I was visiting a friend’s blog (another cartoonist) the other day and noticed one of his topics was about mis-speaking. The entry was about giving unintended and inappropriate responses to another person’s comment. For example, a cab driver drops you off at the airport and on your way out of the cab, he says “have a nice flight” our automatic, non-listening response is often, “you too”. I’ve done this before and it’s quite embarrassing and funny at the same time. This got me … [Read more...]

A friend recently e-mailed me to let me know that someone had listed my comic on Wikipedia. It wasn’t a lengthy article or anything, just a stub. Not a major accomplishment, but I was flattered that someone took the time to list it, nonetheless. So, whoever you are, your effort was very much appreciated and I thank you.However, I was just notified that almost as quickly as the article appeared, it has now been deleted. A Wikipedia “editor” removed the article citing that my comic … [Read more...]

There are a lot of cartoonists out there that are really busy guys and seem to have a lot of irons in the fire – and I don’t know how they do it. Guys working on two strips like Darrin Bell with Candorville and Rudy Park or like Jerry Scott who does the writing for Zits and Baby Blues or guys with a hand in other projects outside of print - like Steve Moore who does In the Bleachers and executive produced (as well as co-created) the animated feature film Open Season. Again, I don’t know … [Read more...]