Cartoonist Randy Glasbergen

Personal and professional information about cartoonist Randy Glasbergen.

"I create cartoons for magazines, newspapers, greeting cards, advertising, books, presentations, websites and more."

"I deliver cartoons to large and small businesses, trainers, national magazines, newsletters, neighborhood newspapers, entrepreneurs, public speakers, authors, students, teachers, and anyone who wants to communicate with humor."

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PERSONAL INFO: Randy Glasbergen began his professional cartooning career at age 15 and began freelancing full-time after a year of journalism studies in Utica, New York. Aside from one year spent as a staff humor writer at Hallmark Cards in Kansas City, he has been a full-time freelance cartoonist since 1976. Randy lives in a small town in northeastern USA with his family and several dogs, cats, guinea pigs and fish. He enjoys working at home in a former boarding house studio that occupies the third story of his creaky old Victorian house. For more personal details, please visit Randy on MySpace.com.

CARTOON AND COMIC ILLUSTRATION CLIENTS INCLUDE: Toastmasters International, Microsoft, Harvard Business Review, Ask Jeeves, Cisco Systems, Toyota, American Greetings, QVC, Court TV, Recycled Paper Greetings, Andrews McMeel Publishing, iWon.com, Sun Microsystems, Sprint, America Online General Mills, Eastman Kodak, Walgreens, Good Housekeeping, United States Postal Service, Reader's Digest, Funny Times, Wall Street Journal, World Bank, Time Warner Cable, Proctor and Gamble, Woman's World, Chicago Historical Society, Cosmopolitan, Glamour, Medical Economics, Salomon Smith Barney, Boy’s Life, Weekly Reader, Better Homes and Gardens, Teen Newsweek, Ten Speed Press, MasterCard, and many other magazines, newspapers, newsletters, businesses, schools and colleges around the world. More than 25,000 Glasbergen cartoons have been published worldwide.

NEWSPAPERS AND SYNDICATION: Randy’s comic panel The Better Half is syndicated by King Features Syndicate, appearing seven days a week in newspapers and websites around the world.

Randy's newest syndicated project is called "Thin Lines", featuring cartoons for the Health & Fitness pages of daily and weekly newspapers. Distributed by Creators Syndicate, since November, 2007. Sample "Thin Lines" cartoons can be found on Randy's website.

CARTOONING ONLINE: Today's Cartoon by Randy Glasbergen features a different cartoon every day with a variety of business, health, education and family topics. Randy's online cartoon catalog includes more than 1500 cartoons with a reprint service for newsletters, presentations, textbooks, greeting cards, calendars and other projects.

GREETING CARDS: Randy is former staff humor writer for Hallmark Cards in Kansas City. He has also been a freelance artist and writer for Hallmark Cards, American Greetings, Ambassador Cards, Recycled Paper Greetings, CardStore.com, Card Connection, Paper Magic Greetings, Gibson Greetings, Paper Rainbow Press, Sangamon Cards, Oatmeal Studios, Paramount Cards and several others.

BOOKS ILLUSTRATED: Randy's cartoons are featured prominently in numerous textbooks and best sellers worldwide, including The Little Red Book of Selling (by Jeffrey Gitomer), The Success Principals (by Jack Canfield), Yes, Your Parents Are Crazy! (by Michael J. Bradley) Fitness Over 50 ( Beverly Cracom Publications), Chicken Soup for the Teenage SouI, and several other books in the extensive Chicken Soup for the Soul series.

BOOKS WRITTEN AND ILLUSTRATED:

Randy's cartoon books have been published in the United States, China, The Netherlands, UK, Germany, and Portugal.

The Weird and Wonderful World of Animals (Lagoon Books)

The Weird and Wonderful World of Work (Lagoon Books)

The Weird and Wonderful World of Love (Lagoon Books)

The Weird and Wonderful World of Diets (Lagoon Books)

Getting Started Drawing and Selling Cartoons (North Light Books)

How To Be A Successful Cartoonist (North Light Books)

TOONS! How To Draw Cartoons (North Light Books)

Attack of the Zit Monster and Other Teenage Terrors (InterVarsity Press)

Technology Bytes! (CCC Publications)

Are We Dysfunctional Yet? (CCC Publications)

The Better Half (CCC Publications)

Oh Baby! Cartoons for New Parents (CCC Publications)

Your Computer Thinks You're an Idiot! (CCC Publications)