Am I being too sensitive? Maybe it’s because I’ve never made any money with my comics, with my cartooning. Maybe it’s because I’ve never achieved my lifelong dream of being a professional cartoonist, that to hear someone cast aspersions with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I didn’t pay a lot to have this conversation/consultation so it wasn’t like I wasted a lot of money by doing this. But still, I’d hoped for something. anything positive. Maybe even a name that I could personally contact. Hell,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
There’s not much more I could add here. I looked back 365 days prior to this day to see what I wrote on this comic’s 11th anniversary and here’s what I wrote then: As I say in this comic, I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
After I graduated art school in 1981 I attempted several comic strips that I wrote, drew and submitted to syndicates. They were all rejected. While working days as a package designer at Hasbro in the 80’s and as an Illustrator[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I’m no fool. I realize if this contact at GoComics actually liked my work when she received it on September she would have gotten back to me WAAAAAY before today, so I’m not expecting any positive news when she finally[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Yes, just two days later, this is another reference to “The Simpsons”. Anyone who reads this and has never seen the episode “The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show” won’t get the punchline. Whether you have or haven’t, the gist[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I know there are A LOT of assholes on Twitter posting asshole posts and responding in asshole ways. But there are also A LOT of decent people posting decent posts and responding in decent ways. I go out of my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I was pretty surprised that this flash drive still functioned as if nothing had happened. Well, maybe not too surprised I guess, since the way it’s designed the USB connection prong is covered when not in use. Watertight? Maybe. But[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
As I say in this comic, I initially drew these comics just for myself. Usually a very fast drawing with sloppy lettering (if you’ve ever gone back in my archives to read the comics I drew in the first few[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
When I began these comics, over ten years ago, one of the reasons was to get back in the practice of drawing everyday. Another was,(in comic form), to reflect on the day-to-day living of a life. In this case, my[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…