comic strips

Dog Eat Doug Comic: Sophie Roasts Baby Doug's Baby Suit

In the first panel of today's Dog eat Doug comic strip, Sophie sees Doug dressed in a baby suit.
In the second Dog eat Doug comic strip, Sophie says it's never too early to prep for cubicle life.
In the third dog eat doug comic strip panel, Sophie says by next week Doug will be up to six cups of coffee a day and complaining about yard work and taxes.
In the last dog eat doug comic panel, Doug rips off his suit and rolls around laughing with Sophie.

To be fair, baby suits are super cute.

Caught in the Act: Doug and Sophie's Peanut Butter Mishap Revealed in 'Dog Eat Doug' Comic Strip!

In the first panel of today's comic strip Doug and Sophie sit close together. Doug has a weird smirk on his face.
In the second panel of the comic strip, Mom picks up Doug to check his temperature revealing an open jar behind Sophie and Doug.
In the thrid panle of the comic strip, Mom says, "What do we have here?". Sophie's look shows she knows she's been caught red handed.
In the fourth panel of the comic strip, Doug crawls back to Sophie and she says, "The one time I needed you to look cute and innocent."

Doug struggles with deception. And most dogs do too. Dogs are create at getting into trouble but hysterical at trying to cover up the crime.

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Free Comics

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It’s amazing to stop and think about how many free comics there are online. We’re kind of spoiled. But that goes with the cartooning territory. I’m very fortunate to make a living drawing comics. The weird thing is, is that even before I was making a living drawing comics, or even if I wasn’t, I’d still make comics.

Case in point, this Primordial Syrup thing I’ve been doing. It started the same way all my comics did. I had to do it. Same with “Dog eat Doug”. I had to make it. This is true for most cartoonists. We’re constantly making cartoons. Now obviously, there is that part of your brain that says “hey, doofus, what if you turned this into a living?”, which is of course, the same part of your brain that over-complicates everything.

Thank goodness that part of gray matter exists. Of course it does make on heckuva bumpy ride when you do try and make cartooning a living. Which is why it’s important to separate that part from the creating part every now and then. Once you do start making a living, it can become all consuming. You get a tincy-wincy check from a magazine for a comic and bammo, that capitalist part of your brain goes into overdrive.

However, you have to treat it like a Tesla sometimes. Let the AI drive for a while and get back to making comics for the sake of making comics. When the syndication offer came in for Dog eat Doug, understandably, that became my entire world. Every other project, and even my daily doodles, got shoved into the back of the closet behind the five year old New Balance running shoes (which till this day I don’t know why I kept them).

This ultimately hurts the very thing you are so focused on improving. I learned the hard way that it was the seemingly superficial, waste of time things like doodling, or working on random ideas for comics and books, that keep that main project fresh. That crazy stream of consciousness, where bills don;t exist, is the very thing that helps sharpen the ideas you are trying to create.

Hence the reason I no longer scold myself for mindlessly doodling for an hour or two, or starting a single panel comic like “Primordial Syrup” for no logical reason other than to get the ideas out of that stream an onto paper. Or creating the Conjurers webcomic while trying to write and illustrate three books. Logically, it’s not a smart thing to do. In the long run, it’s the very thing that keeps your creative engine charged. Sometimes you have to let the crazy out.

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Classic Comic Strips

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As I rummage through the archives for the next collection, I thought I'd pull a few oldies out and share them on the sight. These are strips that I forgot about completely. It's like getting to read them for the first time. Sometimes they make me laugh. This one did, although the art is horrendous. Not sure if I was experimenting with new styles or hadn't slept in three days.So this obviously means I'm currently putting together volume 9, and I have made a few changes. First off, in order to reduce costs on the print versions, I'm going back to the smaller book size. Self-publishing image heavy books is a major hurdle. And printing them in color makes it similar to financing a Mars rover. Remember volume two? I picked that size because that was what Garfield collections looked like when I was a kid. I switched to the larger format just to deliver more comics in each book. The trade off, of course, was the price.Once I have the title and cover done, I'll post the new size here.   

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Dog eat Doug Volume Six

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Dog eat Doug Volume six

Yep. Volume six is almost patched together. That means there'll be some giveaways and deals on the past editions coming up. I'll announce everything in the newsletter first. So if you haven't signed up yet, drop your email in the hat and grab the free ebook while you're at it.

There will be some Conjurers news in a bit too, as I'm in the process of finalizing the copy and laying out the first the novel.  That will hopefully include a final, set in stone publication date. Stay tuned!

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Dog eat Doug Volume 4 is out!

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dog eat doug volume 4Indeed, I have self published another volume. You can get the kindle or print version by visiting the "My Books" page.  As you can tell, I went with a Bruce Lee tribute theme this time.  Also, you may have noticed the newsletter signup field over there on the right. I've decided to have a special little list that will offer news and some special deals and giveaways as opposed to just casting things off into the social media winds. Sign up, and no worries, I won't be sending them often.