http://blog.cagle.com/wolverton Monte Wolverton's blog Fri, 12 Mar 2010 23:01:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Another great book of Basil Wolverton art is being released by Fantagraphics. This time, its an exclusive collection of the Culture Corner—one of my father’s delightful, lesser-known features, which ran in Fawcett Publications’ Whiz Comics (home of the great Captain Marvel) from the mid-1940s through the early 1950s. This feature ... http://blog.cagle.com/wolverton/2010/03/12/another-new-basil-wolverton-book/ [caption id="attachment_170" align="alignleft" width="180" caption="Republican"][/caption] With the balance of power tilting rightward again, it looks like healthcare reform (such as it was) may not become a reality. There are likely a few other items on the Democratic agenda that may not happen anytime soon. But the major disappointment is healthcare. While I ... http://blog.cagle.com/wolverton/2010/01/26/why-republicans-just-don%e2%80%99t-care/ Here, for educational purposes, are a couple of emails from corn-servatives in response to my last cartoon regarding anti-healthcare reform riots. As usual, I seem to have touched some sensitive spots. **************** I don't riot, and I don't shout at town hall meetings, but there are many parts of the proposed reforms ... http://blog.cagle.com/wolverton/2009/08/11/healthcare-riots/ Here’s an email I received in response to my admittedly edgy cartoon of the Cambridge Police at the door of H.L. Gates. Sir, I am writing you regarding your cartoon of July 27th, 2009. I respect the fact the we live in a free country where everyone is entitled to speak their ... http://blog.cagle.com/wolverton/2009/07/28/porcine-picture-piques-post/ A few photos from the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists convention in Seattle -- today! Top image, Mike Peters gestures hypnotically toward Gary Groth, who seems immune. Middle image, Jeff Parker and Jesse Springer question the proficiency of the photographer. Lower image, David Horsey is inexplicably struck by some sort ... http://blog.cagle.com/wolverton/2009/07/03/aaec-convention-in-seattle-selected-photos/ The work of my father, Basil Wolverton, will be exhibited at the Barbara Gladstone Gallery, 515 W. 24th St. in New York City. The exhibition of more than 150 pieces opens Friday night, June 19th and runs through August 14th. This is perhaps only the second time the work of ... http://blog.cagle.com/wolverton/2009/06/07/basil-wolverton-show-in-nyc/ Finally, in this fourth and final installment on the vital issue of leadership, we visit religious leadership -- the most bizarre of the four kinds I have identified. Having worked in the business of religion for decades, I can say that religious leadership is potentially more toxic and exploitive than ... http://blog.cagle.com/wolverton/2009/05/20/how-leadership-works-part-4/ See the other two forms of leadership below -- coercion and employment. But the most dangerous form is political leadership. The most effective political leaders are persuasive coalition builders with messiah complexes.  They need loyal followers who will kill and die for them. Even after a million and an half ... http://blog.cagle.com/wolverton/2009/05/15/how-leadership-works-part-3/ Continuing this resurrection of a series from my archives, In part 1 we examined the most basic form of leadership -- coercion -- someone coerces someone else who has a need to be coerced. The most common form of leadership, however, is the employer-employee relationship. Here the employer needs employees ... http://blog.cagle.com/wolverton/2009/05/08/how-leadership-works-part-2/ Here's another great thing from the Wolvertoon archives! Eleven years ago I did a four-part series on leadership. This was a mere four years after I earned my M.A. in organizational behavior, with an emphasis in creative groups. After giving it four years to settle and ferment, I came to ... http://blog.cagle.com/wolverton/2009/05/04/how-leadership-works-part-1/