Marty Riskin
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Martin "Marty" Riskin, is an American political cartoonist and the author of the Penspeak political cartoon. He also provides caricatures of local political figures for local newspapers.
. He began his career moving from ad agency staff artist, to art director
, to owning his own freelance arts studio. He designed and illustrated over 200 books, and created greeting cards, calendars, games and promotional material.
His weekly editorial cartoons appear regularly in over 20 local newspapers. He also teaches oil painting and cartooning.
Background
Risking graduated from Massachusetts College of ArtMassachusetts College of Art
Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a publicly-funded college of visual and applied art, founded in 1873. It is one of the oldest art schools, the only publicly-funded free-standing art school in the United States, and was the first art college in the United States to grant an artistic degree...
. He began his career moving from ad agency staff artist, to art director
Art director
The art director is a person who supervise the creative process of a design.The term 'art director' is a blanket title for a variety of similar job functions in advertising, publishing, film and television, the Internet, and video games....
, to owning his own freelance arts studio. He designed and illustrated over 200 books, and created greeting cards, calendars, games and promotional material.
His weekly editorial cartoons appear regularly in over 20 local newspapers. He also teaches oil painting and cartooning.
Partial bibliography
- Grandpa Alan's Teddy Bear Poems (2004)
- Mother Goose Tells the Truth about Middle Age : A Collection of Wise and Witty Poems for Adults (2001), 2nd Edition
- Mother Goose Takes a Gander at Middle Age!: A Treasury of Baby Boomer Nursery Rhymes (2002)
- Better an Old Fart Than a Young Shit Head (1998)
- 101 Outrageous Things to Do on Birthday (1998)
- Is There Sex after Retirement (1998)