This stuff is getting wild! This is something we saw in science fiction movies 20 years ago! Now, I know this has some sort of military application, but I envision these little guys decorated with multi-colored lights and performing in a half-time show.

I discovered a great exercise system a few years go.  It’s called Pilates and it strengthens your core muscles and improves your elasticity. You can get a terrific  introduction to Pilates in the book  Pilates for Beginners. I have this book.  It served as my introduction to Pilates. I highly recommend it. I first discovered […]

Recently, a fellow cartoonist shared a Popeye video on his Facebook wall.  (However, I don’t own the copyright, so I’m afraid I can’t post here.  If you Google “Popeye,” many videos will come up. ) The particular video shared was from a 1938 Popeye cartoon called Goonland and produced by the Fleischer animation studios. Seeing […]

People tell me that I have a talent for drawing cartoons.  They also go on to tell me that they “can’t draw a straight line!” I like to  think that anyone can draw cartoons. They only have to break the process down into a few simple steps.  I guess that’s where my real talent lies.  […]

President Ronald Reagan would have been 100 years old today. During his presidency, the one thing that really endeared him to his fellow Americans was his wonderful sense of humor. I found the above compilation on youtube. Thanks to “Videowayback” for posting it. Happy birthday, Mr. President.

It sounds cliche, but the question most often asked of cartoonists really is, “Where do you get your ideas?”  I get the question quite often myself.   Answering it always makes for a fun discussion with a reader or comic fan.  And there’s no way to answer it definitively. The idea process for just about anything […]

My seventh grade English teacher at Greenview Junior High was Mrs. Kosmerl.   She stressed two things.  Spelling and grammar.  Every Thursday, we were given a list of ten words which we were required to learn to spell.  On Friday, we were given a quiz on those words.  Mrs. Kosmerl would grade those quizzes and hand […]

I was actually glimpsing, through the leaves, a low hanging rainbow. It was so low, it was just above the horizon. And it was almost completely horizontal.