Quick - I just saw my boss wheel his bike by my office - he'll be in here soon to ask how a report is going. Before he gets here, I've got a few funny links to share.
This guy will draw anything you tell him to on an index card. And he's going to have his cards exhibited! Crikey, I'm never ahead of the curve. What a great gig.
He also draws nipples on Ziggy's nose. Which makes it slightly easier to look at the strips. For about a second. Heh.
(This one's for Bunny, who's home sick, and trolling for pr0n something to view online while her dad's resting) The only good blog I can find that really sends up Mark Trail well is the ever-reliable Comic Curmudgeon. Here's his take on two strips this week. But he doesn't review it every day! Why, why? Bunny, we oughta start a Mark Trail blog ...
Oh, my -- Mark Trail. He's really left his roots (ranger suit and woodland fedora) behind him, hasn't he. I had no idea the strip still existed; I probably haven't seen it in more than 30 years (the paper that used to run it in Chicago, the Daily News, has long since turned up its toes).
Posted by: Dan | April 13, 2007 at 08:43 AM
Years and years ago, the guys I worked with all made a silly point of it to follow the comic "Gil Thorpe." I'm not sure what kind of exposure it had nationwide, and probably was mainly a southern comic, since it was all about the drama and adventures surrounding a high school football coach.
This was, of course, long before anyone dreamed of making a movie or TV show called Friday Night Lights.
Then, to make life extremely silly, about twenty years ago I was working in a factory and came up with the idea of making a weekly newsletter based on the comic, "Mary Worth." Why Mary? Because it had to be the most slow-moving, boring comic in the paper. My weekly newsletter dished up all sorts of gossip and fun.
I sent a copy to whichever comic syndicate was in charge, thinking they would get a kick out of it. I received a friendly cease and desist letter. I wish I still had copies of it all. It was great fun!
Posted by: Keith | April 20, 2007 at 10:46 AM