I believed in realism, as summarized by John McCarthy's comment to the effect that if we worked really hard, we'd have an intelligent system in from four to four hundred years. ↗
I used to draw cartoons. I'd just show them to some of my friends, expecting that they were going to appreciate them, that they were going to enjoy reading them. ↗
I remember being infuriated from the top of my head to the tip of my toes the first time a screen was put around Bob Carter and me on a train leaving Washington in the 1940s. ↗
There has always been quite a strong black and white art tradition in Australia, with quite a large contingent of cartoonists, given the size of the population. ↗
So many cartoonists draw the same year after year. When they find a style, they stick with it. They don't mess with innovation, and they become boring. ↗