If, for some reason, you find yourself traveling and forgot your safety razor, simply step into a local big box store and pick up the Van der Hagen razor. It comes with five blades and can give you a fairly decent shave in a pinch. As many readers know, I’m a big fan of the […]

It used to be that I would buy all sorts of new drawing tools, try them out, and then decide whether I’d use them in my day to day creation of cartoons and comics. Well, now, it appears my new “tool test drives” are for wet shaving (AKA DE Shaving, wet shaving, safety razor shaving). […]

If you’ve been reading this blog, you’ve noticed that I’m not only talking about cartooning, but it appears I’ve gone off on a wild tangent to discuss wet shaving! How can these two be related? Well, as I mentioned in an earlier blog entry, ideas and creativity strike when I’m doing the most casual, routine, […]

If you live in an older home, check the medicine cabinet. From what I understand, years ago, this was a very common feature in bathrooms across America.

I know that cartoonists are really creative people.  But, we take for granted the truly ingenious people working in industries that one would not think as being creative. Case in point is this caffeinated shaving cream by Pacific Shaving Company.  It’s a unique, and creative, approach to a long-standing staple of the morning shave routine.  By […]

As a cartoonist, the number one question I get is, “Where do you get your ideas?” And that’s an easy question to answer. Ideas come to me when I’m engaged in doing everyday activities. During the morning shower or shave. Perhaps when I’m driving my car. When I’m out for a walk or exercising.  Ideas […]