Proposing a Minor Cartoon Line-up Change

For a bit less than two years, Spectickles appeared in the Sunday comics pages of some U.S. newspapers. The format was larger and the artwork generally a little more expansive, and it was joy creating them. Unfortunately, the newspapers markets are struggling these days, and too few were willing to add Spectickles to their Sunday line-up. After some careful consideration, I decided to end Spectickles Sunday comics - the time involved in creating them wasn't worth the small return it was producing, from a business sense. I've been running these Sunday comics in a limited rotation every Sunday, but my sense is that everyone has seen these at least a couple of times. For those interested, I'll leave them in this Cartoon Blast archive for future viewing.

My proposal then, is to run a variety of cartoons I've created in the past, usually in limited numbers, but cumulatively pretty substantial. These would include my earliest work, which I've bundled together and call "Pandemonium". Then, there's "Foggy Bottom", which I created with fellow combat vet David DiTullio. "Foggy Bottom" was getting interest from at least one syndicate and a major licensing agency, but time-wise, there was no way we could produce it daily. Then there's one of my favorites, "Wing and a Prayer" created in partnership with writer Ken Alley, an author with a substantial body of humor and church-related work. Again, we had some syndicate interest, but it was submitted at a time when I was still deploying overseas, making a contractual commitment impossible. There's also another of my earliest efforts, "Edgar and Earnest" from 2000 or 2001 featuring two aging men who provide commentary on the changing world from a park bench. I wouldn't mind reviving it someday. At any rate, below are examples of these cartoons - please comment and let me know what you think about making the switch, at least for a little while to keep things fresh around this two-bit gin joint.

Pandemonium​

Foggy Bottom

Edgar and Earnest