Muskrat Ramblings

I believe it was George Harrison who first said “DON’T give the cat Chee-tos, Honey!” No. Wait a second. That was Judith. Yup. That was definitely Judith. Anyway, I’m comfortably sure that at some point it was Harrison who said “All things must pass.” And in that spirit, I finished my last cartoon for Dragon […]

OK. I’ve been keeping today’s very special guest Dork Tower hush-hush…but… Here it is! Yum-yum! As a huge “Unspeakable Vault (of Doom)” geek, this makes me unspeakably happy. Massive, unspeakable thanks to Francois for the amazing ‘toon. John

So here I am, watching the Jam on YouTube when I probably should be doing something else. And I come across two “Going Underground” takes. One of which I haven’t seen in 30-odd years. I remember when “Going Underground” went straight to #1 in the UK, and Top of the Pops played its music video […]

Did I mention new cartoons starting this week? I’ll be trying to keep them at LEAST three times a week from here on out. It’s been a bit painful, being too busy with other things to post on a regular basis. Ideally, I’d like to work my way up to doing the comic strips daily, […]

I’m happy to report I finished the last of the Munchkin Cthulhu II: Call of Cowthulhu art today, and I’m WAY happy with how it turned off. From a purely personal perspective, some of the cards here are amongst those I’d count as my best work. I’m as happy with these as anything I’ve done. […]

A couple of hellacool online developments. The first is that Out of the Box just put up an online Cineplexity Demo. As if we didn’t need MORE ways to waste time online. It’s terrific fun. I just linked “Dysfunctional Family” with “Is or Has a Sequel” using “Star Wars III: Revenge of the Sith.” It […]

OK…jetlag’s receding, and I woke up this morning at a decent hour…that is, one in which the sun was also already up. Sorry for the recent radio silence. Virgin Atlantic’s started a new Chicago to Heathrow service, and was offering round-trips for $325, at which point it almost seems rude not to take them up. […]

In case you haven’t been over to Dorktower.com in the last week, you’ve missed David Reddick – he of “The Trek Life” fame – and his snazzy take on the Dork Tower gang. I’d like to thank Dave tons for letting me hide for a while, and take some time off. And when I say […]

Home from Vegas, and head down in work. The GAMA Trade Show (GTS) seemed grand enough. I say “seemed,” because, as previously noted, I was out of commish for a couple of days, thanks to a well-documented bout of food poisoning that left me two-for-four as far as conventions involving severe gastric distress go this […]

GAMA Trade Show 2007. Looks amazing. Turnout seems high. People seem genuinely excited. Balley’s appears to be an amazing location. The weather is fantastic. Exhibitors are plentiful and cheery… …and I’m down with food poisoning. Again. This makes two out of three conventions so far this year (Warpcon being the other). I mean, really. Come […]