Christoph Niemann Runs Over Lazy Cartoonist Stereotype
The cartoonist Christoph Niemann is taking a deserved series of bows via a flurry of wire articles for cartooning during the New York City marathon on Saturday, tweeting the results and managing to finish the race in around four hours. Niemann's intention to perform theses tasks was discussed on this blog and in a number of places, although it's not something that flashed through my mind again until I saw these articles. I'm not sure exactly what Niemann's accomplishment means, although I guess maybe that complaining about being made tired by a book signing or standing around at a convention is going to lose its potency for a few months. It could also lead to a certain amount of stunt-cartooning, a development I fully encourage until someone gets hurt, at which point I'm deleting this sentence.