Happy Labor Day, canaries everywhere!
Posted on August 30, 2008 - Filed Under Parakeets vs. Canaries |
I cut this out of the LA Times Magazine in 2006, as you can see. I was going to call Macy’s Department Store to compliment them on their guts and creativity, but instead I’ll write it here. I could not believe the ad agency was cool enough to be so uncool!!! Yay, Macy’s!
Canaries are such [...]
My favorite show is like a bottle to a baby.
Posted on August 29, 2008 - Filed Under The Cartoons |
“Tonight’s show is a rerun, but then, so is tonight.”
The Illustration Friday topic: ROUTINE.
Of course, I’m afraid this will be my life. Or is my life. Is there anything more comforting than your favorite show on?
She’s all alone, though. I pretend there’s someone with me, when I watch TV.
I like the old TV. But what [...]
I lost a big sale today.
Posted on August 26, 2008 - Filed Under In the Biz |
I talked in the post below about re-using cartoons. It’s like a kiss, really. You don’t call a second kiss, “re-using it”, do you? A good kiss is just as sweet the second time around.
But a magazine editor today doesn’t think that way, I guess. He bought it, I redrew it, and submitted an invoice [...]
I need to frequent more bars.
Posted on August 25, 2008 - Filed Under The Cartoons |
Bar cartoon copyrighted 2008.
The Idea
This is from my self-syndicated series, Daily Special. It ran in the LA Times for almost 5 years, and I slowly expanded it to reach a dozen other major newspapers (like the award-winning Minneapolis Taste section!) and alternates, like Nashville Scene. Daily Special is all about restaurants. Don’cha love them? I [...]