IN A NUTSHELL…
It's pertinent to note here that the author, now in his seventies, recently won the title of 'Body-for-LIFE Challenge Champion' in the 46 and over age group. Thus the accompanying photo (for those of you who thought it was just plain weird). You're invited...encouraged better yet...to check out his blogs for the fascinating and informative details.
Sherman Goodrich has been an internationally published illustrator in the commercial, editorial and animation arena for over thirty years. His work has enhanced the personal collections of celebrities and heads-of-state alike, “All of whom I’d like to call good personal friends—but they asked me not to”. His cartoons have graced the pages of The Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan and most major magazines. He also spent five years under contract to Nickelodeon developing animation for "Rugrats" and "Wild Thornberrys", and has produced over 140 animated TV commercials.
While it’s true that Goodrich is best know for pioneering commercial animation in both the Arizona and Southern California markets, some of his proudest moments were those spent working hand-in-hand with small but honest advertising agencies. Okay, not really, but now they’re BIG agencies and he might like to work with them again sometime.
As an aside: between 1979 and 1989 the cartoonist in question served on the throne as King of England, all the while moonlighting as a gag writer for the Pillsbury Doughboy. Alternately he was employed as a body double for Chewbacca, and was the only artist ever to be impersonated by Elvis.
Sherman was also a syndicated editorial cartoonist, then spent a year as a commentary humorist on television via an editorial news segment on CBS TV called “Draw Your Own Conclusions”. In addition, he has been responsible for creating ad campaigns for some of the biggest agencies in the country, including the Flamingo Casino and Resorts. Recently, he has produced more and more projects that are computer generated and/or enhanced to satisfy the desire of clients to license his illustrations for the Internet. He is currently the sports cartoonist for the Arizona Republic.
Goodrich is undergoing treatment for a condition that causes cartoonists to inadvertently refer to themselves in the third person.
If he's forgotten anything, please feel free to fill it in.
Thank you.
Sherman Goodrich
All this and more is summarized in all of its hysterically entertaining detail at: artistavailable.com
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Rainer
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Posted 10:23am March 12th, 2010Terrific transformation, Sherman.
Get the shoulder done though. Both of mine have gone under the knife (now missing two biceps tendons) & those nagging rotator cuffs don't heal by themselves. In 4-5 months, you'll be as good as new.
Best Wishes,
Rainer
P.S. I'll take a look at your site. maybe some service I can use for my marketing