It Came From My Mailbox!: An Important Message From the Postmaster

Courtesy of Keith O'Brien 

It Came From My Mailbox!: Birthday Fishes

Birthday greetings from Carrie and Keith O'Brien

Done and Done!

Only the cutting and stapling of paper remains.

It Came From My Mailbox!: The Man Under the Punch Bowl? Woozy Winks

I'm happy to be the cover artist for Keith O'Brien's latest Samurai Slate collection!
Samurai Slate was created by Keith O'Brien

Viking Blues

Leaf Erikson meets the Log Ness Monster
Leaf Erikson and the Log Ness Monster were created by Keith O' Brien.

It Came From My Mailbox!: Teebo Time

Postmaster Keith O'Brien kindly sent me the third issue of his jam comic, Teebo the Clown and His Poodles of Doom! Now my feelings about Teebo still stand, but Keith and a cornucopia of great cartoonists put together a mighty fine comic book! And look! There's Captain Cactus on the cover! Thanks, Postmaster!
Cover art by Keith O' Brien.

It Came From My Mailbox!: Play It Again, Sam

I was happy to find the newest Samurai Slate minicomic in my mail today! Samurai Slate was created by Keith O'Brien and the cover drawing was done by me. Thanks, Postmaster!

Day of the Dead

Halloween is over and so is One Funky Halloween. Here's the postcard I made to publicize the show. It's my first postcard and I hope many more will follow. Thanks to my postcard mentor, Postmaster Keith O'Brien!

Draw Crabby Day

Sadly summer is coming to a close so it's time to get Crabby! Or, better yet, it's time to draw Crabby! Yes, friends, I'm proud to announce September 19, 2015 is "Draw Crabby Day"! A recurring cast member of Mutts, a delightful and charming comic strip by Patrick McDonnell, Crabby is a crusty crustacean who isn't afraid to be cranky! Known for his salty tales and his salty language ("!@$#!!"), Crabby doesn't mind if you don't like him, but he gets mighty upset if you don't draw him! So whip out that pen, sharpen that pencil, and draw Crabby before he gets really mad! Happy "Draw Crabby Day", everyone!
Dale Martin brings Crabby and Watusi the Talking Dog together!
Postmaster Keith O'Brien finds time to celebrate "Talk Like A Pirate Day" and "Draw Crabby Day"!
Cartoonist Tom Stazer draws a salty Crabby!
Artsy Dude Jim Fields draws up a smokin' Crabby!
Ivan Martin knows who isn't coming to dinner!
Crabby was created by Patrick McDonnell.

The Adventure of Captain Cactus

A Captain Cactus comic by Keith O'Brien (Writer, layouts, and Cap's creator) and Tom Cherry (That's me, of course! I drew it!).

Dribs and Drabs

This weekend I worked on a Captain Cactus comic for Cap's creator, Keith O'Brien, and I also penciled and inked a new Oh! Those Savages comic strip. Hopefully, I'll post the strip before the end of the week.
While housesitting for some friends this weekend, I was horrified to see their hen eat some cat food. Why? The cat food contained chicken meat. Yes, Tiny the chicken is a cannibal! All she needs now is a chainsaw and she could have her own horror movie franchise. Perhaps John Oak Dalton could write it.
Worked ten hours at work today with more chances for overtime this week. Extra money always makes me happy!
Looks like I'll be learning the tango the next week or two. It's all for the play I'm currently in, The Guys.  

Teebo Sez...

Teebo was created by Keith O'Brien.

Behind the Magic!

I was working on a Captain Cactus comic last night. Got to figure out where the word balloons go and finished most of the pencil work. My work was based on the thumbnail sketches up above and those thumbnail sketches were based on the thumbnail sketches from Cap's creator, Keith O'Brien.
The keywords for today's post? "Thumbnail sketches".

Poodle Palace

Teebo the clown visits Poodle Palace.
Teebo was created by Keith O' Brien.

Teebo

Do not hire this clown for your child's birthday party! Do not put him in your circus! Don't let him be the mascot for your fast food franchise! Teebo the clown is bad news, but he does love his poodles.
Teebo was created by Keith O'Brien.

Heroes 3

Three of my favorite superheroes: John Oak Dalton's Giraffe Man, Dale Martin's The Human Spring, and Keith O'Brien's Captain Cactus!

Profile of a Punning Dick

I've been drawing this guy recently. I think I finally got his nose right.
Samurai Slate was created by Keith O'Brien.

Linky Dink

  I made this past week's "Five for Friday" at The Comics Reporter!   Proof I've been blogging since 2002!   Hey, I'm not the only one! Pam Bliss also likes to draw on placemats, too!
Keith O'Brien shares his process on creating Samurai Slate comics!   Dale Martin continues to impress every week with Watusi the Talking Dog!   Sadly Tony Reynolds is wrapping things up for Ryan's Dad.   Never heard of Doug Michel's Monkey Squad One? Check it out now!   My old pal John Oak Dalton is still blogging!   And so is my theatre chum, Todd Terrell!   Just a shout out to one of my favorite blogs, Ivan G. Shreve Jr's Thrilling Days of Yesteryear!  

Dime Bag Comics

  Recently cartoonist extraordinaire Dale Martin asked me to participate in a comic book anthology he was putting together that would benefit the Percolator Artspace and the Social Service League of Lawrence in Lawrence, Kansas and I said "YES!". Of course that was a few weeks ago and yesterday I received my contributor copies and I was very pleased! Dime Bag Comics is a fun book with some cool comics by some super cartoonists (Like Keith O'Brien and J.B. Winter, for example)! I'm honored to be part of such a worthy project!

It Came From My Maibox!: A Pungent Post

  Postmaster Keith O'Brien sent me a copy of his latest Samurai Slate collection which features a cover by yours truly, Webmaster Tommy C! Thanks, Keith!