I just finished mailing off this year’s Christmas card. Every year, I create a special Christmas card based on one of my comic features.   This year, I used my I Knew That! comic game panel feature for the card design.   I have the card professionally printed and then spend about two to three days, signing […]

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 […]

The computer has been a tremendous help in the studio.  It’s my cartoon assistant, bookkeeper, research assistant, etc. However, the really big advantage with my computer is having  it run Linux. The Linux operating system has allowed me to implement some really terrific software programs. (Not to mention that it’s more stable and secure then […]

After uploading comic strips to this blog for the first two weeks in January, I noticed that I forgot to change the copyright from 2010 to 2011. How many times will we fail to write “2011” and instead, accidentally continue to write “2010” in the days ahead?  Well, it happened to me at the digital […]

“How’d ya do that?”  I get this question as often as I get , “How do you get your ideas?”  And, of course, the first question refers to the kinds of digital tools I use to help produce my cartoon features and images for my blog posts. Since moving over to Linux, I’ve been using […]

Here’s an early Christmas gift for all my blog readers.  The George 2010 Christmas ornament! Simply download and print out!  It’ll dress up your Christmas tree and remind you of this Christmas for years to come. It’s a PDF file.  You can get it by clicking on the image at left of simply click here. […]