Stay Tooned!  is the magazine for working cartoonists, aspiring cartoonists and fans of the art of cartooning.  Each issue features profiles (interviews and art) of professional artists who draw comic strips, comic books, editorial cartoons, caricatures, greeting cards, advertising illustrations, children's books, magazine cartoons, web comics, and/or who work in the fields of animation and gaming.  Rounding out the interviews are articles and columns pertaining to the art and business of cartooning in America.  Each jam-packed issue is loaded with drawings, photos and information that is sure to enlighten and entertain the aspiring cartoonist, as well as the seasoned practitioner.  With his unabashed "paean to professional cartoonists," publisher/editor John Read "endeavors to advance the knowledge of the craft of cartooning...and in so doing, increase appreciation for the value and relevance [of cartoonists] to our society."

 (SOME OF) WHAT'S BEEN SAID ABOUT OUR PREMIERE ISSUE:

Congratulations on a wonderful first issue of Stay Tooned! Magazine. It’s jammed pack with so many delicious goodies that I’m still digesting it ... and looking forward to the next serving, of course! I truly think it’s wonderful seeing someone so passionate about cartooning, like yourself, take the time to produce a respectable celebration of the art form. - Mike Cope

Your magazine is just FANTASTIC!!! It looks great! So much to read, and a lot of fun! You’ve got a winner here, John! I've been emailing as many gagwriters and cartoonist friends of mine as I can, telling them to subscribe! Can't wait to see the next issue! Then again, this one's so big, I hope to have it all read before the next issue comes in! This is gonna be fun. - Bob Vojtko

Stay Tooned! is terrific. This is really a wonderful and smart magazine -- definitely a cut above the usual cartoon fare. I'll be sure to spread the word! - Bob Staake


Wow! There's so much in there. Nice way to start my day along with a cup of coffee. Great job! I’ll stay 'tooned! - Mark Brewer


John - a sensational Read. Pun intended! - Jason Chatfield


Stay Tooned! is wonderful. Looks great! - Mike Peters


Congratulations on your debut -- it's a great, great job! I honestly wish Hogan's Alley had looked this accomplished with our first issue. This will make your future efforts easier, now that people know it's a serious undertaking to explore what it is to be a cartoonist. - Tom Heintjes


We may have a worthy successor [to Cartoonist PROfiles] in Stay Tooned! Editor John Read is unabashed in voicing his desire to take up Hurd's mantle, and if this first issue is an indicator of what's to come, Jud Hurd would definitely approve. Read is following the Cartoonist PROfiles model very closely, and where he strays he usually improves. The layouts in CP often resembled a pasted up scrapbook, whereas Stay Tooned! has a slicker, more professional look. The samples of cartoonists' work, which in  CP were sometimes limited to clippings from a cartoonist's standard portfolio or syndicate sales book, are more thoughtfully chosen here. Stay Tooned! is what I believe Jud Hurd would be publishing today if he were technologically adept and full of youthful exuberance. - Allan Holtz

Great! I don’t want to miss an issue.  - Mort Walker


Stay Tooned! is a winner! A worthy heir to Cartoonist PROfiles. I’m sure Jud Hurd is smiling. - Ron Ferdinand

John, congratulations on your premier issue. What an incredible achievement. It looks awesome! I wish you all the success with this! - John Hambrock

Your first issue is just dang wonderful! It’s been sitting beside my drawing table distracting me from what I should be doing, and there’s nothing I appreciate more than a good distraction. Thanks for
all your hard work. Now, when’s the second issue coming out? 
 - Richard Thompson


Outstanding! The level of design and print execution is to be commended. The layout is very appealing. - Jim Hunt


Delightful! I’ve subscribed to your well-written, thoughtfully-designed magazine. The trade industry journal torch has been passed. Flourish! - David Fitzsimmons

AWESOME job, John! When I held it in my hands, it was like the first time I discovered Cartoonist PROfiles back in the mid 70’s while in high school. For me it was magic all over again! - Carlos Castellanos

I really enjoyed it! Well done and informative! Chock full o’ info and bios! So much so I worry that you are going to run out of content too quickly. But I guess you know what you’re doing. Keep up the great work! - Mark Tatulli

A wealth, a trove, celebrating cartoonery and the arts thereof. The magazine is an attractive, highly professional production, page layouts designed to integrate into columns of typography the riot of illustrative material. - R.C. Harvey

An impressive collection of articles and interviews on cartooning. I was duly impressed with the magazine and hope it meets with great success. It’s a worthy successor to Jud Hurd’s Cartoonist PROfiles. My only complaint about the magazine was the hack who contributed the Q&A column…John must owe that guy money or something. - Tom Richmond

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