There are a lot of really great cartoonists out there. It’s nice to be thought of as one of them. – Walt Handelsman
Be happy that you’re growing older, that you’re maturing, that you’re smarter, that you’re wiser. – Walt Handelsman
I don’t think you can beat your audience over the head with hard-hitting cartoons day after day after day. – Walt Handelsman
I think some days you should do a cartoon that is absolutely just for the laugh, and some days you should do a cartoon that just punches the reader right in the stomach. It’s kind of nice to mix it up. – Walt Handelsman
With a standard editorial cartoon, you’re taking tons of information and synthesizing it down to a single bite – a single moment in time. With animated editorial cartoons, it’s more storytelling. – Walt Handelsman
I still do the standard editorial cartoon: that is my bread and butter. I absolutely love doing that. – Walt Handelsman
Student cartoonists as well as professionals should always be careful that they’re not doing a cartoon that already has been done. – Walt Handelsman
Animated editorial cartoons are completely different from static editorial cartoons. – Walt Handelsman
It’s one thing to get a letter from your kid at camp telling you he wants to come home. It’s another to get a letter from a grown child saying they’re coming back to live with you! – Walt Handelsman
