Blast from the Past: The Munchies Mutt (1990)

Once upon a time I attended Ball State University and worked at a snack bar called Munchies that sold burgers and pizzas. During my time there, I came up with a mascot for Munchies and I called him the Munchies Mutt. My bosses liked the Mutt and he soon appeared in ads for Munchies that ran in the Ball State Daily News over the course of a year or so. Sadly Munchies is no more and the Mutt's pivotal role in Ball State Dining Services' advertising is lost to history.
This was the Mutt's first ad.

Blast from the Past: Othello (1988)

In the summer of 1988, I did a comic strip for the Ball State Daily News. Entitled Othello, the strip starred a dog named Othello and his pet robot, R-7. I created Othello earlier in high school and I was determined to make him a star during my college years! Unfortunately, that didn’t happen during my brief tenure at the Daily News. The strip only ran during the summer quarter. I was never asked to come back for the new school year and I don’t think I was even paid for any of my strips thus establishing a precedent that continues to this day.