright issues, early experiments in blogging.
Want to buy a cartoon for your book or presentation?
I always have a price, and here is how to buy some swell cartoons.
All cartoons are copyrighted, and cannot be used in any way without my express permission, the author and cartoonist. Copyright is poetry and the law, and I’m not very funny when I take legal action against dumbbell copyright infringers. In fact, this is kind of a hobby of mine! 🙂
Here’s how to reach me.
Facebook
Instagram (not just cartoons)
Twitter
Important Note!!
Finally, I write out the captions because some people can’t read my handwriting, especially on mobile devices. Also, Google can only read text, not images (yet). This way, people who want to find cartoons on particular subjects, can find them. And buy them.
You can, too.
