# Why is Cecil's Cartoonist So Lame? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 7, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157 "2003-10-07T21:36:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/1 "2003-10-07T21:36:17Z")
I am not an artist, but then again neither is Cecil’s cartoonist. The difference is I don’t pretend to be! Sheesh! Couldn’t Cecil find someone with a hint of talent? Or, is Uncle Cecil really, really cheap? Ouch! …Sorry, Mr. Cartoonist. - Jinx ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/2 "2003-10-07T22:22:28Z")
That would be **Slug Sigorino**. And despite the roughness of the drawings, I can certainly see a big creative talent in his artwork–it’s just highly stylized. Go **Slug**! ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/3 "2003-10-07T22:30:53Z")
Another vote for **Slug**. His works convey the problems Cecil attacks. ---
**Author:** ![StanDup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e5b9ba/32.png) [@StanDup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StanDup)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/4 "2003-10-07T22:41:36Z")
Everyone has his or her own style. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/5 "2003-10-07T23:03:17Z")
Ever since I saw his illustration of a [pig’s corkscrew-shaped penis](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_060.html), I have loved Slug Signorino. I think he’s got plenty of talent and a sense of humor that complements Cecil’s nicely. ---
**Author:** ![yabob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yabob/32/2821_2.png) [@yabob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yabob)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/6 "2003-10-07T23:36:48Z")
Slug is much easier to find references to, and even has his own website, with portfolio of some of his illustrations, apparently from other sources: [http://www.slugsignorino.com](http://www.slugsignorino.com) If you look on Amazon, you can find a few other books listing him as an illustrator. Here’s a drawing on the website of somebody who is says he’s her “Uncle Slug”, illustrating that he can do credible charicature in combination with his normal style: [http://www.edensroom.com/slugart.htm](http://www.edensroom.com/slugart.htm) ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/7 "2003-10-08T00:39:05Z")
I think the art is great, its simple, shows humor, and gets the point across. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/8 "2003-10-08T00:44:10Z")
Slug rocks! What can we do to get him on the boards? ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/9 "2003-10-08T04:14:41Z")
I like **Slug’s** work, and always have. Cecil’s stuff doesn’t need an “artist” – just someone with an eye for picking out some of the oddball stuff that is as much a hallmark of Cecil Adams as is the continuing fight against ignorance. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/10 "2003-10-08T06:17:11Z")
Slug is a genius! I often laugh as much at Slug’s cartoons as at Cecil’s column. I have always thought a great addition to the Straight Dope stuff for sale would be a calendar with 12 of Slug’s more memorable cartoons, with just the question that prompted it as a caption, and perhaps a reference to the volume in which it can be found. I nominate [this one](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/010928.html) for January. Any other Top 12 nominees? ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/11 "2003-10-08T06:19:36Z")
The **Slugster** is cool in my book. Very cool. Psst… Slug isn’t real. It’s actually Cecil Adams. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/12 "2003-10-08T06:58:32Z")
**Fear Itself** , classic. Must have missed that one. I am another vote for Slug. **Jinx** , if you’re worried about Cecil’s impecuniousness, buy a mug or something. You can have your friends vote whether Slug’s a slacker. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/13 "2003-10-08T19:09:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. B \* > \*\*_Jinx_, if you’re worried about Cecil’s impecuniousness, buy a mug or something. \*\* Get yourself selected as SDMB Staff and you get a free mug. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ageless6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@ageless6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ageless6)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/14 "2003-10-09T11:29:44Z")
How do you pronounce Signorino? Is it SIG-noreeno or SENOR-eeno? I like him,too. No slug,he be. ---
**Author:** ![VernWinterbottom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c67d28/32.png) [@VernWinterbottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VernWinterbottom)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-cecils-cartoonist-so-lame/206157/15 "2003-10-09T22:24:37Z")
**Jinx** , I cannot figure out how one might define a good or a bad cartoonist. Who do you feel is a good cartoonist? How much cartooning are you familiar with? Have you flipped through a copy of The New Yorker lately? Mad? The Sunday funnies?