Fayette-cetera

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

I'm back! No Get Mad July 1 2009

'No Get Mad' is a term I've heard in Hawaii, and it just kinda says it all, eh?

I've had home scanner problems, and it's been maddening...which means I had to step back about 2 years in technology...

But today - miraculously - the scanner is working! No real reason why. But I'm running with it.

The previous cartoon posts will be appearing under this one - one at a time, so I hope you spend some time catching up.

Thanks for stopping by, and Happy early 4th! Be safe!!

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Why are you reading this? You know it's going to be funny anyway, right? April 29 2009

Have you ever asked one of these questions? Or had one of these thoughts? Or thoughts like these? Ever made you bed? Mowed the lawn? Drawn a comic strip? Surfed to another web page? Spent time trying to figure out what in the world I'm talking about? Yeah, me too.

Now in Fayette April 25 2009

There was a lot going on this particular weekend. Hence, a 3-in-one strip: thrice the humor! (Does that mean I should be paid more for this one?)

Happy Earth Day, Earth! April 18 2009

You know, I sure am making "The Head Cartoonist" out to be a not-too-nice-or-thoughtful kind of guy. I guess he and I are going to have to talk.

The Easter View April 11 2009

Hopin' this edition takes YOU to a "high" place! Thanks and praise to Jesus Christ, our risen Lord!

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Will Sing for Food April 4 2009

I've got Trevor's tune in my head...and that's not a good thing.

Fooling You on March 28 2009

It must be hard living with someone who just waits for April Fools day! Elsie might just have to spend the week in another comic strip next year.

About these characters and their Fayette heritage...

"Fayette-cetera" was first published in September of 2003, in the Democrat-Leader, one of two papers from the same Fayette newspaper group. The Democrat-Leader is published each Saturday, and has been a good training ground for Myrtle and her gang.

Actually, "Fayette-cetera" is a combination of two of my past comic creations: Myrtle, Ed, Elsie and Spatz were developed for a strip called "Bugrow, MO", back in the mid '80's. It was published here and there, in a few magazines, and in The Maneater, a publication from the University of Missouri, Columbia.

Also appearing in The Maneater was "Potshots", which involved the lives, in still pictures, of the Tucker clan: Steffie and Adam. This ran for several years in The Maneater, in the early '90's. Since that time, the Tucker Mom and Dad have changed; Tom and Jone were from "Bugrow", and I added Steffie and Adam to their family for "F-c".

It's been a character mish mash of sorts, and I've so enjoyed developing the relationships between all of them over these last 4 plus years. It's one thing to draw a comic feature that a few friends read here and there; it's another thing to have many people reading the feature week after week. That's where I draw my inspiration, because as a life-long comic reader, I know what I like, and I know which comic strips will give it to me...so I try to exhibit some of those same characteristics in "F-c".

Myrtle Gosselbaum would be my oldest creation (I'm not sure she would apprecate this statement). There's something about her that I've always liked, and I can see bits and pieces of my Mom in her, plus some other friends and relatives I have known.

(more to come...as we say on "Pepper & Friends", stay tooned...)