If we'd ever gotten an official 1st year compilation book, I wanted it to be called "Escaping the Lab".
Originally run June 18th, 2007.
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2020-12-14 14:05:19 +0000 UTC View Post
So, I was caught up, then I was told by my day job, at the last minute, that I was signed up for a class, and that threw off my schedule. Sorry. Life.
Anyway, today's tidbit:
In the original pitch, Rex and Violet were named Killer and Chupi, each after a dog friends of mine had at that time.
Originally run June 14th, 2007 and June 15th 2007.
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2020-12-11 14:17:51 +0000 UTC View Post
Our original syndicate's sales force had an average age of 101. For my bio for the sales kit I said my writing comics was part of a prison release program. The sales team wanted that changed. Our editor refused. Hence, almost all of the strip's sales came from the only younger sales rep on the team. :(
Originally run June 13th, 2007.
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2020-12-09 14:05:21 +0000 UTC View Post
For some reason whenever I need a random name I use "Steve". You'll see it again in a few more strips. (OT: I've noticed comedian Eddie Izzard uses "Jeff". )
Originally run June 12th, 2007.
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2020-12-08 14:01:04 +0000 UTC View Post
OK. As of this post I'm all caught up. Sorry about that.
Today's tidbit: I'm still surprised that we got to use the character Lidibo considering other things our then syndicate would not let us do. Although, after a few appearances, "The Brain Trust" was limited to only being run on Fridays as we were told that was the day strips seemed to be able to get away with riskier material for some reason.
Originally run June 11th, and June 9th, 2007.
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2020-12-07 13:49:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This strip got raked over the coals on the 'Atop the 4th Wall' review. :D Which, again, you can watcher here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLNaownbvX0
Originally run June 10th, 2007.
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I almost never get requests so I usually draw whatever random stuff pops into my head, but your fellow patron John made a side comment about Maureen cosplaying as Senko San - (an anime fox girl) - so I thought I'd give it a shot.
2020-12-05 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Since:
A. It's Friday.
B. Maureen is one of our most popular characters
And...
C. I need to catch up (Sorry. I'm still figuring out this "help my kids with home schooling, do my day job, do my side hustle, and try and get at least a little sleep" schedule)...
...here are the rest of the Maureen's Intro strips. Then Sunday I'll be all caught up! For today's BTS tidbit:
Things I would do over with Maureen if I could:
* I'd start the strip with the...
2020-12-04 14:21:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Maureen was originally going to be a horse named Polopony. We later repurposed that into Maureen's fiancé, Tony Polopony.
Originally run June 5th, 2007
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I was afraid when we introduced Maureen she'd be considered sexist, instead we got emails from single moms thanking us for making a single mom the smartest and best looking member of the cast.
Originally run June 4th, 2007
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Tomorrow the Maureen intro strips start!
Originally run April 3rd, 2007
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2020-12-01 14:42:18 +0000 UTC View Post
I still make this joke. My wife still hasn't left me...yet.
Originally run June 2nd, 2007
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When I first pitched the strip, a submissions editor went on and on about what a loser Norm was, not realizing he was my "avatar". That seemed very Norm-like.
Originally run June 1st, 2007
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2020-11-30 17:16:02 +0000 UTC View Post
When this strip first ran, we got an odd snail mail about it explaining in detail about how Nimrod was a biblical reference and photocopied pages from the bible.
Originally run May 31th, 2007
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2020-11-30 14:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
There was a lot of talk if we should use a word like "snuggling" instead of "intimacy", or even just have Norm list 4 things instead, with this strip.
Originally run May 30th, 2007
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2020-11-25 14:22:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Despite the obvious symbolism, Norm was actually named after a stuffed platypus an ex-girlfriend gave me, who was named after the teacher of the class we met in (the platypus, not the ex).
Originally run May 29th, 2007
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When we lived in NJ, my wife did get to work a Kevin Smith signing. I was unable to attend due to work.
Originally run May 28th, 2007
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Bridget was named after "Bridget Jones' Diary" which my wife was reading when I put the pitch together.
Originally run May 27th, 2007
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2020-11-23 09:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Never liked the cheesecake posters in Max's office. I was glad when our syndicate put an end to them.
Originally run May 26th, 2007
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2020-11-23 08:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Bridget was supposed to be average looking like Norm. I thought she was. Readers started commenting she was too cute for Norm, so I wrote it in. I guess I can't tell the attractiveness of cartoon animals. Had I known, I would've asked Mel to re-design her.
Originally run May 25th, 2007
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2020-11-20 14:17:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Squishy was based on my own soulmutt, Sammy. The character's name came from the movie "Finding Nemo".
Originally run May 24th, 2007
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2020-11-19 14:03:54 +0000 UTC View Post
We got so many creepy emails from Norm/Ashley shippers, at one point I considered killing Ashley off.
Q: Any thoughts on the upcoming 'Animaniacs' reboot?
Originally run May 23th, 2007
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2020-11-18 14:13:40 +0000 UTC View Post
The crack addict thing would become a running gag. In year three of the strip we were told we couldn't mention crack. When I told the editor we'd used it several times before he admitted he hadn't noticed.
Originally run May 22th, 2007
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2020-11-17 14:22:46 +0000 UTC View Post
For a straight month before I wrote the pitch for the strip, I watched nothing but the British version of 'The Office' and the movie 'American Splendor'.
Originally run May 21th, 2007
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2020-11-16 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View Post
I wanted the characters' colors to be natural colors. King Features Syndicate wanted them to be "technicolored" in case toys were ever made.
Originally run May 20th, 2007
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My original plan was to only have Bridget appear on weekends and the office strips on weekdays. That did not last.
Originally run May 19th, 2007
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2020-11-16 01:13:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Our original syndicate, King Features, wanted Violet to be mint green colored with brown hair. Mel and I decided to switch it since her name is literally Violet. We borrowed the colors from FiFi the skunk from Tiny Toons (although she's black furred in the dailies).
Originally run May 18th, 2007
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2020-11-13 14:22:05 +0000 UTC View Post
