Design Spotlight: John Crowther

Today’s Design Spotlight shines on John Crowther, whose splendid niche lacrosse cards tickle your funny bone!

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I’m an artist and illustrator, but this series of cards is inspired by my activities as a coach. I like to joke that people shouldn’t hold it against me that I see humor in a sport where kids hit each other with sticks.

This particular card is a huge favorite when displayed at lacrosse events, but one team mom, a psychoanalyst, told me she disliked it because she knew too many mothers like this. I pointed out to her that if we cartoonists were limited to behavior we approved of, there wouldn’t be cartoons.

My so called “fine art” and portrait work can be seen at J. Crowther Art, and I post a cartoon daily at my blog, The Fool’s Journey.