to ginsu -- one of our brightest and best! Have an excellent one, sir!

Wearing my spring shoes!

Back in 2010 I created Influence Maps to show the various influences on my comic creating over the years. I decided it was time to update that, since new influences have come onto my radar, others have grown or faded, etc.... so here is my current Influence Map. The difference here is that these show the influences I am consciously aware of today: ( Read more... )

learning a new trick on the office's document-producing software

passing a park with a group of literally twenty robins in it!

http://nymag.com/scienceofus/2016/11/theres-more-hope-for-political-fact-checking.html

"...unlike the original study, the subjects in these new ones weren’t just college students..."

Wait, what?Okay, this is on me, not remembering that the original 2010 study was conducted on college students -- I have no recollection of this being said. But ( Read more... )

Already got my new sticker for my car licence plate!

Spotting the first robin of the year!

reminds me of someone I know

On FB I am Friends with a large number of cartoonists, so for a few days now my feed has been filled with tributes and remembrances of Bernie Wrightson, who passed on the weekend. Much as happened with Darwyn Cooke last year, all these folks are remarking on not just what a great comic artist the guy was, but what a wonderful person and good friend ( Read more... )