Category: Muskrat Ramblings

It was a Northwest DC-9, flying from Madison to Minneapolis. I lookedup at it as it arced a trail against a beautiful, clear sky, and slowlydisappeared from sight. And my heart leapt for joy. It was a PLANE again! I wanted to be on that plane. Iwant to be on ANY plane right now. I […]

"Secret mission? What plans? What are you talking about?" Itcan now be told. I’mofficially allowed to play in George Lucas’ sandbox. I’ve just hadmy first cartoons accepted to StarWars Insider, and it looks like it may be the start of a regulargig. This is important for a couple of reasons. 1) This isSTAR WARS we’re […]

DORKTOWER made the cover of SequentialTart, one of THE coolest web sites around! And they even interviewedme.Go figure. AaronWilliams also shared Cover Boy duties (hit "reload"once or twice when you get to the cover). Othergood news: Dork Shadows was Maggie Thompson’s two picks ofthe week last week in Comics Buyers’ Guide (and the other wasa […]

Life’s nice and quiet here in Madison. I’m still recovering from the convention schedule, and trying to get back into the discipline of drawing a page of the comic book a day. Several folks have asked if the conventions went badly, based on Wednesday’s cartoon (now linked). Anything but. At Wizard World, sales were great. […]

…for about a week. Chicago Wizard World was great. We almost made as many sales there as we did at the enormous San Diego Comicon, and had a ton of cool, fun folks stop by the booth. But I’ll tell more later. I’m exhausted. In the meantime, here are two highlights: meeting Erin Grey, of […]

OK, I’ll admit it. I’m beat. GenCon was an amazing swirl of activity that I’m still not quite coming to grips with. Sales were fabulous (up 200% from last year), but it seemed as if there were few times when I wasn’t talking business. I feel, in short, as if I wasn’t even at the […]

Friday, I went down to Chicago to watch the taping of my good friend Steve Marmel’s new TNN talk show, Pop Across America. It starts airing in late August, and it’s very, VERY funny. I’ll update things here as they go.If you get a chance, check the show’s taping schedule (it travels to various cities) […]

FIRST off, sorry for the delay in today’s cartoon. My internet connection wen screwy, and just came back up around 2 p.m. I am trying to keep to the Monday/Wednesday/Friday schedule as best I can during convention season. San Diego was FANTASTIC, thanks for asking. I met a ton of great people, and MY PAL […]

GREG HYLAND (mad genius behind Lethargic Lad) and I have been exchanging e-mail for a couple of weeks, now. And the upshot is, LETHARGIC LAD, one of my all-time favorite comics, will soon appear as a regular back-up feature in Dork Tower! This makes me happier than you could imagine. Lethargic Lad was one of […]

Life’s insanely busy here, as I prepare for the San Diego Comicon next Wednesday. In case anyone’s interested, I’m going to be on a Comicon panel Sunday, July 22, from 1:30-3 p.m.. It’s on Indy creators working for publishers, and I hope not to blather too much like an idiot. Also, as far as huge […]