Battle for the comic pages

Excellent article from the Wall Street Journal about the fight for space on comic pages in daily newspapers. Brought to my attention by the folks at DailyCartoonist.com.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119560137171799830.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Do you have a "Jamison" boss?

I don't know how many people out there have worked for a boss like Mr. Jamison (above) from my "Working It Out" cartoon. You know, the egotistical, self-centered, glory-hogging, credit-taking, micro-managing, oppressive kind you might find in your typical office. Personally, I've worked for MANY such bosses. In fact, Mr. Jamison himself is based on one particular boss of this type (who shall remain nameless).
Well, if you've ever had the misfortune of being employed by this kind of tyrant, I'd like to hear from you.

Beer time!

I'm sitting here desperately searching for ideas for my next cartoon but all I can think about is a cold beer. It's Friday ya know. I had a really tough week balancing 2 daily cartoons and a full-time graphics job. Not sure if I'm gonna get a cold one or not, I just thinking about crashing on the couch and vegging out for the night. In any event, lots of cartoon stuff to do this weekend ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Speaking of, I just checked the schedule and found out that I have to work that day. Ugh!! The schedule just isn't kind to me...

Book signing (last year)

A few posts ago I mentioned that I had published a book last year called "Its Always a Great Day to be the Boss." Going back into my digital camera the other day, I came across a few photos of myself during some book signing events. It was a great experience meeting folks. I learned a lot of stuff too about the marketing side of the bizzo (fo shizzo). Anywayz, here is a pic of me outside of the Barnes & Noble on Tyrone Blvd. St. Petersburg, Fla. I still carry the book as far as I know.

Lookin' out for the homies

Just realized the other day that I haven't given proper due to some of my cartoonist friends out there. I decided to give links to some of them. You can check them out in the section to the right labeled "Cartoonist Sites." Check em out, they're all pretty good. Oh, and big ups to my homies Paul, Rick T., Matt and all of the peeps at Daily Cartoonist.

"Working It Out" book in the U. of Toledo library

Yeah, I know. It prolly doesn't mean that much to most readers of this blog, but my first book (yes, I do have a book out) titled “It’s Always a Great Day to be the Boss,” is now in circulation at the Carlson Library at the University of Toledo, my alma mater. That’s astounding, considering I spent much of my undergraduate career there lampooning the president of the university and the administration (sorry bout that). I guess I’ve come full circle now.
By the way, if you wanna purchase a copy of my book for some strange reason, go to your local bookstore. It’s only $9.95 people! Sorry for the shameless promotion. Or better yet, just go to this link…

http://www.amazon.com/Its-Always-Great-Day-Boss/dp/1402208006/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1/105-4474109-2230035?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1194993963&sr=8-1

D'oh!

See what happens when you don't get a good nights sleep. After looking at today's edition of "Cafe con Leche," I realized that I had inadvertantly given Trey, one of the main characters, a name-change. I've long established that Trey's last name is "Garvin," but in todays panel I named him "Trey Johnson." Wierd, huh? I guess I should've stayed at a Holiday Inn Express.