Charles Pugsley Fincher (born December 30, 1945, in San Benito, Texas) is an American cartoonist and lawyer. His cartoons and comics focus on the law.
Education Fincher received his bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1968, and he was a distinguished military graduate of St. Mary's University School of Law, where he received his juris doctor in 1971.
Career He was admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1971 and admitted to practice before the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas. He has practiced law ever since.State Bar of Texas lawyer listing
In the 1970s, Fincher began publishing his law-related comics and strips. During 1987 he began his long-running Texas-themed political newspaper comic strip, Thadeus & Weez, which ran in 19 Texas newspapers before being retired in 2005.Thadeus & Weez Also in 2005, he won "Best Web Cartoon" in the "People's Pick" category from About.com for The Illustrated Daily Scribble.The Daily Cartoonist, "Section Awards," Dec. 31, 2005 Besides Texas newspapers, his editorial cartoons have appeared in the Arizona Daily Star and the Boston Herald, and his work has been reprinted in textbooks and legal journals.Baylor University, Collection of Political Materials, cartoon collections
For five years, Fincher's monthly lawyer strip Fenwilder & Jones ran in the ABA Journal.Law.com, "New cartoon blawg," February 2006HeinOnline, ABA Journal, 1979, with Charles Fincher editorial cartoon
Fincher ended his long-running political comic strip, The Illustrated Daily Scribble, in 2006, because, he said, "The Bush administration is hard to satirize."The Daily Cartoonist article, "Illustrated Daily Scribble Comes to a Close," March 23, 2006
A year later, he resumed Scribble and launched two new strips, Scribble-in-Law and Scribble Beach.Editor & Publisher, "Cartoonist Resumes One 'Scribble' and Starts Two Others," Feb. 6, 2007 His most recent cartoon characters include Bitcher & Prickman, comic law partners.Greenlaw.com, "Some lawyers are stand-up cartoons," Aug. 1, 2009 He is also the founder of LawComix, a cartoon site for lawyers. He is the creator of Legal Isms, comic strips about lawyers, contracted by LexisNexis.Allison law firm biography
In 2008, Fincher was commissioned by the ABA's Council of Appellate Staff Attorneys (CASA) to paint a fantasy illustration of constitutional law professor Erwin Chemerinsky as a shortstop with the Chicago Cubs, the scholar's favorite team. The painting was presented to Chemerinsky at a conference.
Fincher practices at the Allison Law Firm, a private firm in South Padre Island, Texas that specializes in serious injury and wrongful death lawsuits.The Allison Law Firm, list of lawyers
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External links
The Daily Scribble archives LawComix "Off the Law" blog by Fincher "Lawyer-Slash-Artist" blog, original artwork by Fincher Membership listing, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists Flak Magazine, Sunday Comics, Aug. 3, 2008 Law.com, The Legal Intelligencer: "A Sampling From the Varied Legal Blogosphere" (scroll down), Sept. 2, 2008