Released on = December 1, 2006, 2:14 pm

Press Release Author = Alexa Ferotina

Industry = Entertainment

Press Release Summary = Rick London started with a $100 used computer, living in a
metal warehouse, a phone line, and a book titled \"Internet For Dummies\". Now he has
constructed a cartoon empire.

Press Release Body =
re: Londons Times Cartoons http://www.londonstimes.us

Rick London started Londons Times Cartoons in a metal run down warehouse donated to
him by a friend in 1997 for his \"studio\". He was 43 years old and decided to become
a cartoonist (though he didn\'t draw very well).

London says \"People thought me of dubious character at best, first for wanting to
become a cartoonist, and secondly because I was not all that artistic. Nobody wanted
me as \'the odd neighbor with a vision\'.

But that didn\'t stop him. With $300 (all he had) he bought a used IBM clone
computer, a phone line, a lot of rice and beans, a book called \"Internet For
Dummies\" and a sleeping bag. He slept on the concrete floor. He learned the
Internet, started recruiting illustrators who would render his ideas on speculation
(he had written about a thousand), and got to work.

By 1998, he had a website on a free web server, could not yet afford a domain, one
illustrator partner, and about
70 cartoons up (more popup ads than cartoons).

Fast forward to 2005. London, by now was living in a high rise in Hot Springs, Ar,
had his own domain, an inventory of about 5000 cartoons; an illustration team of
seven
nearly-full time illustrators and was in the Alexa top
100,000 websites on the Internet.

Fast forward again to 2006. London has a worldwide following, about 6500 cartoons,
and his site remains one of the highest ranked on the Internet. It receives about
4000 visitors per hour, or 5.6 million hits since January of 2005 (today is December
1, 2006), a superstore
with over 65,000 cartoon image products in 23 categories, his own private label of
gourmet coffee gift baskets (complete with gourmet mug and coasters), and much more.
The Superstore address is http://www.londonstimesssuperstore.com and it boasts one
of the largest if not the largest collection of cartoon gifts and collectibles on
the Internet.

Many have compared the cartoon favorably to Gary Larson\'s Far
Side, but London says \"To me that is a compliment. If anyone was
my inspiration he was...along with Leigh Rubin, Jon Mcpherson, and
Dave Coverly. In fact Dave, Jon, and Leigh spent countless hours
with me on the phone and email showing me the ropes when I started. I\'ll never
forget their generosity.\"

London also just launched Londons Times Ecard site which
features his cartoons in ecard form complete with music
and a place for a private message for senders. It can
be accessed at http://www.londonstimes.us/ecards/ecards.html . He offers a free 30
day trial and then just charges 8.50 a year, half of other quality ecard sites.

London is also a full-time business student at
Western Governors University, and plans to go on for
an MBA \"if my health and sanity hold out,\" he jokes.

For more information contact sales@londonstimes.us
or call 501-442-0099

Web Site = http://www.londonstimes.us

Contact Details = Alexa Ferotina
1 Garland Place
Hot Springs, Ar 71901
501-442-0099
sales@londonstimes.us