Category: News

I have been delinquent but you all are awesome! While I was off volunteering and screwing around you all bumped us over 100 Substack subscribers. Thanks! It means more than you might guess.

I haven’t posted a newsletter since Sept 11th. In that time my Mom had a minor surgery. A friend had a major surgery. I chased toy ducks in a river. I called BINGO. Talked to a Bubble Fairy.

I also had a couple more Plugger ideas chosen. You should really jump in on that. Go brain storm some ideas and send them to Rick McKee at pluggermail@aol.com.

On that note. Let’s get onto the fun.

The Comics:

How many summer projects are you carrying into fall? My summer to-do list survived June, July, August, and September. Now we’re in October and I have thoughts. Which ones need to be done before snow.

The crew is ready to leave. The universe awaits. But nobody cleared the street taco situation first.
If aliens were leaving Earth and could only try ONE thing first, what would you recommend?

Mad Monday: someone greenlit the Ice Scream drone truck program. Someone is now having second thoughts.

INKTOBER

What I’m Reading/Doing:

I just finished listening to Red Rising. I’m still processing the book. I enjoyed it but I think it got over hyped to me. I like the premise and the delivery. I’ll listen to the rest of the series (maybe). I’m not sure I’d add it to my top 10 books.

Thank you all for being here. We’re up to 94 subscribers (on substack) and quite a few of you actually read the comics on a weekly basis. That makes me feel all warm and fuzzy… of course mold also feels warm and fuzzy so…

Here we are again trying to remember how my week went. It was a week where I could have let things derail me but didn’t. On Tuesday I stepped out of the office that I didn’t want to go to and got shit on by a pigeon.

Later I went to Tai Chi and danced around for a bit. I needed to go slow because my old ankle said I had to go slow.

The rest of the week is a blur because we were running back and forth getting cars worked on.

One really fun thing for me was that I bought a huge fan for my woodshop. It’s my best friend now.

How was your week?

The Comics:

Friday – On Track.

On a scale of Monday locomotive to Friday derailment, where did YOUR week land?

Happy

The secret to happiness has been right there in your inbox this whole time but you’re still not going to look.

Cheesy

Weird Wednesday: the plan is simple. The cheese is attainable. The robot is the problem. What’s the one thing you would pull off an intergalactic heist for?

What I’m Reading/Doing:

We have a new window going in soon. That’s kind of cool.

Currently listening to someone called Jim Funk on Pandora.. no idea who this is but it fits the morning mood.

Hello, how are you? It’s been a hot minute since we’ve visited. I mean that literally. I live in the North Central chunk of the United States and we’re currently on fire or fire adjacent. I am in no danger but I have a child who is considering heading north to lend a hand. I kind of hope he does.

Speaking of fires, I remember that about this time last year I considered pushing hard on editorial cartooning. It was a good exercise and I think that had I not gotten side tracked I would have done well. I’m also a little happy that I did get off track. I think I’ve dedicated enough of my unpaid time to the current level of wacky that I can.

I do love this rejected New Yorker comic though.

The Comics:

Friday Fog: It’s not a surprise, just a fog, an iceberg, and a really good attitude about all of it. What song are YOU playing on the sinking ship right now?

Earth Paint: one small tube of lipstick standing between them and a perfect human disguise. If aliens tried to blend in using only one human product, what would actually work?

Room for more: turns out the one place that never has a waitlist is the one place you don’t want to get into.

This one started slightly different but I pulled my punch. I’m okay with that but I kind of wish I hadn’t. I just didn’t have the energy to talk to people while drawing it so I made it too vague.

What I’m Reading/Doing:

Still reading through the dungeon crawler carl books but I’m ready for a series to switch to. I’m thinking about a visit to some old favorites.

Any suggestions?