“Can you read that? Can you? I can’t read that!  How do they expect senior citizens to read print that small?” That was how my father greeted me on a recent Sunday morning as he sat down to read the Cleveland Plain Dealer. Newspapers are cutting corners in order to reduce print costs.  Newspaper pages are […]

This past week, I found myself on the road and away from my studio.  It was just for the day, but I needed to get some work done on my comic features. Luckily, I’m running Linux on all my computer systems.  I run it on my studio desktop, my notebook, and my large (and slightly […]

On Tuesday, I talked a little bit about scanning my comic strip.  Back in 2009, I blogged on OneClickLinux.com about buying and setting up a new scanner.  I thought it’d be helpful to re-post the info here. The HP Scanjet 8250 Scanner that I use in my studio. My new (actually refurbished) scanner arrived last […]

Back in the 1980s, there was a lot of heavy competition taking place between computer manufacturers.  Companies were coming out with faster, more powerful systems.  They’d play up the cutting edge graphics of the day and advertise a lot of the “eye candy” features. The Commodore 64 was one computer that really highlighted its graphics […]

May 5th is Cartoonists Day.  It’s a day that draws (sorry ’bout the pun) attention to all who doodle, draw and cartoon their way through life. Comic strips and cartoons are a uniquely American art.  Cartoons have made an amazing impact on our popular culture and society in general.  Cartoons and cartoonists have shaped public […]

I stopped by my father’s house the other day, and a couple of neighbors came to the front door. They were volunteering for the area schools, going door-to-door, and getting out the word on the school levy vote coming up. Of course, they were hoping Dad would vote for the levy. I asked a few […]

As I’ve mentioned in the blog before, I use The Gimp for all my photo editing.  I use it exclusively when creating/editing all my cartoon features. The Gimp is every bit as powerful as other graphics applications and absolutely free!  You can download Gimp for Windows or Mac.  If you decide to give Linux a […]

My brother David was having some problems with his Windows computer.  He asked me what would help clean his system.  I offered a few suggestions, and hopefully, he’ll get his system back to working order. When you run Windows, you need to periodically tune and clean the system in order to make sure it’s running […]