Muskrat Ramblings

I’m in full-blown panic mode right now, what with all the work I’ve got to do before I leave for Vienna piled up in front of me. I did manage to get some art done for Hannover Spielt!, though. I won’t be at the con, but the Lovely and Talented Judith and I were there […]

1) A friend alerted me to a FARK Curious George contest. Apparently, someone managed to dig up my old Bi-Curious George image. Not sure where they found it, because it also marked my first Cease-And-Desist letter (from Houghton Mifflin). Since I was also doing work for Houghton Mifflin at the time, I decided to both […]

Today’s Dork Tower (which should be up on the Dork Tower LiveJounal Feed soon) was inspired by the fact that, when I finally got on the LiveJournal kick, the following user names were taken: DorkTower DorkTowers Muskrat ArtBoy Now, in no way do I feel the way Matt does about ANY of the people who […]

It’s still a couple of weeks away, but the lovely and talented Judith and I are getting ready for the next stop on the Dork Tour 2004 – Vienna’s Fantasy Gaming Convention, on April 4! This means I’ll be rather busy during the next fortnight, so I fear that the online strip will be Tuesday/Thursday […]

I’m back in Madison (at last), and slowly getting over yesterday’s flights. I’ll try and write up a full report of my GAMA trip as soon as I can, but the summary is: Tuesday: Met lots and lots and lots or retailers. Won $4 on Froggy Machine (a silly frog-based nickle slot-machine called “Flip-Flop” that […]

Today’s cartoon’s garnered some really nice feedback, so I’m in kinda a good mood. I thought this one would go over well, but sometimes you’re just not sure… By the way, Pookie’s leap in panel two isn’t the first time I’ve drawn a cat like this. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far […]

OK. I used to be a journalist. I thought this writing gig was easy. I could crank out a thousand words — good words — on deadline, within an hour, and cackle insanely while doing so (cackling insanely is, I believe, important if you want to be taken seriously as a writer). Then I quit […]

I spent far too much money on CDs yesterday, picking up the soundtrack to “The Tao of Steve,” a couple of discs from my college days (The Replacements’ “Let It Be” and “Tim”) and one of the many new monosyllabic plural bands (The Strokes, The Vines, The Hives, etc., etc.) out there: The Shins with […]

“What’s that you say below, John? You did the art for the new edition of “Creatures and Cultists”?” Why, yes…yes I did, thanks for asking. The art’s all done, and the game is in layout. I’d expect it to be available sometime this summer. Here is the info from Eos Press: The legendary Furiously Fuggly […]

There was a question posed recently on the Chez Geek mailing list: I’ve always been curious, why do these ($16) games all come in such flimsy little paper boxes? I mean, chez geek is a relatively expensive game, compared to something like set, which costs 11 bucks, and comes in a nice plastic case for […]