Muskrat Ramblings

OK, OK….I admit it…I’ve been a bit busy…again. Dorkstock II’s come and gone and was a blast. In the mean time, Dork Tower 25 has come back from the printer, and is shipping now. Add to that the fact that the Dork Tower Clicky Special will be shipping next week, Dork Tower 26 is AT […]

If anybody needs me for the next couple of days, I will be in a VERY deep funk… Seriously. John

With all due respect to my friends in Florida… CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN! OK…I haven’t seen a full baseball game since the last strike. Seriously. I quit. Cold turkey. And I was a HUGE baseball fan. But after the last strike, that was it. Uh-uh. No way. Nada. But…but…this is the CUBS. I […]

DORK TOWER: FIVE YEARS, 25 ISSUES MARKED WITH NEARLY 100-PAGE CELEBRATION ***Press Release*** Dork Tower 25, the special landmark celebratory issue originally solicited at 56 pages, has been delayed in part due to an ever-expanding table of contents that now threatens to push the comic book past 100 pages. “The book is 96 pages long […]

OK! The House Sitters are here, Dork Tower 24 is safely at press, and I’m running out to make my plane for GenCon! Here’s a brief rundown of my con schedule: I’ll be signing at the Dork Storm/Steve Jackson Games/Atlas Games booth for sure Thursday, probably Friday, but definitely Saturday and Sunday. It’s booth 311. […]

Did he or didn’t he say “yes”? I don’t know! If you saw yesterday’s cartoon, you’ll have seen that a Dork Tower reader (Robyn) in Idaho Falls, Idaho, proposed to her boyfriend (Jared) in the comic strip. A few months ago, Robyn e-mailed me and asked me if she could use Dork Tower as the […]

Well, as usual, there were a couple of things I forgot to mention concerning Origins. Top of the list was a great new Spaghetti Western card game I discovered called “Bang!” It does for The Man With No Name what “Munchkin” does for Conan the Barbarian. It’s right up there with Management Material and Battle […]

Here we go again, as I attempt to get the Muskrat Ramblings out on at least a semi-regular basis. This may be insanity, given that con season is upon us, but the plan is to try and throw at least a few thoughts on the website on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Fingers crossed. We’ll see how […]

The lovely and talented Judith and I went to see comedian Dave Attell (“Insomniac” — Comedy Central) at the Orpheum Theater here in Madison last night. I love going to see comedy. Laughing out loud is one of the great pleasures of being alive. And I think a lot of cartoonists possess the same kind […]

Holy cow, there’s a ton of stuff going on over here at Muskrat Central. For a start, I’ve still got to get reports done on ALL the conventions this year. I’ve shamefully neglected any write-ups of Warpcon, the New York Toy Fair, GAMA and Oddcon. They were all wildly successful, a ton of fun, and […]