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Mr. Fish: Cartooning From The Deep End

CARTOONING FROM THE DEEP END is the story of Mr. Fish, the last great American outlaw artist. Having found success creating compelling, and often, adult themed editorial cartoons, we discover Mr. Fish as his profession is on its way out. Editors previously willing to back controversial work are disappearing as fast as the newspapers which once employed him. Can an outspoken artist raise a family and maintain his unique defiant voice? This intimate documentary follows the artist as he struggles to stay true to his creativity in a world where biting satiric humor has an ever-diminishing commercial value.Undeterred, Mr. Fish meets his plight head-on and with an abundance of creative energy, curating a show and producing a book on the history of the art form, developing an animation series, and putting up a gallery show of new original fine art. But the demands of raising a family overtake his freelance opportunities, and Mr. Fish is forced to make devastating choices. Ultimately CARTOONING FROM THE DEEP END is about the kinds of compromises a radical artist makes (or refuses to make) while trying to live in a traditional society.